See, journaling. Thoughts and so on.

[sparklebutch]

What I'd really like again is a centralised site, which includes its own chatroom/s. *Misses Evan like woah*. A place where all of fandom, all of fandoms, converge, and from which they can then branch out, always with that site as a focal point.

But that of course requires commitment that I don't think any one fan, or even group of fans, can or will give. Also, sadly, in fandom there's so much politics, hierarchy, even the silent kind, that such a site has very little chance of being impartial and seen as such. Whether as a mere tool, or a fannish warm home, I can't quite see it happening.

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I wanted the future, but it seems I rely on the past for ideas; content-based rather than people-based. Separation of state and religion a fan's personal journaling and their fandom-oriented material. One for the benefit of human relations, and one for the benefit of fandom as an interest group.

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Also, would be interesting to have a centralised community/list such as fandom_counts on other places, for example, as a way for InsaneJournal people to find each other and perhaps even to find similar-interest communities.

Note: Very nearly typed "fandom_cunts". That's not a bad name for something or other.

Comments

[amberleewriter.livejournal.com]

I think part of the problem here is fandom_counts. I think it proved that we're not that big a part of LJ and that they can ignore 34,000 squeaky wheels in favor of the 2,966,000 other customers.

Will ponder all this as I drive. Am off to Boulder for new hiking boots and a day with friends.

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

I actually think you're wrong on that. I think 34 thousand people - and the numbers are still growing every day - are a HUGE group, if united. LJ has 3mill, yes, but how united are they? What's their interest? 34K is a big enough number to count in RL politics, if united. Imagine a march of everyone in fandom_counts. It'll plug up a large sized city.

The question is just how to keep all these people in touch *without* LJ.

Have nice shoes! :)