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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2023-08-27 03:10 pm

[ SECRET POST #6078 ]


⌈ Secret Post #6078 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2023-08-27 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
+billions

I've been involved in Internet fandom for nearly thirty years now. Back in the day, most fandoms had at least a few controlling assholes, but the behavior wasn't usually encouraged, nor was bullying seen as a good thing. Also, even they knew there were lines that they had better not cross or the community would come down on them hard. There was also a time when the dangerous kind of crazies (the stalkers, the doxxers, the death and rape threat makers) were generally stopped or at least given real reason to think about their behavior.

Now, bullying has become the norm, and there are a lot of people who think bullying is a good thing when it's directed at the "correct" person or people.

(Anonymous) 2023-08-27 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's a good point. The culture in a lot of fandoms now actively encourages that sort of behavior in younger fans, which increases the likelihood that they won't grow out of it when they become adults.