[ SECRET POST #3588 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3588 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

There were far fewer idiots in fandom, fewer trends and bandwagons, no competition for who was the "best fan," fewer trolls, and zero shaming.

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT

LOLOLOL no competition for who was the best fan? Where the hell do you think BNFs came from?

[(Anonymous)]

In the olden days there were no BNF's, not where I was hanging out, like on the Buffy bulletin board. It was all text-based, no images, no fan creations. Sure there was that guy who was smarter and more eloquent, but if anyone kowtowed to him, I certainly didn't notice.

[(Anonymous)]

So just to be clear, we're explicitly generalizing about all of old school fandom based on your particular experience with a single site?

[(Anonymous)]

To be clear, you're damned if you can see anything that was actually better about it, but I'm not.

What old school fandoms were you in, and when?

[(Anonymous)]

Ok, in like, pre-1990s, BNFdom wasn't really A Possible Thing, given the geographically self-limiting nature of BBSes, but that was *such* a different time.

[(Anonymous)]

Nah, BNFdom was still a thing in the days of BBSes. It was a thing in the days of 'zines and occasional fan conventions. It was probably a thing back when fans were wearing armbands to mourn the death of Sherlock Holmes, we just don't have anyone around now who can confirm. It might've looked a little different at different points in time, but BNFdom is just a manifestation of normal human social maneuvering, so it's always going to be a part of fandom in some capacity.

[(Anonymous)]

It was a thing but the big names were smaller, and it was harder to achieve. Mostly you needed to already be a name in something else first. In Trek fandom, for example, the BNFs were people who tended to have a link to the production crew to start with. Or you had to have a real talent for organizing stuff and putting it together, you couldn't just have a loud personality.