[ SECRET POST #6915 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6915 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Is it just me or does it seem like people in fandoms move on too quick these days? Like people churn and burn through series in record time. It feels like communities that would take years to fizzle out get desolate in a month or two. Or am I just getting old?

[(Anonymous)]

Some fandoms have always had this issue: see most movie fandoms outside of large franchises, but this is happening with modern TV fandoms as well.

Like I got back into a 10 year old fandom and while it's not anywhere near as active as it was back then, it's still chugging along well, people write new fic and there's a fairly active discord running.

But the fandom for a show I watched no less than 2 years ago is fully dead, no one writes anything anymore, there's no one in the fandom. Everyone just left like keeping up with it got boring or something.

[(Anonymous)]

Yep, my own experience has been that video game fandoms have always been pretty bad about that, which makes sense because it's for the same reasons that movie fandoms are bad about it: people watch/play the canon once, dabble in the fandom for a little bit, and then they move on. Things that are ongoing for a longer period of time like anime/manga and TV shows tend to have fandoms that last longer just due to the nature of the canon itself lasting for quite a while.

[(Anonymous)]

It's definitely happening a lot more often with binge culture.

[paperghost]

No, I've noticed this for the last 7 or 8 years and it's gotten worse. I don't "get into" new things often due to lack of interest and time management (work, etc) so any time I like something "in the moment", everyone loses interest less than 6 months later. I can't keep up, I don't binge or speedrun.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, it seems like every few months a new fandom/pairing blows up out of nowhere, takes over, and then disappears six months later. It's understandable, though, as the way we interact with media (especially TV shows) has changed so much over the years, and it's now all about binge-watching and short-term engagement.

[dinogrrl]

Yup. Binge and consumer culture in general. Totally different fan engagement than the steady years-long serials that used to be the only way to see things.

[(Anonymous)]

It's not just you. People engage quickly and intensely, but IMO a lot of current media is meant to be enjoyed in the moment and lacks staying power. Once you've seen the pretty people and the pretty explosions, watching it again and again is an exercise in diminishing returns.

[(Anonymous)]

Binge culture, baby!

[(Anonymous)]

I used to be able to participate in some of the big pop culture stuff (as someone who is into niche things and generally a little slow to join in on popular stuff), but these days, they're much rarer. I can feel myself catching onto the bandwagon right before it runs out of gas when I do.

Back in the day, if I did catch onto something late, the fandom continued on with a nice long ride with ease.
These days, I feel like the collective has already moved on before one popular thing/hot topic has even had time to really be picked apart or thoroughly digested and deconstructed.