Ahhh. I never actually got into IRC, and never quite got my head round chat rooms, so I think that's probably a lot of the problem - I just can't quite figure it out. And...good point about comms on here. Maybe I should make one! :D
Yeah - at first Tumblr did seem a lot more community-based, but these days mostly people just seem to reblog each other's pretty art and fic and don't really *talk* (probably because they're all talking on Discord XD ). I've been on there ten years and can count the friends I've made there (as opposed to friends I've made elsewhere who I also have on Tumblr) on the fingers of one hand. I don't know if that's a me problem or a problem with how the site/fandom functions, but I find it's easy to interact on a fairly superficial level - but harder to make friends.
There's a thesis in there somewhere, but it won't be me writing it! (I'm percolating an essay about fandom iconography, but that's going to have to wait until I've cleared off most of my fic WIPs, of which there are many, what even is my life :D )
Anyway. It's all fascinating stuff - and it's lovely to talk to you! :D
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Yeah - at first Tumblr did seem a lot more community-based, but these days mostly people just seem to reblog each other's pretty art and fic and don't really *talk* (probably because they're all talking on Discord XD ). I've been on there ten years and can count the friends I've made there (as opposed to friends I've made elsewhere who I also have on Tumblr) on the fingers of one hand. I don't know if that's a me problem or a problem with how the site/fandom functions, but I find it's easy to interact on a fairly superficial level - but harder to make friends.
There's a thesis in there somewhere, but it won't be me writing it! (I'm percolating an essay about fandom iconography, but that's going to have to wait until I've cleared off most of my fic WIPs, of which there are many, what even is my life :D )
Anyway. It's all fascinating stuff - and it's lovely to talk to you! :D