I didn't realize fandom was gendered until I got out of the Buffy fandom either! lol
Really Masq's board was a big breath of fresh air and my model of what a fandom ought to be. I wish I could find something similar for any and all fandoms.
I think the Buffy fandom, overall, was slightly more female in some places at least. Outside of ATP I know the couple of Spike centric and fanfic boards/Ml I went to were strongly female. Okay that makes sense for obvious reason, I suppose.
The networking is a feature - it can be helpful and it can be damned annoying. As a very contrarian by nature I think I rather agree with you. I hate to dive into the coolest new thing all the cool kids are at! It's also interesting to see the shift between board centric dynamics and LiveJournal. How do you find Live Journal about that, by opposition with forums?
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Really Masq's board was a big breath of fresh air and my model of what a fandom ought to be. I wish I could find something similar for any and all fandoms.
I think the Buffy fandom, overall, was slightly more female in some places at least. Outside of ATP I know the couple of Spike centric and fanfic boards/Ml I went to were strongly female.
Okay that makes sense for obvious reason, I suppose.
The networking is a feature - it can be helpful and it can be damned annoying. As a very contrarian by nature I think I rather agree with you. I hate to dive into the coolest new thing all the cool kids are at! It's also interesting to see the shift between board centric dynamics and LiveJournal. How do you find Live Journal about that, by opposition with forums?