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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2022-01-23 04:17 pm

[ SECRET POST #5497 ]


⌈ Secret Post #5497 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2022-01-27 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
I feel you. I belong to a number of hobby/skill groups within a certain fandom (think Twilight fans who also like to knit, or Marvel fans who like to garden). The larger groups are great and have a ton of activity. But in some of the smaller/more niche groups, it seems like they're now turning into the most active members' personal support groups. Or losing focus on what they are supposed to be about in favor of a general theme of self-care.

To give some fake examples, posts like, "I was too overwhelmed to garden today, so here's a cute picture of me and my cat". Or "It's okay if you don't knit every single day. Take time to rest." Which is fine, and I guess they are also social groups. But I didn't join hobby groups to talk about not doing the hobby, or to help people feel better about not doing the hobby.

Like you, OP, I feel kind of mean in thinking this way and would never voice these things. But it does bother me and make the groups less fun.