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I had a thought and have put it here for a discussion
Fandom Content Posting Strike… Break? A Fandom Experiment.
So I have seen A LOT of posts where it is pointed out if people want content they should ideally support and encourage content creators (writers, artists, viders etc etc).
Note, of course, that fandom content creators are also consumers.
To be fair you cannae make people comment/engage, and neither can you make folk create and post. And to be honest, folk still create and throw content into fannish spaces, so people don’t need to comment/engage to ensure content.
But folk don’t need to post. Folk post their content for a lot of reasons as a final hurdle, to engage with people….
Why not organise a fandom-wide posting break, a day, a weekend or even a week, where no new content is posted? Obvs. create to your heart’s content, but no posting. Consume old/previously posted stuff. This gives folk a break, for example, AO3 volunteers can take a breath, archive archivists can relax, hosting media can see how core fandom content is to their franchises.
Maybe we’ll learn something?
Although based on the recent ao3 maintenance, the results would be crying. *woes*
So I have seen A LOT of posts where it is pointed out if people want content they should ideally support and encourage content creators (writers, artists, viders etc etc).
Note, of course, that fandom content creators are also consumers.
To be fair you cannae make people comment/engage, and neither can you make folk create and post. And to be honest, folk still create and throw content into fannish spaces, so people don’t need to comment/engage to ensure content.
But folk don’t need to post. Folk post their content for a lot of reasons as a final hurdle, to engage with people….
Why not organise a fandom-wide posting break, a day, a weekend or even a week, where no new content is posted? Obvs. create to your heart’s content, but no posting. Consume old/previously posted stuff. This gives folk a break, for example, AO3 volunteers can take a breath, archive archivists can relax, hosting media can see how core fandom content is to their franchises.
Maybe we’ll learn something?
Although based on the recent ao3 maintenance, the results would be crying. *woes*
Re: Agreed, the result would be crying
I am simply thinking out loud, because this is a question of the fandom ages with no solution (that I have seen). We know the value* of comments. We know comments fertilise fic. Recently, I posted a little ficlit on Tumblr--No traction. I posted it on dreamwidth--No traction. I debated binning it. But I liked it, it was daft and cute. I posted it on Ao3 and I got some lovely comments and wrote sequels, purely off the energy of those comments.
*we use the language of commerce often when exploring this issue e.g. a fic with more comments/kudos/bookmarks is (likely). Paid in feedback/shouldn't expect feedback. Perhaps we should focus more on community-based 'support/encouragment'. I don't know--I'm not an anthropologist. I do know that I like being a fandom with a supportive engaging community more than in one which is distant and divisive and in-accessible.
Re: Agreed, the result would be crying