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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2023-09-03 02:10 pm

[ SECRET POST #6085 ]


⌈ Secret Post #6085 ⌋

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Which fandoms started off bad but got better over time?

(Anonymous) 2023-09-03 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Inspired by today's Secret #5.

Re: Which fandoms started off bad but got better over time?

(Anonymous) 2023-09-03 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
None. They start off good, because the fandom is pretty small and just likeminded people in small communities, but as they grow and get more popular the assholes start slipping in. The ones who demand a certain interpretation of things. The ones who make their politics the only yardstick to measure them against. The ones who want to make their own mark by pissing on older fans. All those assholes and more. You don't even need an outright troll to show up to ruin things. Popularity and growth mean the death of joy.

Re: Which fandoms started off bad but got better over time?

(Anonymous) 2023-09-03 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
+10000000

Re: Which fandoms started off bad but got better over time?

(Anonymous) 2023-09-04 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Yes!
I am often glad for creators, they need this money. But as a fan I prefer small community with a couple of decent fics instead of big fandom. It always goes to shit

Re: Which fandoms started off bad but got better over time?

(Anonymous) 2023-09-03 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
CRPG fandoms are so much more entertaining now thanks to the success of the Pathfinder series, Disco Elysium, and Baldur's Gate 3. Sometimes going mainstream and allowing the 'filthy casuals' into the gates can in fact be good and healthy for a fandom.
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Re: Which fandoms started off bad but got better over time?

[personal profile] philstar22 2023-09-03 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I've heard stories of the Tolkien fandom being much more insular and judgemental before. Parts of it are still that way, but it has expanded a lot and there is room for pretty much everyone.