[ SECRET POST #6534 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6534 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

IME there are definitely spaces where it can feel like
1) no one is allowed to say anything is bad or lacking, if you do you're not a real fan
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2) rampant angry rants about how shitty [X Y Z] is/are, and it is relentless angry demands about where [X Y Z] went wrong and that the creators/actors/producers/company/label are ignoring/actively antagonist towards the fans

And both groups can (and have) existed in fandoms.

What's frustrating to me is that often fans are really "all or nothing" when they don't need to be. And it just kills the joy for me. If we can't have nuanced conversations about a thing, I will nope out silently.
We can enjoy a thing but still address the stuff we didn't like.

I think given how most stuff on the internet is all about retaining engagement for as long as possible, the negative stuff is put out with higher visibility, so we often only see the negative "You're either with us or against us!" mentality in more recent times. And so it feels like fandom is nothing but negative shit.

[(Anonymous)]

+1000 to all of this.

I've also found that the relentlessly positive spaces can be just as awful and just as unhealthy for my mental health as the relentlessly negative ones, as well. They can and do often allow a lot of very nasty stuff to go on in the fandom, with no one ever being allowed to vent or even talk about it. Does no one remember Cult of Nice?

[(Anonymous)]

'Remember' it?! We're still living in it, it's just called 'Be kind!' these days.

[(Anonymous)]

What's frustrating to me is that often fans are really "all or nothing" when they don't need to be. And it just kills the joy for me. If we can't have nuanced conversations about a thing, I will nope out silently.
We can enjoy a thing but still address the stuff we didn't like.

It's really just toxic positivity in another form. You MUST like everything about this thing and think it's perfect and without flaws or else you are a bad person.