Fandom culture died when it hit the mainstream because there’s no one left willing to be a cringe loser 😔

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Idk if it’s just the passage of time and my brain developing or everyone else really is the problem but I can’t binge things like I used to and when I do I feel empty when I’m done because there isn’t a surplus of fandom made content surrounding it that feeds my obsessive soul like there used to be.

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Fandom has been a cesspit for years, as a veteran (served 2 tours on deviantart and one on tumblr) you’ll only get something out of it by curating your online experience accordingly. I’m a digital artist so I’ll always be slightly involved in fandom as a creator, but if I wasn’t I wouldn’t engage otherwise. The internet as a whole is too wide and accessible nowadays that fandom is no longer a safe social niche

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i've been in the anime community since 2012 and the community definitely started rotting when anime became mainstream around 2020. there used to be something so tightknit about the community back when people bonded over being weirdos and liking this niche, hard to come by content. (before streaming services, and when you had to watch anime in 6 part youtube videos with 240p quality.) it felt like more people truly enjoyed it rather than like "eh yeah ive seen this one anime" yk?

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