#just dont know how the internet or fandom works outside of that tiny negativity-farm bubble | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

pa-pa-plasma · 2 years

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ive noticed a trend where people will start a post with "au where" & then go on to not explain an alternate universe but a fanfic idea instead. sometimes they even start it off with "au where [well known au]" & then go on to explain a fic idea around the au instead of just saying "fic where"

i guess im saying i think people may be forgetting (or just not knowing, for newbies to fandom) what these words mean & it's really confusing to read

#i think. something is happening to fandom #new people are joining with no knowledge of like. fandom etiquette & phrasing #& they dont try to learn #& ive also noticed that people dont know how to search fandoms anymore so people keep repeating things #like ive seen people come into fandoms & remake popular well known au's like 17 times #with all this ''ao3 needs an algorithm'' bullshit ive seen like. i just think ppl coming from tiktok & twitter #just dont know how the internet or fandom works outside of that tiny negativity-farm bubble #i think all this probably goes deeper & is all a connected issue but im too tired to puzzle it out

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