My fannish history

It seems like a number of people in my extended circles are in the mood for contemplating the last couple of decades of fandom, and musing about the changes they've seen.

I've seen labingi with: What Happened to Internet Fandom (and What to--Maybe--Do)

Labingi was responding to mxcatmoon's post: The State of Fandom Meta

And then also there was tozka with rec lists, rec lists, who's got the rec lists, which starts with a timeline.

This has put me in the mood to summarize my own 20-ish years of fannish history, just for my amusement. So here we go!

1) How I discovered slash.( Read more... )

2) How I actually discovered slash.( Read more... )

3) The mailing lists era.( Read more... )

4) The message boards era.( Read more... )

5) The LiveJournal era.( Read more... )

6) The I-had-a-baby-and-dropped-out-of-fandom era.( Read more... )

7) Now.( Read more... )