I am interested in hearing from people in very different fandom contexts than mine so I will await your report with interest!
My husband was in an anime-focused 'zine in the mid- to late-90s, even though the idea of anime by itself being so niche as to be the focus of a zine with two dozen people would be laughable now.
This is charming.
I have personally always thought that that tension about credit was something that was specific to Kpop fandom (or perhaps to Korean or East Asian fandoms in general? Not too clear on that). It seemed completely different than my previous years of experience with Western media fandom. It seems to have chilled a lot, whether that's from the more international nature of Kpop fandom now or just...people maturing, I couldn't say. But I don't notice it anymore the way I did back then.
I wonder if...fandoms going over Dunbar's number is what's bugging you.
Possibly! And of course we all know that the change of platform changes the nature of discussion and that things that are possible on DW (or on LJ back in the day) simply aren't possible on Tumblr/Twitter. (Idk about Discord.)
Nowadays a fandom can grow so quickly that the meta-writers can't find each other before their experiences are swamped, and if they do find each other, then it's harder to establish mutual trust.
This seems like a possibility! I also feel that fandoms are not as long-lasting as they used to be, at least when they're based on TV/movies instead of bands/RPF. I mean, BtVS and TXF were hopping for years and years after those shows went off the air. Trek and SW are evergreen fandoms. But since SPN, does anything else have the staying power? I feel like whatever people are talking about on Tumblr (and presumably on Twitter too) just changes so fast to whatever new show captures fannish attention for five minutes.
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My husband was in an anime-focused 'zine in the mid- to late-90s, even though the idea of anime by itself being so niche as to be the focus of a zine with two dozen people would be laughable now.
This is charming.
I have personally always thought that that tension about credit was something that was specific to Kpop fandom (or perhaps to Korean or East Asian fandoms in general? Not too clear on that). It seemed completely different than my previous years of experience with Western media fandom. It seems to have chilled a lot, whether that's from the more international nature of Kpop fandom now or just...people maturing, I couldn't say. But I don't notice it anymore the way I did back then.
I wonder if...fandoms going over Dunbar's number is what's bugging you.
Possibly! And of course we all know that the change of platform changes the nature of discussion and that things that are possible on DW (or on LJ back in the day) simply aren't possible on Tumblr/Twitter. (Idk about Discord.)
Nowadays a fandom can grow so quickly that the meta-writers can't find each other before their experiences are swamped, and if they do find each other, then it's harder to establish mutual trust.
This seems like a possibility! I also feel that fandoms are not as long-lasting as they used to be, at least when they're based on TV/movies instead of bands/RPF. I mean, BtVS and TXF were hopping for years and years after those shows went off the air. Trek and SW are evergreen fandoms. But since SPN, does anything else have the staying power? I feel like whatever people are talking about on Tumblr (and presumably on Twitter too) just changes so fast to whatever new show captures fannish attention for five minutes.