[freehunter]

And is there anything wrong with people feeling like they are creative?

Same argument applies to Guitar Hero. People may make the argument that they're not playing guitar and therefore should stop playing Guitar Hero, but many people find it fun. You can disagree with them, but that doesn't make it less fun.

[metageek]

>And is there anything wrong with people feeling like they are creative?

Yes, there is, when they aren't being creative. When they're just choosing a cookie cutter, telling them they should feel creative is cheating them of the real thing.

[AVTizzle]

> Yes, there is, when they aren't being creative.

1. Creativity is a man made concept and so by default is subjective. Who is to judge what's "creative" and what's not?

2. If filters - which could just be an analogy for a technology tool - has no place in "creativity", where do you draw the line? Pulled to the extreme, how about when I use photoshop, or a korg synthesizer, or an elaborate framework to make art, music, or programs?

3. It's a consumer entertainment app after all. People have fun with it. What gives?

[zobzu]

I actually have a feeling it makes peole dumb. Seriously. No more self thinking, it's all about riding the wave, feeling like you're doing something "cool", yada yada.

[freehunter]

But people will do that anyway. Not everyone is creative. There are people who legitimately think pop music is the best music they've ever heard. They're not wrong, that's just what they like. Forcing them to listen to indie would just make them hate indie more. (as an example)

[benatkin]

Perhaps we should start calling this Casual Creativity. I think it's a good analogue to Casual Gaming which to me has the same advantages and drawbacks compared to real gaming.

[davidw]

> And is there anything wrong with people feeling like they are creative?

Sometimes they take pictures of things I'm interested in or curious about, and the picture is obviously mangled compared to the original, and you can't make out as much detail as you'd like. Mangled in exactly the same way that thousands of other people mangle their photos: the first few times I saw it, I thought it was clever/cute, but then it got old, and now I loathe it.