Creepypasta: Perbedaan antara revisi

Pada media umum, creepypasta berkaitan dengan karakter fiksi [[Slender Man]] yang meraih perhatian publik setelah insiden "[[penikamanpenikahan Slender Man]]" yang terjadi pada tahun 2014, di mana seorang gadis berusia 12 tahun asal [[Waukesha, Wisconsin]], ditikam oleh dua temannya; para pelaku mengklaim bahwa mereka "ingin menyatakan bahwa skeptis Slender Man" adalah salah.<ref name="Time">{{cite news|last1=Roy|first1=Jessica|title=Behind Creepypasta, the Internet Community That Allegedly Spread a Killer Meme|url=http://time.com/2818192/creepypasta-copypasta-slender-man/|accessdate=17 October 2014|work=[[Time (majalah)|Time]]|date=3 June 2014}}</ref><ref name=DD>{{cite web|title=4chan hunts down the origins of an Internet horror legend|url=http://www.dailydot.com/lol/4chan-x-origins-jeff-the-killer/|publisher=Daily Dot|author=Fernando Alfonso III|date=August 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Dewey|first1=Caitlin|title=The complete, terrifying history of 'Slender Man', the Internet meme that compelled two 12-year-olds to stab their friend|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/06/03/the-complete-terrifying-history-of-slender-man-the-internet-meme-that-compelled-two-12-year-olds-to-stab-their-friend/|accessdate=17 October 2014|agency=The Washington Post|date=6 June 2014}}</ref> Setelah upaya pembunuhan tersebut, beberapa pengurus situs web creepypasta membuat pernyataan yang mengingatkan para pembaca untuk "membedakan yang fiksi dan kenyataan".<ref name="Time"/>

Karakter-karakter dan cerita-cerita creepypasta terkenal lainnya meliputi Jeff the Killer, Ted the Caver, Darling The Sweetheart, dan Psychosis.<ref name="Time"/><ref name="io9">{{cite web|title = Who is "Jeff the Killer"? And is his picture haunted by a real death?|url = http://io9.com/who-is-jeff-the-killer-and-is-his-picture-haunted-by-1016241494|publisher = io9|accessdate = 31 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=13 Frighteningly Shareable Creepypastas|url=http://mashable.com/2013/10/28/creepypastas/|publisher=Mashable|accessdate=31 December 2013}}</ref> Pada bulan Mei 2015, [[Machinima Inc.]] mengumumkan rencana untuk serial web aksi hidup yang dikurasikan oleh [[Clive Barker]], berjudul ''Clive Barker's Creepy Pasta''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.avclub.com/article/machinima-announces-web-series-clive-barker-bruce--218969 | title=Machinima announces web series from Clive Barker, Bruce Timm, RoboCop, and more | publisher=The A.V. Club | date=5 May 2015 | accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref>