Thank you for this post. I hope it does some good!
As someone who has an unpopular opinion regarding how the recent events have been handled, I've been reminded of just how unwelcoming this fandom is of dissenting opinions. I've seriously considered (more than once in all the years I've been a fan of Jin, but especially in the last week or so) leaving the fandom based on how I've been treated by other fans when my opinions don't match theirs. I definitely believe that this unwelcoming attitude that the fandom as a whole projects is scaring off new/potential fans as well as us old, weathered fans, which is only going to hurt Jin in the end.
Not even just losing current fans, but if I had no idea who Jin was and heard his song on the radio, googled him, and found this fandom as it currently is, I probably wouldn't stick around. And I imagine this is how the general American audience would react.
The fandom is too protective of Jin and think he can do no wrong and they tend to attack/shun those who don't agree. In order for this fandom to grow, this attitude definitely needs to change.
I agree, I think just nonsense coz then it´s fans pushing other fans away, it´s like you are in no mod after feeling dissapointed to be treated badly because you don´t think the same, I think all of us should be more intelligent in that sense, to not push current or new fans away and to actually promote Jin and help him get through this, it´s worst than some pple think, I´ve been lurking in his fandoms, from Europe, Latin America and even USA there´re TONES of pissed fans (dunno Japan), much more than the ones happy or indiferent to this, that, if we don´t count all the ones in Facebook, Arama and twitter...we really need to do something to improve his image right now and actually try to stick together, no matter what our opinion the first thing is for some fans to realize that there´s a problem and then all of us try to fix it together
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u know we`ve been talking about this before and i totally agree with u!
even if we have different oppinions concerning the thing that happened recenty in his private life we all are united when it comes to the love for his professional life as we all love his music:P
I couldn't agree more. I was actually most upset by the way fandom handled this than the actual event. I almost let the fans push me out the door. It hurts when u really think of it as a family, but some turn on u when u need them the most.
As someone who has an unpopular opinion regarding how the recent events have been handled, I've been reminded of just how unwelcoming this fandom is of dissenting opinions. I've seriously considered (more than once in all the years I've been a fan of Jin, but especially in the last week or so) leaving the fandom based on how I've been treated by other fans when my opinions don't match theirs. I definitely believe that this unwelcoming attitude that the fandom as a whole projects is scaring off new/potential fans as well as us old, weathered fans, which is only going to hurt Jin in the end.
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The fandom is too protective of Jin and think he can do no wrong and they tend to attack/shun those who don't agree. In order for this fandom to grow, this attitude definitely needs to change.
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even if we have different oppinions concerning the thing that happened recenty in his private life we all are united when it comes to the love for his professional life as we all love his music:P
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let´s try to make one fandom again and not devide it, with unity the loyal subjects are strong lol!
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