Products

[paraka]

So, a discussion I was having with someone on my flist earlier got me to thinking about what people get out of fandom. I know that, personally I get a ton of things from fandom from entertainment to friendship. And I was kind of curious as to what other people enjoyed most from fandom.

I found it was far too difficult to put many of the awesome things about fandom into a poll however (feelings of community, friends, challenges, etc.) so decided to narrow it down to basic products that fandom produces. Communities, archives, websites, etc. started making the list too long too, so I have the basic products that we produce and consume. I'm sure I'm missing a bunch, these are mostly the ones I consume but I'm curious as to what other people consume.

Poll #1366 What are you in fandom for?

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 18

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What products of fandom are you most into?

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Art (free form like drawings)
10 (55.6%)

Fanfic
18 (100.0%)

Fan Mixes
1 (5.6%)

Icons
14 (77.8%)

Information
11 (61.1%)

Manips
2 (11.1%)

Meta/Discussions
17 (94.4%)

Podfic
3 (16.7%)

Vids
9 (50.0%)

Other (see comments)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[lilithilien]

I debated whether to check meta/discussions or not. As you know, I don't think too terribly deeply about fandom, but I did check it bc I do turn to fandom for reviews, criticism, etc. And squeee. The squeee must not be forgotten.
Just thought I should qualify. Because I'm bored.

[paraka]

Yeah, meta/discussions is really a catch all since most people will at least read episode reviews if not metafandom.

Also, squee almost got it's own check box but I cut it out when I decided to go with primary fandom products since squee opened the doors to all other sorts of things that are less tangible than say, fic. :)

Are you going to be at Sana's tomorrow?

[lilithilien]

I'm planning to be, yes. It sounds fun! And OMG EKP just keeps getting crazier, I will have to tell you something tomorrow that should not go in journal, yes yes!

Oh, oh, that reminds me -- do you still have that Europe travel book? (And do you know where it is?) I'm in heavy-duty travel planning now.

[paraka]

Awesome! I'll see you tonight then :) And you can tell me all about AWZ (we should totally add it to the Slashpad list).

do you still have that Europe travel book?
OMG, I'm sorry, I didn't realize I still had it! I checked my boxes last night and couldn't find it, so it's at my parents house. I can have my dad bring it to me on Monday and try and meet up with you at some point (we had talked about a vid in last meet up...).