Maybe it's because fandom_wank's demographic has been changing...but I don't really see the huge flamefests that I used to.
It seems like Potter fandom's been a lot quieter, and I know Full Metal Alchemist's fandom has been less spectacular in its drama as of late. (Though, there may be extentuating circumstances in both cases--Order of the Phoenix for the former, series licensing for the latter.) However, both communities are somewhat conscious of fandom_wank, even though it's generally not a rule for us to declare in the drama that other people are mocking them on a semi-backwater LJ clone called JournalFen.
And those are just two examples. It seems like the drama has become less spectacular since...well...the start of 2004. There was the notorious Kristallnacht Crystalwank episode, and F_W eating itself two months after, but generally, the drama seems smaller.
There also seems to be a move toward reporting wank before it really gets going. As of late, I've been seeing quite a bit of "Small wank, but it'll grow." What people tend to forget, of course, is that everybody and their mom posts on f_w, or at least reads it. And often, being reported on f_w is a sign that you're becoming too absurd. In that sense, I can see F_W directly contributing as a deterrent to bad behavior.
Also, f_w's become a much larger community since its inception in 2002. It's grown a lot from where it started out, and it's spreading further. Soon the hive vagina will encapsulate the world. As more people take notice that, yes, there are eval snarky shit-slinging cunts ready to make fun of you, more people keep the drama sekrit and not out in the open. Aside from the direct retributions that BNFs can get for calling each other out, they now know that people will be laughing at them. And, I will admit, the majority of people do not agree with what f_w stands for. So they keep it under wraps.
And in that way, F_W indirectly contributes to improving fandom behavior, or at least public fandom behavior.
Just my two cents as a wanka. And a wanker. -feenix on JF/FW
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Date: 2005-01-24 10:09 pm (UTC)It seems like Potter fandom's been a lot quieter, and I know Full Metal Alchemist's fandom has been less spectacular in its drama as of late. (Though, there may be extentuating circumstances in both cases--Order of the Phoenix for the former, series licensing for the latter.) However, both communities are somewhat conscious of fandom_wank, even though it's generally not a rule for us to declare in the drama that other people are mocking them on a semi-backwater LJ clone called JournalFen.
And those are just two examples. It seems like the drama has become less spectacular since...well...the start of 2004. There was the notorious
KristallnachtCrystalwank episode, and F_W eating itself two months after, but generally, the drama seems smaller.There also seems to be a move toward reporting wank before it really gets going. As of late, I've been seeing quite a bit of "Small wank, but it'll grow." What people tend to forget, of course, is that everybody and their mom posts on f_w, or at least reads it. And often, being reported on f_w is a sign that you're becoming too absurd. In that sense, I can see F_W directly contributing as a deterrent to bad behavior.
Also, f_w's become a much larger community since its inception in 2002. It's grown a lot from where it started out, and it's spreading further.
Soon the hive vagina will encapsulate the world.As more people take notice that, yes, there are eval snarky shit-slinging cunts ready to make fun of you, more people keep the drama sekrit and not out in the open. Aside from the direct retributions that BNFs can get for calling each other out, they now know that people will be laughing at them. And, I will admit, the majority of people do not agree with what f_w stands for. So they keep it under wraps.And in that way, F_W indirectly contributes to improving fandom behavior, or at least public fandom behavior.
Just my two cents as a wanka. And a wanker.
-feenix on JF/FW
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Date: 2005-01-25 12:56 am (UTC)That's something I've always found amusing -- the number of people who go, "Eww, fandom_wank!" but always know the latest posts.