Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-5564808-20131226192356/@comment-5269370-20140103001833

It's certainly not dead, if you ask me. In the past, Creepypastas mostly focused on a haunted computer file, a haunted video game, or a "Lost Episode" of a television show. Creepypasta has simply evolved beyond that, as Noothgrush already pointed out. This kinda also brings me onto another point.

The days of the "Lost Episode" or the "Video Game pasta" are dead. Any story coming out these days about either subject is pretty much just flogging a dead horse. The good stories that are churned out these days are mostly about traditional horror themes, like ghosts, monsters, mental illness, bizarre/oddities etc. People are taking everyday factors and putting a creepy twist on them, and not just with the cartoon Ed, Edd n Eddy.

That is why I think the Suggested Reading we currently have in place, the one loaded up with haunted files, haunted games and creepy lost television episodes, should be updated and re-evaluated to keep up with the changing times.

With the admins constantly removing cheap knock-offs of these famous pastas, and giving high-praise to OC that shows a lot more originality for the internet meme, the shouldn't our Suggested Reading reflect our desire to stop the influx of old, stale "creepypastas" and instead encourage the growth of a wiki's new era of amateur, horror short stories?