Fandom far afield
When was the last time you participated in fandom on the internet not through a journaling site? I don't really mean posting fanfic to something like fanfiction.net, unless you also post and discuss in the forums there. I mean discussion, meta, the posting of fanfic, the making of graphics, etc, all being share through a medium other than LJ, DW
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On journaling sites you can go into more intricate complex discussions about controversial points in the show,
True! Which is interesting, because when I first got an lj I thought I would not be able to get into as many complex discussions. Everything on a journaling site has to do with time. If you don't make your sally at the correct moment, no one will ever see it--or, if someone sees it, other people won't know it's there to join in. I thought that this would make for some very narrow discussions, but there are enough people here that once in a while someone sees you and they are AWESOME and you are AWESOME and you just have this AWESOME discussion.
But it is easy to get caught in just your preferred corner of fandomThis is interesting. I found myself more caught up in a corner on forums. I can figure out whether this was due to the difference in fandoms or the difference in mediums. The thing is, while you're more likely to see a broader range on a forum, I tend not to pay ( ... )
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http://www.buffyforums.net/forums/
True! Which is interesting, because when I first got an lj I thought I would not be able to get into as many complex discussions. Everything on a journaling site has to do with time.
That's true, on the board you have quicker access to a larger audience, but I got the impression that a bigger portion of discussions tend to end in pointless screaming matches, in which each person tries to gather as many followers as possible and the topic becomes quickly less important than the winning.
This is interesting. I found myself more caught up in a corner on forums. I can figure out whether this was due to the difference in fandoms or the difference in mediums. The thing is, while you're more likely to see a broader range on a forum, I tend not to pay attention to it. I just think, "those people over there are talking about something I have no interest in". But on lj, if I happen to have someone ( ... )
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Other people have had the same impression. I wonder why this is. Someone also mentioned they found the "cult of nice" oppressive on journaling sites. LJ certainly has it's share of wank, but I find it . . . more avoidable, if I want. Maybe it's just because LJ is more splintered--I can hide in my corner, if I like.
There is more controversy on the boards but they rarely change my mind,
Why, though? Do you think it's a different kind of fen? Or is the nature of the medium less conducive to reasonable discussion?
That might be just me.
Oh, but I don't think it's just you. I definitely came to LJ in a large part for the fanfic--i.e., this was where the fanfic (that I liked) was happening. But it made NO sense to me that this was where the fanfic was, because it's such a bad medium for archiving.
There are usually a lot more men on the boards than on LJOther people have said this too. I wonder why men are less likely to ( ... )
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It is a factor, if someone bugs me on LJ I'm a lot more likely to simply not look their way than I would be on a board and I mostly only comment when I have something positive to say.
LJ certainly has it's share of wank, but I find it . . . more avoidable, if I want. Maybe it's just because LJ is more splintered--I can hide in my corner, if I like.
Exactly, it took a while before I ever got into actual wank on LJ, but it is of course there. Have to say here it always takes me by surprise a bit.
Lately there has been a lot of controversy about the comic books and there has been some extra unpleasant stuff been stirred.
Why, though? Do you think it's a different kind of fen? Or is the nature of the medium less conducive to reasonable discussion?I'm not sure, I think it might have to do with the boards always attracting some people for whom the fighting is the whole fun and pushes ( ... )
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