User blog comment:ArmadillooftheAges/Useless thoughts and opinions from an old user here/@comment-33904527-20190226215840/@comment-36627132-20190301123240

Another thing I agree with you about: how the users use this site as a commercial for their novels. I remember back in October someone made a blog advertising their book, then five days later they made another blog claiming they've never heard of it, that their friend said it was good, and asked if anyone else read it, and if so what they thought of it. Needless to say they got busted and asked that the blog be deleted.

I'm not sure if I have said this before, but if I haven't, here it is.

If Creepypasta started with the stories that are being made now days it wouldn't be nowhere near as popular. It became popular thanks to such fascinating legendary creatures as Slender Man, BOB, the Rake, and et cetera, whose mysterious "origins", stories, and "sightings" are akin to such legendary beings as bigfoot. As awful as Jeff the Killer was, his story brought youngsters into the fandom by the handful. In fact to this day the wiki still sometimes gets Jeff inspired stories (some even still flat out reference him).

I honestly don't remember the last time a Creepypasta went viral. Back then if a story was good enough it was met with high praise, fan works, endless readings, and spread from website to website. Now the farthest a story is going to get is a Youtube reading.

I don't even see this as a Creepypasta website anymore. I see it as a horror literature website that hosts classic Creepypastas (the ones that are left on this site, anyway).