In the interview I linked, the person who conducted the survey said that (apparently) a lot of people still use LJ specifically for role-playing purposes. Which is something I've never gotten into, so I really wasn't aware of that.
I used to find it so helpful when you first come into a fandom and you could find different LJ communities for say fan fiction, fan videos, episode discussion etc, and it was all archived and there for fandom newbies.
YES. That was one of the disappointments when discovered "Stranger Things" and was feeling fannish about it. There are tons of fic for it on AO3 and dozens of tumblrs devoted to it, but I couldn't find any traditional communities where people were discussing the show in a fannish way. There was nothing on LJ (not a surprise), nor Dreamwidth (more of a surprise). No challenges, fests, exchanges, etc. And this is for a current, supposedly "hot" show.
To me, fandom these days feels like having an party invitation that has no address. :/
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Date: 2018-04-06 05:21 pm (UTC)I used to find it so helpful when you first come into a fandom and you could find different LJ communities for say fan fiction, fan videos, episode discussion etc, and it was all archived and there for fandom newbies.
YES. That was one of the disappointments when discovered "Stranger Things" and was feeling fannish about it. There are tons of fic for it on AO3 and dozens of tumblrs devoted to it, but I couldn't find any traditional communities where people were discussing the show in a fannish way. There was nothing on LJ (not a surprise), nor Dreamwidth (more of a surprise). No challenges, fests, exchanges, etc. And this is for a current, supposedly "hot" show.
To me, fandom these days feels like having an party invitation that has no address. :/