User blog comment:SelenaZephyr/An Open Letter to the Community/@comment-26543176-20140120223625/@comment-6975131-20140120224153

The other side of the coin is the fact that we do not have enough information on the world to limit like we have. And this level of strictess doesn't realy weed out low quality OCs, they just make sure there are no MAry Sues or things that don't fit, if they're poorly written, that isn't a factor. There is no bitching to the admins, it is just pointing out a large community feeling that the reviews, and criteria are simply too damned strict. It is most certainly stifling creativity, relaxing the rules is not equivalent to letting everything run wild.