I was just browsing MUNCLE

[leethet]

And it's mindboggling to observe that there're nearly two hundred members. The MFU fandom has moved online (by that I mean LJ, of course) in a pretty big way here - I'm guessing most of these people came along within the last couple of years. It's all good, of course, but it's very startling.

Comments

[leethet.livejournal.com]

I agree with you about LJ - it's helped people who're too young for mailing lists (*wink*) to have a comfortable entree into the fandom. It's good that we can adapt to the times in terms of format/access. I know a lot of old-school fandom people are die-hard about zines and mailing lists, but I way prefer the LJ system, for fic and discussion equally.

[vysila.livejournal.com]

Communities like LJ are definitely the next step on the fannish evolutionary scale. I love LJ, the way I can skip around and follow all kinds of interesting discussions, but it isn't linear and it isn't always respectful, and that's a hard adjustment for a lot of older fans. Maybe younger ones, too? But online is how you attract new fans and keep your fandom alive these days, and that's something we all want. I agree about the fic - tags and memories make it easy to find exactly what you want, when you want it.

But I still love my zines, too. Reading paper is easier on my eyes than reading from a screen. I'd like to think there's room for all of it in fandom.

[leethet.livejournal.com]

Yeah, as I've said in the past, nothing against zines, nothing even against mailing lists. But I loves me my LJ access. :-) It's easiest of all for me.