Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot.
That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand.
That rec blog with a great organization scheme and pretty graphics? Someone designed and implemented that organization scheme and made those graphics.
That network that posts a cool variety of stuff? People track down all that variety and queue it by hand, and other people made all the individual pieces.
That post with umpteen links to helpful resources, and information about them? Someone gathered those links, researched the sources, wrote up the information about them.
That graphic about fandom statistics? Someone compiled those statistics, analyzed them, organized them, figured out a useful way to convey the information to others, and made the post.
That event that you think looks neat? Someone wrote the rules, created the blogs and Discords, designed the graphics, did their best to promo the event so it’d succeed.
None of this was done automatically. None of it just appears whole out of the internet ether.
I think everyone realizes that fic writing and fanart creation are work, and at least some folks have got it through their heads that gif creation and graphics and moodboards take effort, and meta is usually respected for the effort that goes into it, at least as far as I’ve seen, but I feel like a lot of people don’t really get how much labor goes into curation, too.
If people are creating resources, curating content, organizing the creations of others, gathering information, and doing other fandom activities that aren’t necessarily the direct action of creation, they’re doing a lot of fandom labor, and it’s often largely unrecognized.
Celebrate fan work!
To folks doing this kind of labor: I see you, and I thank you. You are the backbones of our fandoms and I love you.
Fill out the box with exactly why this is not a good choice. (For me, itās because the sidebars are distracting enough that it makes the site difficult to use, thanks to a medical condition.) I also suggested they make this an opt-in choice, for people who like it.
Add a screenshot if youāre feeling froggy.
Then send it on out. Youāll have to go through another page thatās asking if ālabs can fix thisā or some other crap, but if you scroll to the bottom and hit the option to send it it will go through.
Iām a cis man sure but i also wanna opt out of the gender binary. None of that shit is my fault or my responsibility and i donāt want any part of it
Believing the gender binary is stupid horseshit doesnāt require me to change my gender actually
Yeaheyah you get it. Not trans but i believe in their beliefs. Sometimes i remember people form gender complexes around what alcoholic beverages or colors they like and i just wonder how theyāre not fucking exhausted from keeping up this stupid fucking horseshit. Just do whatever you want forever
@nimagine i know u reblogged this from me but ur so correct š get peer reviewed
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