Thread:AustinDR/@comment-29644557-20180106034454/@comment-3364901-20180108203731

people get very polarized over Slender Man due to many reasons (the real life crimes didn't help matters) - people are very polarized over creepypasta as a whole, many see creepypasta as very subpar horror at best due to things like Sonic.EXE and so on.

however they can't say that Slender Man is outdated, he has a film coming up in mainstream media etc.. I think it's just the nature of internet that people will hate other people's fandoms when they feel they are overexposed.