Sometimes I think I am a terrible team player. I accept that people have different investment/skill levels and everyone has something valuable to contribute. But people who are a drain on the team resources due to indifference/laziness/irresponsibility just raise my hackles. It's probably a very good thing that I am retired. ;D
I think blogs are very different today then when I started. And you were around before me. I think I joined on-line fandom in 2003 or 2004 and the message seemed to be srs bsns. We're just here for the fic/art/meta. No one cares about your silly personal life. That may be an exaggeration, but I clearly recall people saying they defriended people who posted too much rl stuff and not enough "real" content. But it appeared that as more people met in rl they had a desire to keep in touch even when they no longer had the same fandom in common.
But I still get twitchy sometimes when I post too much non-fan related content. Or if I post too much about any fandom that isn't HP. It's not like I experienced mass defriendings, but I appear to expect that to happen if I stop being sufficiently entertaining. I'm sure that's silly, but it's still true. ;D *uses special icon in lieu of actual commentary*
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I think blogs are very different today then when I started. And you were around before me. I think I joined on-line fandom in 2003 or 2004 and the message seemed to be srs bsns. We're just here for the fic/art/meta. No one cares about your silly personal life. That may be an exaggeration, but I clearly recall people saying they defriended people who posted too much rl stuff and not enough "real" content. But it appeared that as more people met in rl they had a desire to keep in touch even when they no longer had the same fandom in common.
But I still get twitchy sometimes when I post too much non-fan related content. Or if I post too much about any fandom that isn't HP. It's not like I experienced mass defriendings, but I appear to expect that to happen if I stop being sufficiently entertaining. I'm sure that's silly, but it's still true. ;D *uses special icon in lieu of actual commentary*