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Maybe it’s because I’m neurodivergent, but something I don’t get is when people bring up that it used to be that nobody got comments, we use to post in formats where no one could comment, it used to be that people posted fic and you didn’t even know how many hits you got, etc. and seem to be proud of how much they don’t care about comments and hits.And I get it. It’s unhealthy to like comments or hits. But I don’t know if that means it’s inherently more healthy to not like them. I certainly don’t think it’s healthy to see people say, “I wish someone commented on my stuff” and go, “back in MY day we weren’t PARASOCIAL LOSERS who used fandom as SOCIAL MEDIA! We understood that fandom was about TRUE ART and TRUE ART doesn’t involve others!” because… it just feels like, to me, it shouldn’t bother people? If you’re really, truly happy with your fandom experience that didn’t involve talking to others, why would you then talk to others, even to tell them they’re wrong? If silence is golden, why would you ruin it?And before anyone goes “typical stupid Gen Z kid, wanting fandom to be social media”: I quit writing three years ago, I’m not parasocially attempting to use fandom to talk to people.

by on March 19, 2024 at 5:23 pm
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olderthannetfic: osterby: olderthannetfic: – Is this something people in general say, or is it something that one True Art anon with serious emotional issues says? There’s nothing parasocial about commenting on people’s fanfic. The only way that would be true[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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