Very well said. I have to agree that I’ve been mystified by some of the animosity that I’ve seen towards the whole IJ thing.
LJ is not "fandom." Fandom is people.
I completely agree with this. Prior to my finding the QAF fandom, I was a lurker in another one. That fandom was and still is all over the place. Numerous message boards, individual LJ’s, various websites, etc. If you wanted to know what was going on in that fandom, you literally had to go all over the place. Having to refresh my Flist at 2 journals is nothing in comparison. But regardless of where I have to go to participate, it’s the participation itself that defines any fandom, and not the physical location of the servers or the user interface that accesses them.
I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating. I enjoy being a part of this fandom and will go where it goes - i.e., where the people go. Yesterday it was LJ, today it’s IJ, and if tomorrow it’s XYZJ, I’m there if fandom is.
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LJ is not "fandom." Fandom is people.
I completely agree with this. Prior to my finding the QAF fandom, I was a lurker in another one. That fandom was and still is all over the place. Numerous message boards, individual LJ’s, various websites, etc. If you wanted to know what was going on in that fandom, you literally had to go all over the place. Having to refresh my Flist at 2 journals is nothing in comparison. But regardless of where I have to go to participate, it’s the participation itself that defines any fandom, and not the physical location of the servers or the user interface that accesses them.
I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating. I enjoy being a part of this fandom and will go where it goes - i.e., where the people go. Yesterday it was LJ, today it’s IJ, and if tomorrow it’s XYZJ, I’m there if fandom is.
~Ellen