I thought this was an interesting post with an even more interesting comment section.

muldezgron: Thoughts on Rating Systems and their Problems
"So, I have some thoughts about people's expectations about fanfic based on ratings, and to illustrate my point, I'm going to compare AO3's ratings to American film ratings.
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I went on a Fanlore binge, originally because was wondering if "vidlet" is a term that people tend to use, or if it's just me. I suppose kids these days call short fanvids "edits", but I hate that with a passion, because it seems so ambiguous. And maybe most folks would just call them vids even if they're less than a minute, but the amount of ( Read more... )

Snowflake Challenge #7: In your own space, create your own challenge.


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Genuflectx over on Pillowfort is researching fannish drift, and they're particularly interested in getting more responses from older fans. Let me copy their whole post.

The Fannish Drift Survey seeks to gather data from fans of various age and time in fandom to help define fandom words. If the definition of certain words has changed over time, or ( Read more... )

It's here and can be signed with offline names or fannish usernames.

Here's some context.
This entry was originally posted at https://thenewbuzwuzz.dreamwidth.org/190358.html.

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I was skulking through Dreamwidth keyword search yesterday and noticed a couple of people having fun with this thing, which has apparently been around since 2011 at least (the earliest source I can find doesn't sound like it's the original).

The one who seduced you, screwed you over, broke your heart in a million pieces, and laughed about it:

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...and Reddit is for genuinely heartwarming posts and conversations such as

I'm very thankful for having this show in my life [Buffy and Willow friendship appreciation post] by SpaceCapybara85 and

Buffy (specifically the character) appreciation post/she helped me as I grew up by BarelyFunctioning29.

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