For me it's a consumption vs. creation mindset. Ooh, this hits on the issue nicely! Yeah, when there's more to consume, I'll be there consuming, while if there's nothing (or, I suppose, if nothing is to my tastes) I'm more likely to be creating.
The community aspect is another thing. I find myself much more willing to comment and reach out for rarer/more niche stuff, since person who likes the same rare thing! Whereas with people who like the megafandom juggernaut, it's like eh, that's person #9871 today who likes that thing. And megafandoms are more likely to already have the lines drawn in the sand and all the friend groups be insulated from one another due to terrible wanks that went down in ages past.
Some sites restrict the usage of the / character in tags (tumblr, frex), so I understand using portmanteaus along the lines of Finnpoe. When it gets to stuff like Reylo (vs Reykylo) or Beefleaf (vs ??? I have no idea who these people are, other than that they're from TGCF) I am significantly more annoyed. Though with really long names character limits on e.g. Twitter are likely to lead to abbreviation... Let's all just return to DW?
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Date: 2022-01-26 18:42 (UTC)Ooh, this hits on the issue nicely! Yeah, when there's more to consume, I'll be there consuming, while if there's nothing (or, I suppose, if nothing is to my tastes) I'm more likely to be creating.
The community aspect is another thing. I find myself much more willing to comment and reach out for rarer/more niche stuff, since person who likes the same rare thing! Whereas with people who like the megafandom juggernaut, it's like eh, that's person #9871 today who likes that thing. And megafandoms are more likely to already have the lines drawn in the sand and all the friend groups be insulated from one another due to terrible wanks that went down in ages past.
Some sites restrict the usage of the / character in tags (tumblr, frex), so I understand using portmanteaus along the lines of Finnpoe. When it gets to stuff like Reylo (vs Reykylo) or Beefleaf (vs ??? I have no idea who these people are, other than that they're from TGCF) I am significantly more annoyed. Though with really long names character limits on e.g. Twitter are likely to lead to abbreviation... Let's all just return to DW?