Talk:The Smiling Man/@comment-9340689-20131122230131/@comment-11170851-20140104125757

...Eh, never seen that interpretation of Slender Man 'afore.

As Rajkot said, Smiling Man is much more 'the stranger who harms' as oppose to 'the stranger that is.'

You can also view the Smiling Man as a fear of associate turned sour, given how the stats for stalking and murder tend to pan out.

There is also the very important distinction that Smiling Man is open source, therefore free for use, even if he gets used in something you end up making profit from, whilst Slender Man does have some copywrite/limited use associated with him as a character.