User blog comment:TheLongShadow/Why does Creepypasta matter?/@comment-5564808-20130814051025

Excellent point, Shadow. I, too, have noticed that most modern mainstream horror works are formulaic and trite (a notable offender is the sadly misguided notion that gore is universally scary), and while I do think there are, in turn, several unoriginal creepypastas, the majority of the stories here are of significantly greater quality and originality than most of the other horror works out there today. Creepypasta stories also tend to master the technique of "mind screw" (if you, like me, enjoy stories that use this, check out Psychosis, Wake Up, or Candle Cove if you aren't familiar with these stories already).