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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shurai" data-source="post: 3248657">I believe the study says "creative writing," so I don't suppose chat/email/SMS/fora would count unless you're using these channels creatively.In another vein, I think Ranger REG is making the point that more people producing more creative work isn't necessarily a good thing.  He uses the famous d20 glut as an example:  Lots and lots of d20 products have been produced, but the average quality is low.I think he's right about this, that the quality of all the ameteur literature produced on the internet is poor on average.  However, we have to remember that even if a person is producing mediocre work, it's probably good for them to be doing it as opposed to doing nothing.  It is the broad opinion of just about everyone in the mental health professions that active creativity is healthy.  Saying that people shouldn't participate just because they won't do a very good job is, I think, missing the point.  It's entertainment, not medicine or farming, it's okay to screw it up.Anyway, there is a hidden advantage:  We aren't forced to consume the endless terabytes of terrible work; we can pick out the good stuff.  If more people are producing, I think it's necessarily true that the odds of the emergence of good stuff increase.  Moreover, it appears that the hordes of ameteurs might be immune to the problem Dykstrav seems to be encountering, namely that there are no ham-handed executives who are required to care more about securing a huge market share than taking real creative risks.</blockquote>

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