Not sure if it helps, but I thought...hey, why not add a completely different fandom experience. Nobody seems to have mentioned fandom via image board!
1) What fandom was it?
Three, actually. 1)Umineko no Naku Koro ni Fandom 2)general 'Yuri' Fandom (meaning F/F in anime/manga) 3)Touhou Fandom.
The three are not directly connected.
2) What was the medium? (e.g. was it a forum, a mailing list, etc)
1+2:Different forums 3)two work-safe imageboards for Touhou (one for general discussion, fanart, fanfic, and videos, the other for translation of japanese fan and official work).
3) When was this?
Today, in all three cases.
4) Are you still active in that fandom?
Yup, for all three.
5) Why did you participate there, and not at a journaling site?
I have yet to see something comparable on a journaling site. The topic of F/F is pretty much completely neglected on journaling sites, and Umineko on LJ isn't really focussing on the parts that interest me. Touhou is getting somewhat popular in RP circles on LJ, but that's it.
Also, on LJ, female characters are pretty much only considered when their lack is bemoaned, which usually mystifies me, since all my favorite canons have high numbers of important, strong (in terms of character, not necessarily physical power...although that happens too, in some cases) female characters, and such a view point seems to simply not exist in LJ-compatible fandoms that aren't, well, dead.
6) Are you more active in fandom on journaling sites or at other places?
Other places.
7) How did the different mode of interaction affect your fandom participation?
The modes do not matter to me, what matters is the content discussed. The medium did not affect my participation much at all.
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?
LJ fandom seems to be more occupied with slash, and seems to dislike female characters a lot more. Other mediums like female characters a lot more. In fact, two of the three fandoms mentioned above are all about female characters.
Why? I don't know, I think it's because LJ-fandom is largely equal to the so-called 'Media Fandom', which seems to be for US-American series, which are largely male dominated and barely have stories passing the Bechdel test. It's probably natural to mostly find male characters in these series interesting, as female ones are written as accessoires for male ones for the most part. I just avoid canons like that, and thus can't really connect with media fandom much.
By Metafandom
1) What fandom was it?
Three, actually.
1)Umineko no Naku Koro ni Fandom
2)general 'Yuri' Fandom (meaning F/F in anime/manga)
3)Touhou Fandom.
The three are not directly connected.
2) What was the medium? (e.g. was it a forum, a mailing list, etc)
1+2:Different forums
3)two work-safe imageboards for Touhou (one for general discussion, fanart, fanfic, and videos, the other for translation of japanese fan and official work).
3) When was this?
Today, in all three cases.
4) Are you still active in that fandom?
Yup, for all three.
5) Why did you participate there, and not at a journaling site?
I have yet to see something comparable on a journaling site. The topic of F/F is pretty much completely neglected on journaling sites, and Umineko on LJ isn't really focussing on the parts that interest me. Touhou is getting somewhat popular in RP circles on LJ, but that's it.
Also, on LJ, female characters are pretty much only considered when their lack is bemoaned, which usually mystifies me, since all my favorite canons have high numbers of important, strong (in terms of character, not necessarily physical power...although that happens too, in some cases) female characters, and such a view point seems to simply not exist in LJ-compatible fandoms that aren't, well, dead.
6) Are you more active in fandom on journaling sites or at other places?
Other places.
7) How did the different mode of interaction affect your fandom participation?
The modes do not matter to me, what matters is the content discussed. The medium did not affect my participation much at all.
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?
LJ fandom seems to be more occupied with slash, and seems to dislike female characters a lot more. Other mediums like female characters a lot more. In fact, two of the three fandoms mentioned above are all about female characters.
Why? I don't know, I think it's because LJ-fandom is largely equal to the so-called 'Media Fandom', which seems to be for US-American series, which are largely male dominated and barely have stories passing the Bechdel test. It's probably natural to mostly find male characters in these series interesting, as female ones are written as accessoires for male ones for the most part. I just avoid canons like that, and thus can't really connect with media fandom much.