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Does anybody else miss fandom etiquette?
I miss when there wasn't even a large split between 'proship/profic' and 'anti' people because there was always the understanding that if you didn't want to see something you just wouldn't interact with it and you'd mind your own business. At the very least, you wouldn't publicly harass eachother. I mean, there were always circles for different people but now it's so violent when you disagree... like even with ships and media in general. If something was your NOTP and you still interacted with the ship just to not be into it, you were seen as the asshole. Don't even get me started on how lots of people don't make content or comment on fanworks now...
It feels like nobody wants to actually participate in fandom and be part of a community anymore... :(
Fandom culture and etiquette never existed and it's just people being nostalgic for something that never existed, being black in fandoms has always been ass, people being called weird for liking "fictional children" have always existed and people disliking and arguing again incest have always existed. Even the first fanon gay ship was created due t...... 3 reply