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Well, history certainly repeats itself! Many fans are leaving Twitter, and it’s uncertain where they’ll go. But this isn’t the first time fans have decided to move platforms, nor will it be the last. The Life and Death of Fandom Platforms, a video essay by Casey Fiesler (@cfiesler), details her research into why and how fans change platforms.
Although the video was published in 2020, we saw the beginnings of this research in 2018, when Fiesler put out a call for participants here on Tumblr. Her survey received almost 2,000 respondents, who were able to tell her about their moves from LiveJournal and Usenet to Tumblr and AO3.
Come find quotes from the video and hear fans’ responses on Fanlore!
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