1) What fandom was it? The Sweeney, The Professionals, MFU
2) What was the medium? (e.g. was it a forum, a mailing list, etc) 2 message boards and two mailing lists
3) When was this? within the last few days.
4) Are you still active in that fandom? Absolutely
5) Why did you participate there, and not at a journaling site? I rather dislike journaling sites for activities other than journaling. There's no means of seeing all the contributions, no means of keeping up with all the discussions and no proper form of archiving.
6) Are you more active in fandom on journaling sites or at other places? Depends on your version of "in fanom".
7) How did the different mode of interaction affect your fandom participation? depends on your definition of "in fanom"
8) Does there seem to you to be a difference in fen between the other medium and journaling sites? What are the differences? Why do you think those differences exist? Is it the nature of that fandom, or do you think it has anything to do with where that fandom is taking place? Yes there is a difference. The boards and mailing lists are as smothering, controlling, or as eager to make everyone conform to "nice" It's hard to withold information and ignore people on mailing lists and forums. Of course you can make a kill file, but you don't cut the other person off unless you banhammer them.
9) What were the fen in the other medium's thoughts on yaoi? (No, seriously. What was the general sentiment towards slash?) Well for the Sweeney... they are terrified of it. Total no go on their turf. I knew about that before hand so it wasn't anything I mentioned, but several others have and the reaction has been... a whole lot of protesting too much ;) The Professionals and the MFU areas are quite at ease with the reality of slash.
10) Was it easier or harder to get into a fandom through a medium other than a journaling site?
Far easier outside a journaling site.
11) Which medium do you prefer? Actually I like mailing lists. Great archive, easy to access from any device, easy to keep up with, great archiving.
Forums are nice as well. I really am not a fan of LJ and I use it as little as possible. You can never find anything, if you do it's always locked down, there's no sort of central area for anything, no reasonable search method, no reasonable archiving of past discussions, if you could ever find them in the first place... I have never understood the allure of journals except as journals. They work poorly for anything else.
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1) What fandom was it?
The Sweeney, The Professionals, MFU
2) What was the medium? (e.g. was it a forum, a mailing list, etc)
2 message boards and two mailing lists
3) When was this? within the last few days.
4) Are you still active in that fandom?
Absolutely
5) Why did you participate there, and not at a journaling site?
I rather dislike journaling sites for activities other than journaling. There's no means of seeing all the contributions, no means of keeping up with all the discussions and no proper form of archiving.
6) Are you more active in fandom on journaling sites or at other places?
Depends on your version of "in fanom".
7) How did the different mode of interaction affect your fandom participation?
depends on your definition of "in fanom"
8) Does there seem to you to be a difference in fen between the other medium and journaling sites? What are the differences? Why do you think those differences exist? Is it the nature of that fandom, or do you think it has anything to do with where that fandom is taking place?
Yes there is a difference. The boards and mailing lists are as smothering, controlling, or as eager to make everyone conform to "nice"
It's hard to withold information and ignore people on mailing lists and forums. Of course you can make a kill file, but you don't cut the other person off unless you banhammer them.
9) What were the fen in the other medium's thoughts on yaoi? (No, seriously. What was the general sentiment towards slash?)
Well for the Sweeney... they are terrified of it. Total no go on their turf. I knew about that before hand so it wasn't anything I mentioned, but several others have and the reaction has been... a whole lot of protesting too much ;) The Professionals and the MFU areas are quite at ease with the reality of slash.
10) Was it easier or harder to get into a fandom through a medium other than a journaling site?
Far easier outside a journaling site.
11) Which medium do you prefer?
Actually I like mailing lists. Great archive, easy to access from any device, easy to keep up with, great archiving.
Forums are nice as well. I really am not a fan of LJ and I use it as little as possible. You can never find anything, if you do it's always locked down, there's no sort of central area for anything, no reasonable search method, no reasonable archiving of past discussions, if you could ever find them in the first place... I have never understood the allure of journals except as journals. They work poorly for anything else.