#blog assignment

[ainulassyakirin]

Week 9 Fandom: Do toxic fans in some online spaces (e.g. Twitter) make it difficult to become or identify as a fan?

Toxic Fans: The Unwanted Side Effect of Fandom

Being a fan should be about appreciating what you love—whether that’s music, movies, TV, or even a perfectly baked sourdough bread recipe. However, with the rise of platforms like Twitter, Reddit, and other fan networks, the term “fan” has become somewhat muddled. While it’s easier than ever to share your interests with like-minded people, it also means navigating the minefield of toxic fandom, gatekeepers, and those who think their opinion is the only one that matters. When toxic fans get involved, it makes it hard to enjoy being a fan, let alone claim the title. Let’s balance this out with a bit of comedy, reality, and a healthy dose of perspective.

 Fandom's Dark Side  

We’ve all been there—diving deep into heated character debates after joining a new online forum for our favorite show. Or worse, finding yourself accused of not “truly understanding” the fandom. Yes, the dreaded “real fan” test. Like an exclusive club, being part of the fan community often requires knowing obscure facts, having an in-depth understanding, or proving you’ve invested a certain amount of time and energy. If you haven't watched every director's cut or read every comic, heaven forbid, you’re not a “true” fan. Enter the world of gatekeeping.  

 Gatekeeping: The Unasked Fan Police  

Gatekeeping happens when people try to limit who can be a fan and to what extent. It’s like attending a play, only to be told that you can’t fully enjoy the performance unless you’ve memorized every line. It’s frustrating. New fans often find themselves bombarded with “How do you even like this?” or “You haven’t read the books?” Or worse: “You’re not a fan if you don’t agree with me.” Fandoms can sometimes feel like that grouchy neighbor who constantly complains about your home parties. Fans should be inclusive, not exclusive!

PERIOD!  

Toxic Positivity Power  

On the flip side, fan spaces can also harbor toxic positivity. Sometimes, if you voice any criticism, you’re met with a flood of responses like “just enjoy it” or “stop being negative.” It can be hard to maintain a perfect fanbase, but guess what? It’s okay to express your dislikes. After all, just because you love something doesn’t mean you have to love every little thing about it. Fans shouldn’t have to fear “cancellation” by other fans for voicing an unpopular opinion. It’s like getting criticized at a dinner party for not liking the dessert—chill out, Karen, some of us are here for the appetizers.  

The Identity Challenge  

How can you even consider identifying as a fan when you’re constantly being told you’re not “real enough” by toxic people? This kind of behavior discourages people from engaging with the fandom at all. Some even decide to disconnect from online spaces entirely, choosing to enjoy their passion solo. But here’s the thing—being a fan should be simple. All it takes is appreciating something and connecting with others who share that enthusiasm. Instead, we’ve built a culture where fans police each other’s fandoms, leaving no room for people to just enjoy things. The irony? Being a fan is supposed to bring people together, not drive them apart.  

So, What Can We Do About It?  

The good news is that not all fan communities are like this. There are many out there that are inclusive, welcoming, and ready to embrace a wide range of opinions. These are the communities where you can disagree without fear of being kicked out. After all, fandoms are more fun when everyone can talk about what they love without judgment. You don’t need to memorize every fact or attend every conference to be a fan. Being a fan is about passion and enthusiasm, not membership in the “fan police.”  

Next time you run into toxic fans, just remember—your love for something is all you need to be a fan. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise just because you haven’t watched every YouTube video or read every book on the subject. Keep it positive and keep it fun!  

 Last Thought  

Ultimately, the goal of fandom should be fun, not gatekeeping. Let’s agree to stop policing each other’s fandoms and accept that there’s room for all kinds of fans. Arguing about which superhero movie is the best is a lot more enjoyable than arguing about who’s a real fan. Save the drama for the plotlines, folks.

BYE BYE !!

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Michael, J. K. (2022, June 12). I remember back in the early to mid 2010s, twitter was a social media platform that was treated as a royal platform in tanzania, only suitable for the special few who felt superior to the rest of the population by owning a twitter account, not even a bank account with 6 figures of USD, just a twitte. Linkedin.com. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-twitter-most-toxic-social-media-platform-tanzania-michael/

NoStupidQuestions. (2024). Reddit - dive into anything. Reddit.com. https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/1eht2zh/what_has_made_twitter_a_toxic_space_to_be_on/?rdt=62232

Oliveira, E., Sparrow, L., & Butt, M.-A. (2024, September 30). Online spaces are rife with toxicity. well-designed AI tools can help clean them up. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/online-spaces-are-rife-with-toxicity-well-designed-ai-tools-can-help-clean-them-up-239590

[des302-capstone-blog-project]

06/08/2023

The current status of my project is going well as planned. I have define my design brief starting with my defined, how might we statement:

"How might we overcome age stereotypes (demographics of 50-80 years of age) in the workplace and recognise it's impacts on employee experiences and organisational culture"

my design vision is to create an inclusive and diverse workplace environment that challenges and overcomes age stereotypes, fostering a culture where individuals of all ages are valued for their unique experiences, skills and contributions...

The tools that I am using for this project is the triple diamond methodology as I am familiar with it through the three years of study. I am familiar with how to use it, which I find very helpful because I think it can take time to understand how frameworks works. The triple diamond method is for systemic design of services, in which I think my project will be heading to a solution relating to service design. The toolkit I will be using is the Human Centred Design.

The strengths of using this tool is that toolkit as it focuses on serving people in this project which requires us to centre human needs. It can be valuable for addressing stereotypes in the workplace, which is the centre and main focus for my project. The toolkit's iterative process allows for continuous feedback and improvement, as this is an important aspect of increasing the likelihood of creating a successful product or services. The flexibility that it can be adapted to different context and projects, making it applicable for wide range of challenges I might encounter during the project.

The weakness of using this tool is that, it can be time-consuming especially during the research and user-testing phase as it might not be suitable for project with tight timelines. While also involving human and their needs, balancing the user needs can sometimes lead to competing interest and design compromises.

The current challenges that I am facing is having enough preliminary research to support my statements. This is the current challenge that I am trying to solve and I will resolve this by using my time wisely as background research is very important to show that we understand the problem and brief that we are trying to solve. I will also seek my fellow students for help and feedback.

The part of the project that has made me happy is creating the mood board, the theme of my miro board as well as filling out the online worksheets of the diversity works awareness spectrum, intersectionality, and wheel of privilege and power worksheet, as these tasks does not require much thinking and it involves colours.

The part of the project that has made me sad is the concept of my project that either young or old employees are facing stereotype biases in the workplace. It is saddening to see the 62% of employees are experiencing this and 90-95% of workers age 50-80 reported having personally seen or experienced age discrimination. It Is sad that people who have witness this ca possibly be bystanders to these occurrences.

Miro board: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVM1F4xZw=/?share_link_id=675506462198

[learnelle]

Spending the gloomy grey days correcting my assignments and wandering around the city. I'm so excited for the Christmas holidays, they can't come fast enough!

[maigetheplatypus57]

Tommyinnit could announce "Sorry guys, on further reflection I think I'm just straight" tomorrow and I would support him (questioning is so valid and we respect ppl who even dabble in exploring their identity) but he could never take away the beautiful collective insanity of the last 13 hours through memes and jokes and shitposts and "OH MY GOD????" posts i love you guys and this fucking hilarious community so much <3

[omegalerc]

I would love to hear about your official omegaverse chart for the drivers 😭 that shit would make my day LOL

okay everybody welcome to the Official Formula One Omegaverse Assignment Chart, aka OF1OAC. everything here is 100% factual and correct, so don’t bother arguing with me.

To begin let’s get the most obvious answers out of the way,

CHARLES LECLERC: OMEGA

the most omega to ever omega in the history of f1.. let’s be fr it’s a miracle he is not pregnant and bred every season

MAX VERSTAPPEN: ALPHA

the most dominant one on the track as well.

when i post about these two together being the biggest examples of a tradvisionist omegaverse society im being deathly serious. they would be on the propaganda posters promoting society to return to traditional Alpha/Omega relationships.

Onto the rest of the grid,

Oscar Piastri- Alpha with Beta and Omega tendencies

Carlos Sainz- ALPHA. With a clear emphasis on the period and capitalization

Lando Norris- Omega.. yeah.

Lewis Hamilton- Prime Alpha okay… he wrote the scriptures that were taught to max

George Russell- Beta and honestly he’s not happy about it

Pierre Gasly- Beta who thinks he’s an Alpha

Liam Lawson- Repressed Alpha

Yuki Tsunoda- Beta with Alpha tendencies, that everybody thinks is an Omega at first glance

Oliver Bearman- Baby Alpha. Like it’s sooo clear

Alexander Albon- Beta of the most neutral kind

Kimi Antonelli- Omega with Alpha tendencies

Lance Stroll- honestly im so tempted to say omega bc i think he deserves that kind of humbling, but i think he falls under the category of Beta who thinks he’s Alphaism..

Esteban Ocon- Alpha tbh. and the chill humble kind too

Nico Hulkenberg- Alpha. not much to say there ..

Jack Doohan- Alpha again. (remember f1 is heavily alpha dominated, don’t shoot the messenger)

Fernando Alonso- old man OMEGA !!! can u tell i just learned about the webbonso scriptures a few days ago .. which speaking of mark: Alpha

Isack Hadjar- Beta with heavy Omega tendencies. i saw his fanboying activities..

And last of the drivers on the grid, Gabriel Bortoleto. who i don’t know much about unfortunately to accurately classify his assignment. But the vibes are giving BETA!

A few honorable mentions:

Daniel Riccardo: FailAlpha but in a good way!!

Checo Perez- FailBeta with submissive tendencies

Franco Colapinto- a special breed of Alpha where he’s a gigantic slut, dangerous stuff

Nico Rosberg- Omega :(

Sebastian Vettel- Alpha but with secret evil Omega tendencies

Michael Schumacher- Idek how it happened y’all but this man developed babygirl status for me .. this is a clear Omega with Alpha tendencies

[flowersforthemachines]

Useless Veilguard fact of the day: Day 55

Even though most companions can complete most assignments during the final battle in Minrathous as long as they are the Heroes of Veilguard and the faction they are assisting is at 3 stars, some of them will still fail their job regardless of all other circumstances. Those include:

Lucanis will always get Strife killed if he's assigned to assist the Veil Jumpers with the wards

Davrin will always die if sent against the Venatori mage with the Antivan Crows

Lucanis will always die if sent against the juggernaut with the Grey Wardens

All mages will always die if they are left behind to hold the line

If you want to see how everyone fares under different circumstances, check out this post by @/hopearefeatheredthings.

Check out the tag for more useless facts: #useless davg fact of the day!

[phosphorus-noodles]

very sorry for not doing the assignment professor you see i was busy writing 5 note posts on tumblr dot com and simply could not leave. you know how it is

[nocofamilyau]

I sure hope Hijotee is doing well wherever they may be... (21/24)

[starflungwaddledee]

from: @starflungwaddledee to: @post-it-notes7

message from santa: "happy holidays post-it-notes! 🎄🥳 i know you very politely only wished for a few modest things- characters high fiving, or struggling in christmas attire- but i hope you'll still enjoy this given that i kinda went the opposite direction entirely! i'm an enormous fan of your work and most times you post anything i wind up browsing your art tag from tip-to-tail in enraptured delight. as such, i thought it was only fair i give back something a little more significant in gratitude for all the joy your work has given me. i knew i wanted to do a comic, so i was thrilled you already had a whole storyverse for me to work from!! this scene seemed the most obvious choice (chapter 8 of "wishful thinking" on ao3) given that i enjoy a dramatic fight scene 😂 i tried to stick as beat-by-beat to the writing as i could and worked in as many details as possible; i hope it'll be fun to see it envisioned this way! merry christmas! ~starflung 🎀🔔 "

[askdrunkjimmy]

Thanks.

[dailywel]

April 8 2025

I am getting the hang of my calc lesson I just need to talk to my teacher about a couple of questions then it’ll be over ( ◡̀_◡́)ᕤ

I started a new book today, I was going to read it but I decided to crochet so I listened to the audio book. I’m on chapter 9 so far and I like it (っ- ᴗ - ς)

[beebeestudies]

Study Session.

[General Human Anatomy; Miscellaneous Topics]

Hate it when Tumblr glitches and doesn’t let me post without a specific reason. College is still a Brobdingnagian monstrosity, still a nuisance. I’m at my happiest in a while though.

The above images, in order:

Current Setup

Notes on The Otic Ganglion

Nerve Supply of The Otic Ganglion, including parasympathetic, sympathetic and sensory pathways

A scene from “The First Frost”— my current C-Drama watch.

Until next time,

B.

[maeby-cursed]

HOW I SEE THE JJK MEN !

Kento Nanami is…

A slow dance on a quiet morning, hands touching hands to the melody of a jazz tune playing in another room.

He’s the warmth of freshly made patisseries and tuscan golds used as bookmarks. He’s soft stolen glances and confessions pressed to your temple. He’s coming home to a lit chimney and corduroy jackets. He’s freckled shoulders and the sigh after being enveloped into a hug. He’s falling asleep on the sofa and going on walks to the beach and kisses that taste of butter.

♫ bewitched by laufey

(here is satoru's version and here is suguru's version ♡)

[kayzis]

taking a break from endwalker to play xenoblade. have been drawing my character some. he looks Extremely Serious at all times but his voice has decided he's a himbo, and he got bopped by a giant snail camel on his first mission

[chill--cat]