User blog comment:BrianBerta/My opinion on slenderman/@comment-25052433-20150507225459

Slenderman was a great story concept and certainly did succeed in becoming one of the most influencial stories in the Creepypasta genre. I do agree though that it has become overrated and has been elevated to something more than it really is. The same can be said though for all of the early pasta entities, like Jeff the Killer, Ben Drowned, Tails Doll..etc etc etc.

Unlike the rest though, Slenderman has aged slightly better and still remains a major piece in the Creepypasta universe. Perhaps a new entity needs to be developed into the mythos to cast some exposure in newer, less replicated directions.