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bay115

Snowflake Challenge Day 12

Jan 12, 2014 10:49

Day 12: In your own space, talk about what you think the future holds for fandom. What are your hopes and dreams for fandom? Do you have any predictions about what the next five years holds for fandom?

( Long general fandom thoughts )

snowflake challenge

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bay115 January 13 2014, 17:36:14 UTC

Yeah for a while the decline of LJ/DW and rise of Tumblr has been discussed. The shift became very apparent in 2012 and 2013. It's so funny because in this challenge many were upset over that while at Tumblr they're like, "LOL LJ." As I mentioned the younger folks moved to Tumblr so they have that mentality.

As for AO3, I'll admit it has higher quality fics than FFnet. However, I do wish for more communication between writers and reviewers in that site. When I began writing for forums, one of the things I love most about fanfiction is actually discussions with my reviewers.

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bay115 January 13 2014, 18:13:29 UTC

Funny you should mention smartphones and tablets as a friend of mine said the same thing when we had a similar discussion in email over lack of activity and reviews. Yeah I often would read on my smartphone whenever I'm away and sometimes I'm unable to comment until I get home. Likely that's the case and will be for a while.