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fandomsecrets2018-04-06 06:47 pm
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[ SECRET POST #4111 ]
⌈ Secret Post #4111 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[Crimson Peak]
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Re: Has fandom changed much in the past 10 years?
I would say in a lot of ways fandom has changed way more in the past 10 years than it did the decade before that (the forums/fansites to LJ decade).
Obvious changes:
-More people have access to the internet, so more people are in fandom in general.
-Fandom happens on Tumblr mostly vs LJ or dedicated fansites.
-Much more direct interaction between fan communities and creators (things like Twitter, creator-run blogs, etc. are pretty normal nowadays.)
-Very few fandom aggregators anymore (such as fic rec lists, fansite link lists, etc.)
-The greater number of people in fandom and the overall ease of using platforms like Tumblr has encouraged a much higher standard of fanart and a slightly lower standard of fanfic.
Fandom skews much MUCH younger now than it did during the LJ days, and especially compared to the 90s. In the 90s I knew very few people who were younger than their mid-20s. Most of the active people in my fandoms were 30+, and many were original Trekkies or other fanzine-era fans. By 2007 that had shifted a lot, but my fandoms were still primarily adults with some older teens. I was in my mid-20s and young compared to most of my online friends.
Of course in the 90s and 00s you'd see some children or younger teens, but fandom generally didn't cater to them.
Fandom "purity" culture is definitely a much bigger thing now than it ever was. Back in the old days people always warned for slash (and often stuff like character death or non-con or underage), but I don't think I ever saw anyone clutching their pearls over stuff like Reylo. It was pretty much an 'anything goes' 'ykinmk' mindset back then, where tagging your fic as a dark!fic would cover whatever twisted stuff you threw in there.
In the 90s warnings were even more different, because fic was almost entirely hosted at private archives or found in mailing lists. It was pretty common to get a brief summary and potentially no warnings at all. Often authors wouldn't even tag the main pairing, or else the main pairing would be the ONLY thing they tagged so you just had to sort of guess what you were clicking on based on the title. Disclaimers were a really big deal, too, both on individual fics and on entire websites. I know they eventually became a bit of a joke (Disclaimer: I don't own these characters or the show 'cuz if I did there'd be way more K/S smoochies! XD) but they were super duper important back when creators would sent out cease and desist orders and shit like that.
Re: Has fandom changed much in the past 10 years?
(Anonymous) 2018-04-07 01:57 am (UTC)(link)Re: Has fandom changed much in the past 10 years?
(Anonymous) 2018-04-07 02:26 am (UTC)(link)Re: Has fandom changed much in the past 10 years?
Honestly I liked the joke ones but I got to the point where I'd seen so many that my eyes just glazed over as soon as I saw the word 'Disclaimer'.