"These are pretty generic suggestions, although if you have specific fandoms or specific goals for 'getting to know more of fandom,' I could come up with additional ones."

I'm not sure there was ever a time when I sought out conversations within particular fandoms (other than originalfic, which I write). Back in the old days of Yahoo Groups and LiveJournal, I usually joined lists/comms that were on topics, such as darkfic or historicalfic or litfic. That's what's missing from my fandom experience these days - those topical discussions. (Except for discussions of fandom history; those show up a lot at Dreamwidth.)

In general, I worry that I'm missing out on major discussions within fandom - which is probably silly of me, considering how much good conversation takes place here at Dreamwidth.

Thanks for your suggestions!