Whoops! I wasn't specific enough - when I talked about them not stepping into discussions I was specifically talking about discussions in the actual otw_news comm. My bad :)
Personally, I think that working in a RL mode is more important at the moment, and I just wish that fandom would realize that they need to.
Part of me says "right on!" to this, because yeah - squeeing fangirls don't really win hearts and minds.
But part of me...well, really, it's that space between "people shouldn't judge, so I'll act as if they don't", and "people do judge, so I'll adjust my behavior". Fandom judges, fandom wanks, fandom pries and questions and pokes at things and demands to know exactly who's trying to capitalize on them. Fandom is unlikely to shut up and just accept OTW knows what they're doing, whether they should or not, particularly if it looks like OTW's painting a big bullseye.
You are right, really - if OTW expects to deal with Real World things, it must cater to what the Real World expects. But consider the fandomers who don't want fandom to be adapted to the Real World, who will think that's what OTW's after - they're not gonna listen to "but but but the Real World".
Every group has it’s bumps, and hurdles to get over, the OTW just needs to be given a chance to try.
Re: OTW Part 1b
Personally, I think that working in a RL mode is more important at the moment, and I just wish that fandom would realize that they need to.
Part of me says "right on!" to this, because yeah - squeeing fangirls don't really win hearts and minds.
But part of me...well, really, it's that space between "people shouldn't judge, so I'll act as if they don't", and "people do judge, so I'll adjust my behavior". Fandom judges, fandom wanks, fandom pries and questions and pokes at things and demands to know exactly who's trying to capitalize on them. Fandom is unlikely to shut up and just accept OTW knows what they're doing, whether they should or not, particularly if it looks like OTW's painting a big bullseye.
You are right, really - if OTW expects to deal with Real World things, it must cater to what the Real World expects. But consider the fandomers who don't want fandom to be adapted to the Real World, who will think that's what OTW's after - they're not gonna listen to "but but but the Real World".
Every group has it’s bumps, and hurdles to get over, the OTW just needs to be given a chance to try.
Most definitely.