[ SECRET POST #2693 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2693 ⌋

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Comments

[blunderbuss]

Yeah, the move away from journals has made connections and community much harder to find. I know how you feel.

[diet_poison]

I also kinda wonder if tumblr hasn't really amplified the BNF phenomenon. Not having really been there Back In The Day I don't know, but it makes sense considering the way the platform works.

[littlestbirds]

Wouldn't the fact that tumblr follower counts are invisible counteract this, though? On LJ you could see how many friends someone had, and their "ratio" (I never heard anyone call it that back then but I'm sure people noticed). The connections in tumblr are mostly invisible. I agree that there is less community, but I think "BNF" culture is far more fragmented as well...

[diet_poison]

it kinda seems that a lot of people crow about their follower counts publicly.

Also, tumblr has a lot of clique behavior and asshattery, and if you comment on a post your name appears in all versions of that post reblogged from that point on.

[ketita]

No, because on tumblr your popularity is enhanced by the popularity you already have. The more followers you have, the more of a chance of your stuff getting seen/reblogged, which causes more people to follow you.
Even if your follower count is invisible, your stuff is still out there SO MUCH MORE than people who have few followers.

[augustbird]

agreed

[littlestbirds]

That's true. It's still "BNF culture" in a lot of the ways that people don't like. I just think that fandom politics being partially invisible make it a different thing from LJ. Especially wank.

[ketita]

It's different, but there still is a lot of nastiness. Now, if you speak out against a BNF you get spammed by anon hate (if you have anon messaging on). It's all very petty and behind-your-back, there's a lot of passive-aggressive posting about other people.

The wank is different in that it's all indirect, nobody can really respond well to each other, and you don't get dogpiles on a comment the way it works on comms.
In addition, if you go up against a BNF, chances are nobody will ever even see "your side" of the argument, because the BNF gets 10000000X the attention and nobody will even see your post. At least on comms when wank breaks out people can actually SEE your comment...

[(Anonymous)]

So much this. A BNF and I had a falling out, and I have no doubt that I lost friends because they weren't willing to see my side.

[(Anonymous)]

I hate this about fandom these days. Now instead of comment threads you have endless reblog chains that you have to read backwards if you want to follow them after they've happened, if you even manage to see them in the sea of gifs and one-line text posts that take over your dash.

Tumblr is entertaining but I don't find it satisfying at all as a social network.