Fandom Etiquette 101/How to fandom for dummies
The Nevermoor fandom survey from 2024-2025 [link] featured more than a few people wishing that the fandom in general was more active. Change starts with you.
Dos
Reblog posts you like! It's a great way to share posts around the fandom and it's more interactive than just liking or lurking. Leave tags on those reblogs, if you thought a piece of fanart was beautiful, tell the artist. They might have spent hours or days on that, and would most likely appreciate it.
Leave comments and kudos on fanfiction. Even if that comment is just "extra kudos" or "i liked this" or "i'm rereading this and really liking it" [link to a post about how to write ao3 comments]. It's a good way to continue to motivate the hard working writers of this fandom and encourage them to keep at it.
Add image descriptions to any images you post, or transcribe videos, no matter how small or trivial. It's a good way of keeping this fandom accessible, particularly to people who use screen readers [guide to image descriptions]
Write your own fic! Draw your own art! Post that headcanon! Make your own rec lists of your favourite fanfiction and reblog those of other people! Talk about a moment you loved or thought was funny or think might be foreshadowing! Post that theory, no matter how ridiculous! Examine why that thing was just so interesting. Get weird with it! Have fun
Don'ts
Tell authors to update their fic. It's rude. Don't do that.
Offer unsolicited criticism. If someone asks for critical criticism - that is, criticism that is aimed to help them improve - offer it, if you want, but otherwise keep it to yourself.
Engage in bad-faith arguments, or ship wars. It's not nice. If you don't like looking at it, block the user and move on.
