#internet fandom

Hey remember I said that content creators are not far removed from the internet? That they have just as much access as the rest of us?

Thank you, Ludwig for proving my point.

You post, send or make anything public, it can be found and often it is not an ' if' it is a "when will it be found".

You aren't in your own little bubble where the CC's can't find you.

A little PSA for those that send death threats, you shouldn't feel safe to do so because of being "just a number" on the internet, a number can still be found.

Anti-white racists exist I have learned from unpleasant people in the She-Ra and Kipo fandom.

They have no political power so its not structural racism.

But they exist and I am blocking them.

Like...you’re just encouraging the type of “us vs them” rhetoric that leads to shooters.

And they often twist facts or have weird exceptions...like saying “Adora is ok because we headcanon her as half hispanic”

“All the human antagonists are white! Yes!” 

...and they include an unpleasant but reasonable politician in the antagonists section when he hasn’t really done anything but go “tut tut”. And forget the henchmen are a wide group of ethniciteis.

I acknowledge they have no power and I’m not oppressed, but they exist and they are unpleasant no matter everyone saying for years such people are invented wholecloth by racists lying as “reverse racism doesn’t exist” became doctrine.

But wasn’t “reverse racism not existing” about things like job opportunities? Not about people being jerks?

I’m not comparing my irritation to the plight minorities face or anything....I just hate biological essential-ism in all its forms.

A Tumblr friend recently observed how social media has corrupted the ideas of fandom and social justice, so that performative actions (especially actions that are visually appealing and extreme) get huge but temporary attention.

That includes performative actions by artists, by media, and by fans themselves.

“Clicks, follows, and likes” have cheapened social causes, and diluted the underlying values. It’s hard to talk about complicated or morally ambiguous issues when everyone is shouting, and worse, when everyone wants attention on themselves.

Fandom has utterly changed through social media. Sometimes a lot of good can result from it, like when BTS fans matched charity donations and when Louies raised $2.8 million for charity in one night.

However, sometimes the cause-du-jour passes like lightning, and the only people to profit are those with the best marketing, the most aware of internet virality. Tiktok is the latest example of how our attention goes to the most expedient form of entertainment, far from the best.