[ SECRET POST #2496 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2496 ⌋

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[dolorosa_12]

The vast majority of fandom friends I made years ago on forum-based platforms, which is not hugely helpful these days. The way I've gone about making fandom friends since Tumblr became popular is this:

1. Pick smaller fandoms, particularly fandoms for older canons that people are likely to feel affectionate towards and nostalgic about (for me these are mainly Australian YA book series from the '90s). This has the effect of creating smaller, more intimate fandoms which are less likely to be filled with wank and drama, and where everyone is so happy just to have someone else to discuss things with that they don't care so much if your shipping preferences are different or whatever. I've made friends through LJ, Tumblr and AO3 on this particular basis.

2. Whenever there is a friending meme going around LJ or Dreamwidth, look for the people who share your fandoms who make a point of mentioning that they're in fandom for the meta and commentary. Make a point of mentioning that yourself in your own thread in friending memes. If you can, check out those people's journals to see how much meta they post (of course, if their journals are flocked, there's not much you can do).

3. I haven't hosted one myself, but I've thoroughly enjoyed participating in meta comment memes. I didn't make any new fandom friends, but the discussion was excellent.

4. Finally, anon memes are great for discussion and commentary, although you're obviously not going to make many friends that way.

Hope some of this is helpful!

[(Anonymous)]

look for the people who share your fandoms who make a point of mentioning that they're in fandom for the meta and commentary.

Emphasizing this. A lot of people have a habit these days of saying they're in a fandom when really what they mean is, they like something a lot, have a few icons of it, and about twice a year they'll mention it briefly in a post. Find people who like to talk about things, not... like things.