That was a fucking awesome community, wasn't it? I feel like I follow most of y'all on other platforms but it's not the same. And I wonder if the toxic sludge pile of the Sherlock fandom was the harbinger of the anti/purity brigade that Tumblr has become; I feel like a lot of the really terrible wank happening in latter-day Sherlock was very similar in its kind of appeal to purity culture that I'm seeing now.
Re: people having interests I don't follow; that wasn't quite what I meant, but I do take your point. What I meant was more that I could find someone who posted all the gifs of the particular hot person I am into at the moment, but if all their commentary on said hot person is annoying (or they post other opinions on hot other hot people that I disagree with) then I don't necessarily feel like I've found a person I want to follow. Does that make sense? it's more about "can I find a person who likes the thing I like or who talks about the things they like in a way that resonates with me."
I 100% blame my current hockey obsession on the people having really interesting conversations about it on Tumblr and Twitter. To the point where I looked up during a bar outing at my cousin's wedding and saw Alex Ovechkin on a screen, thought "Oh, that's Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals," and then realized that I only know who he is because of tumblr. And this was before I called myself a fan. So in some sense I do want to kind of go along with whatever weird fandom people get into, because then I find new interests, but I can't follow them if I can't get with their tone.
Not sure if any of that made sense! Like I said, I'm very rusty.
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Date: 2018-12-05 07:12 pm (UTC)Re: people having interests I don't follow; that wasn't quite what I meant, but I do take your point. What I meant was more that I could find someone who posted all the gifs of the particular hot person I am into at the moment, but if all their commentary on said hot person is annoying (or they post other opinions on hot other hot people that I disagree with) then I don't necessarily feel like I've found a person I want to follow. Does that make sense? it's more about "can I find a person who likes the thing I like or who talks about the things they like in a way that resonates with me."
I 100% blame my current hockey obsession on the people having really interesting conversations about it on Tumblr and Twitter. To the point where I looked up during a bar outing at my cousin's wedding and saw Alex Ovechkin on a screen, thought "Oh, that's Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals," and then realized that I only know who he is because of tumblr. And this was before I called myself a fan. So in some sense I do want to kind of go along with whatever weird fandom people get into, because then I find new interests, but I can't follow them if I can't get with their tone.
Not sure if any of that made sense! Like I said, I'm very rusty.