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Day 14
In your own space, talk about what you think the future holds for fandom. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
Like many, I hope 2019 heralds a renaissance in DW (or LJ-style) fandom interaction. I admit that I have skin in this game, since I never really cottoned on to Tumblr-driven fandom and I prefer long meta posts/threads to reblogs.
AO3 is a pretty stable and excellent place for hosting fics, but less so for group squee about how good they are. And I've personally found that group squeeing is what really increases my engagement with fandom (as opposed to just being a passive, invisible reader). As a bonus feature, I've found that group squeeing has also been an excellent way to learn about new canons and fandom authors that I probably wouldn't have discovered on my own. DW communities could provide a good, centralized fora for this kind of stuff, with links to AO3 or individual users' pages.
If it happens, I think an increase in traditionally DW-type interactions might even decrease some fandom drama. It's a lot easier to convey nuance and complexity in longer posts and comment reply threads than in reblog tags and one liners, which may decrease the likelihood that something not intended to be ill-informed or problematic appears so.
これで以上です。
In your own space, talk about what you think the future holds for fandom. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
Like many, I hope 2019 heralds a renaissance in DW (or LJ-style) fandom interaction. I admit that I have skin in this game, since I never really cottoned on to Tumblr-driven fandom and I prefer long meta posts/threads to reblogs.
AO3 is a pretty stable and excellent place for hosting fics, but less so for group squee about how good they are. And I've personally found that group squeeing is what really increases my engagement with fandom (as opposed to just being a passive, invisible reader). As a bonus feature, I've found that group squeeing has also been an excellent way to learn about new canons and fandom authors that I probably wouldn't have discovered on my own. DW communities could provide a good, centralized fora for this kind of stuff, with links to AO3 or individual users' pages.
If it happens, I think an increase in traditionally DW-type interactions might even decrease some fandom drama. It's a lot easier to convey nuance and complexity in longer posts and comment reply threads than in reblog tags and one liners, which may decrease the likelihood that something not intended to be ill-informed or problematic appears so.
これで以上です。