User blog comment:Vookvook/Jeff the Killer has been put to sleep forever.../@comment-1473107-20140921061617/@comment-25052433-20140921172505

I have to disagree with you on this. I don't think our purpose here is to catalogue terrible stories that become popular just because of their gimmick.

The bottom line, is JtK was a bad story. From plot, to writing, to execution, there was just very little redeeming qualities for it. It got to the point where entire blogs were being written showcasing just how terrible JtK really was. (A thing of bleach, 11 year old bullies with guns and knives, incompetent parents, no eyelids yet not going blind...etc etc.)

When the admins sat down some time ago, and decided that restore quality to this site, a ton of terrible stories vanished overnight. JtK stuck around though, simply because of its name value.

However, you cannot, as an admin, sit back and enforce quality standard rules, while a story that violates just about all of them, has a huge link right on the front page. People were wise to just how bad Jeff was, and it was starting to show. Sonic.exe was eventually taken away for the same reason.

Popularity does not equal quality, simple as that.

And that, is where I honestly believe the disdain for JtK originated. There are worse stories on this site, sure. However, those stories aren't linked on the front page for all the world to see. Those stories, should they be discovered, would likely be deleted, not celebrated.

In the end, making the right choice often means making the unpopular choice. While I can see some degree of blowback, although so far, yours had been the only negative comment about this story being removed, I believe that the admins made the right choice in sticking to their own policies, and removing a story that fails to meet any of our standards.