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Oct. 30th, 2015 14:15Oh, right, facebook is a terrible platform too!
I am having a disagreement in a fandom facebook community I joined a few months ago (fandoms withdrawal? Maaaaybe.) And a few articles are being written and posted by community members about something political a fandom-popular writer has said.
I posted saying basically "listen, I would prefer we kept our politics out of our fandom*, and if I'm alone in that, that's fine, but I feel like the community and mod should have a discussion about this."
And the community basically rose up and started saying some really stupid things, but notably, they thought I was only talking about one article that had been posted. (Thus making me a little irrational.)
Um, no, there were at least two. Written by two different community members and posted independently. And I was expecting more, which I was trying to head off.
But when I tried scrolling down to find them both, facebook's algorithm made it frustrated and annoying to find. And then I remembered that I don't have to do this with my life so I haven't responded to any more comments. I'm 90% sure I'm just going to walk away from the community. Quietly, I don't want a fuss, but I don't need this crap in my life.
Gosh, I miss good online platforms. Facebook is horrible for political discussions and nuanced discussions and, you know, ability to find things again. Tumblr is terrible at the same things, mostly.
:(
*I want to clarify that I have NO PROBLEM with some politics in my fandom. Gosh, I wouldn't be half as informed about a lot of subgroups if it hadn't been for fandom and while I'm still no expert, I think that has made me a much better person in general. But these articles weren't inviting discourse and discussion. They were just writer-bashing. Which is fine, whatever, but I COULDN'T GET IT OUT OF MY FEED. And if this nonsense is taking up my feed, I'll walk.
ETA: Oh gosh, now they have to figure out a spoiler policy because there is no cut-tag. GAAH.
I am having a disagreement in a fandom facebook community I joined a few months ago (fandoms withdrawal? Maaaaybe.) And a few articles are being written and posted by community members about something political a fandom-popular writer has said.
I posted saying basically "listen, I would prefer we kept our politics out of our fandom*, and if I'm alone in that, that's fine, but I feel like the community and mod should have a discussion about this."
And the community basically rose up and started saying some really stupid things, but notably, they thought I was only talking about one article that had been posted. (Thus making me a little irrational.)
Um, no, there were at least two. Written by two different community members and posted independently. And I was expecting more, which I was trying to head off.
But when I tried scrolling down to find them both, facebook's algorithm made it frustrated and annoying to find. And then I remembered that I don't have to do this with my life so I haven't responded to any more comments. I'm 90% sure I'm just going to walk away from the community. Quietly, I don't want a fuss, but I don't need this crap in my life.
Gosh, I miss good online platforms. Facebook is horrible for political discussions and nuanced discussions and, you know, ability to find things again. Tumblr is terrible at the same things, mostly.
:(
*I want to clarify that I have NO PROBLEM with some politics in my fandom. Gosh, I wouldn't be half as informed about a lot of subgroups if it hadn't been for fandom and while I'm still no expert, I think that has made me a much better person in general. But these articles weren't inviting discourse and discussion. They were just writer-bashing. Which is fine, whatever, but I COULDN'T GET IT OUT OF MY FEED. And if this nonsense is taking up my feed, I'll walk.
ETA: Oh gosh, now they have to figure out a spoiler policy because there is no cut-tag. GAAH.
