Just wanted to take a moment to approach this subject after reviewing our commenting policy.
I've long since made a distinction between being a jerk/asshole, and being plain cruel, and while usually the distinction is fairly obvious, with regards to critiquing work, sometimes the two become interchangeable.
Remarks such as "this sucks", "this is cringe/trash" are to be considered unconstructive at best, and against terms of use at worst. I understand that I cannot possibly filter out every Youtube-bad-story-time-normie who's never heard of Creepypasta, but this also applies to regular users as well.
There's a reason why the authors who've stuck around the longest generally are the most amicable/communicative people here, and that's because they recognize that in order for us to continue keeping the Creepypasta culture alive, we have to approach constructive critique with a modicum of professionality and tact. We're not publishing stuff like Jeff the Killer anymore, and that's kind of why we should be toning back the Nostalgia Critic levels of "UGH, what were they THEEEEENKING?!?!" I'm not here to censor discussion, but what I WILL be doing is scrutinizing feedback that appears to have been made in bad faith.
TL;DR - don't be a dick. If you really think a story doesn't meet QS, mark the story for deletion or review and give your reasoning (as the site rules and respective templates dictate). I'd also encourage people to point out the elements of a story that DID work or interest you, and to ask questions to the author that would motivate them to improve upon these areas.
