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⌈ Secret Post #2654 ⌋

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[Ioan Gruffudd/Fantastic Four 2005]

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[Laurell K. Hamilton]

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[Bates Motel]

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[Sherlock]

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[Korn; Breaking Benjamin]

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[American Horror Story]

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[Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man]

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[Kino's journey/Kino no tabi]

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[Roxy Music]

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So I'm finding tumblr and twitter really unsatisfying as fandom platforms. Am I missing something? Is there somewhere else that fans are hanging out and being sociable about fandom? I miss the days of LJ and email groups.

I do too.

But I can't find any other places. T_T

Yeah, you have to go out of your way for discussions on twitter and tumblr. I know that artists will do livestreams to interact with people, but mostly I think you get chummy with people there and eventually exchange skype names, irc hangouts, or something.

And yeah, I hear you.

AYRT Something's got to be done. I just... don't know what.

My hope is that tumblr eventually falls out of favor for the next big thing, which is actually good for socializing and discussion.

Re: Being sociable in fandom

(Anonymous) - 2014-04-10 00:26 (UTC) - Expand

yeah i pretty much go into artist's livestreams for chatting

haven't figured out how to set up my own yet *inept*

Well, I'm talking to myself over at poppedbubblewrap.blogspot.com. Someday I could envision it being like the places of yore.

I'm never too comfortable taking fandom stuff to blogspot or wordpress. Not sure why, it just doesn't feel very fandom friendly?

I didn't mean like "go to blogspot to find a bunch of fandom blogs!" I meant "here's this one particular blog that is kind of like F!S General Comments (only maybe with less RL drama)." Or, will be if anybody ever shows up.

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You're looking at one of the remaining outposts, I'm afraid.

Agreed...

Oh goddamnit. :(

^anon from above

I love this place! Just... we're a small, and non-specific fan community.

Re: here

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(Anonymous) - 2014-04-10 00:32 (UTC) - Expand

That makes me so sad. I mean, it's great and active here now, but it's one tiny corner that won't last forever. Man.

WE'RE DOOMED! DOOMED!!1!!

Let me know if you do... I miss messageboards myself, but while I've found great active multipurpose ones, it's hard finding ones for specific fandoms that are a, active, and b, welcoming towards newbies.

This is why I like f!s so much, it's just easier to interact with people in communities than on twitter or tumblr. Not saying it can't be done, it's just a lot more effort.

I feel the same way. I hardly even use tumblr anymore because I got sick of it.

Yeah, I haven't been on tumblr in like a month. It's not even because of any of the popular f!s whipping boys (SJWs, etc). I just kind of stopped. I feel kind of bad about it sometimes when I get a notice that I got another new follower for some reason.

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nyxelestia - 2014-04-10 23:46 (UTC) - Expand

Well, there's still Plurk. I just got an account there recently and fandom still seems to be kicking on it.

Nothing of my fandom on there. :( What fandom are you in on there anon?

(Anonymous) - 2014-04-10 18:42 (UTC) - Expand

I'm so lucky I found an active LJ community for my fandom. Everyone is so nice and it's what drew me back into fandom. (It's for Revolution)

I go to fail_fandomanon on livejournal. It's panfandom and all anon. Good for rambling conversations about everything under the sun - even though you don't know who you're "talking" to.

LJ is still alive and kicking, you just have to find the right people and places. I just did my (first ever) friending meme on LJ (a sort of 'we're still here!') thing, and over 1000 people joined up and commented and whatnot.

So - what are your fandoms? I'm sure there is still stuff going on on LJ/DW that you join.

I feel your pain, anon.

Sometimes you just have to create your own forums, though.

I also wish I could connect with fandom stuff with people locally, but I refrain for two reasons. 1) I don't want to be friends with someone just because they happen to like the same book or video game, because I don't think it would be fair to them, and 2) the horror stories I've heard here about fandom meetups. D: