[ SECRET POST #2496 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2496 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Finally a helpful comment

[(Anonymous)]

Well, your response is not the first detailed explanation of how to use Tumblr really efficiently that I have seen: the other excellent explanation I saw was truly helpful as well, but was about three pages worth and promised more help, but here's the problem. As a long time fandom groupie, I follow a lot of the older fandoms, most of which are still fairly active in the -you guessed it- older platforms. eg: SGA? I don't think any SGA fan activity takes place in Tumblr?

Somehow, most of the fandoms which have exist exclusively in Tumblr are not really directed at older fans anyway and personally I get most of my jollies from fanfiction and discussions; I have never been a big fan of fanart and fanvids anyway - I admit to being a lot less forgiving of the amateurishness of a lot of fan artists than most fans (my bad). Even pics of really hot actors are a lot less interesting to me than a really hot fic? Everyone is different that way of course...

Even in the case of some of my fandoms which seem a lot more active in Tumblr (eg: Les Miserables), it's not really worth my time following the Tumblr accounts of most authors since they all post to AO3 - the only fics which do not get posted to AO3 are the results of the kinkmeme. Which is - you guessed it!- an LJ comm.

So, I don't know... it looks like a lot of effort without a clear benefit since Tumblr doesn't seem to have any fans who post their fics exclusively there?

But you are right, whatever the true answer is, possibly a different one for different fans or fandoms, we might as well be positive and courteous while discussing it instead of simply being aggressive at each other. If we just wanted stupid, deaf nastiness, we could just go into politics. Fandom is for fun, not nastiness!

And your conclusion is also correct: as I posted below in response to another comment, nowadays one should simply follow the fandom of one's choice in whichever platform it exists (or create it oneself if it truly does not exist anywhere). Diversify, as you put it very cogently. Which is exactly why I found your comments so helpful: the fact that I am currently dragging my feet and being lazy about it doesn't mean I won't do it eventually, we'll see!