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claidi · 7 months ago

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It's really weird watching niche communities turn into Celebrities and Spectators

Like people make their livings off of what used to be passion projects and hobbies. Expectation for quality keeps climbing. People need to be professional grade, perfect. If someone's good at creating something they're told they should sell it.

The term "content creator" suddenly applying for everything under the sun

Idk. It's just really something that a lot of communities that are becoming more mainstream all seem to be turning away from everyone participating to pros and their fans. Maybe I'm just feeling nostalgic but I miss the days where amateurs squeed about their interests and encouraged others to write/draw/cosplay/sew/create just because it was part of being a part of it all

Oh well

#waxing nostalgic over here #this is kinda about cosplay and what I've heard about furries recently and fandom in general #this is about circa 2009 of being able to find a community and joining required participation but not necessarily skill #i mean skill helped but it seemed there were more beginners proportionately so you had more comparison points than just the best #but like who knows #I'm not saying it was perfect #but the more mainstream things get #the more i notice it's just 2000s celebrity culture #you have people at the top who are watched and judged harshly by their fans #if their imsge is good then they're untouchable #if drama happens then whoops!#it becomes more about the personalities and content then the actual intrest #i think that's why fandoms run so quickly now #you don't have the majority fixating on the book/series/movie/game they like #but thats enough of my ramblings

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