My theory was always that it was a question of size. Like all fandoms are wank free when they are new and shiny and once they have grown to a certain size... only that there are some tiny fandoms that can be rather vicious and insane too.... Hmm.
I still think that maybe certain cooling off periods have something to do with it. If the fandom is new and shiny everybody is happy and busy exporing everything. As soon as everything has set in, some of the original shine has been lost, once people have comfortably settling into their positions of power, they suddenly have time to wank about the dumbest things.
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winterfish
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Date: 2007-12-12 03:41 pm (UTC)I still think that maybe certain cooling off periods have something to do with it. If the fandom is new and shiny everybody is happy and busy exporing everything. As soon as everything has set in, some of the original shine has been lost, once people have comfortably settling into their positions of power, they suddenly have time to wank about the dumbest things.