ext_207196 ([identity profile] sidhe-arien.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] xie_xie_xie 2007-09-10 04:43 am (UTC)


LJ is not "fandom. " Fandom is people.


I couldn't agree more. I was part of other fandoms long before the invention that is LJ. Before LJ it was Yahell groups (aptly named, IMHO) and before that it was the very, very basic forums with just plain text - the old _alt_ type forums. It seems that people have gotten in the habit of thinking that one domain defines a fandom and it doesn't in the least. The fans define the domain, IMHO. There were fandoms online long before LJ and there will be fandoms online long after LJ has gone by the wayside due to technovations. The fans can make the fandom be anything they want, take it where they want, when they want. If they don't like (for whatever reason) the place where the fandom seems to be be, they can always start up somewhere else. It's hard, but it's not impossible.

I can understand why there are those who are reluctant to not leave LJ. Paying for a permanent account is very valid since it's not as those people can get a refund for them. Plus, there are connections between bloggers and their flists.

I suppose, in my babbling way, what I'm saying is that there's nothing wrong with people (including you)who want to stay on LJ. If it feels like it's the right course of action for you, then it can't be anything other that the correct path for you.

Sorry for the ramble. Back to lurking under my cyber-rock.

Sidhe

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