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stalecheesesticks · 2 months ago

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okay but there is something disquieting about this urge to cast fan writers as altruists. they give us all this for free!! well, no.

they’re sharing

it’s a key difference in perception. fic isn’t given. it’s shared. it’s part of a fandom community— in which readers are also an integral part.

it’s probably inevitable mission creep from the increasingly transactional nature of the internet and fandom-as-consumerism, which was always gonna happen after corps worked out how much bank there is to make from those weirdo fan people

but like. fandom is sharing. i think we’ve lost that somewhere.

#reblog #fandom criticism #when you share something it's usually done with the idea of there being no strings attached #last time I checked there was no admission price for being in fandom either #if someone just wants to read and enjoy stuff in fandom quietly that's their right #and demanding some response from those people is the exact transactional nature that OP is talking about!#demanding that someone participate in response to the thing you shared is in fact Capitalism whispering into your ear #it's just that the currency here is likes/reblogs/etc #sharing something from fandom in discord with your friends is in fact normal and is not 'excluding the author' what the fuck #calling someone an asshole because they're minding their own business in the corner of the fandom party is uncalled for #and it is no one's responsibility to maintain the 'fandom ecosystem'#like damn you all make fandom sound like work #are we really at the point of trying to exclude people from fandom because they don't contribute according to some arbitrary standard?

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stalecheesesticks · 6 months ago

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Whenever I see pinned posts on this site with real names, ages, birthdays (!!!), and all this other personal information I just want to put my head through a wall, especially if they're minors

Like holy shit where are your parents/trusted adults and why did they not teach you ANYTHING about internet safety

#mine #internet safety is important!!#do they even teach internet safety in schools anymore?

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stalecheesesticks · 6 months ago

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