I never was active really on any fandom message boards, though I've been in the fandom since 2000. Where I was active was mailing lists. Oh, the days of eGroups. Actually, I think by the time I wandered over to HP, eGroups had already been bought by Yahoo! (I still always type in www.egroups.com though just because).
Just as messageboards seem to have declined since LJ became popular, so did mailing lists. And how. I think that culture is largely dead all across the board. LJ is so much simpler, though for awhile, even though I had an LJ starting in 2002, I was kind of lost about where the fandom had gotten to -- I didn't know the communities, I only knew a few websites. Finally I caught on and for awhile, fandom has been in a real golden age. Personally I think it's just starting to decline all over though. LJ's recent problems have definitely dealt a few blows. I'm not sure where it will move to next, if it has to move.
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Date: 2008-01-04 05:16 pm (UTC)Just as messageboards seem to have declined since LJ became popular, so did mailing lists. And how. I think that culture is largely dead all across the board. LJ is so much simpler, though for awhile, even though I had an LJ starting in 2002, I was kind of lost about where the fandom had gotten to -- I didn't know the communities, I only knew a few websites. Finally I caught on and for awhile, fandom has been in a real golden age. Personally I think it's just starting to decline all over though. LJ's recent problems have definitely dealt a few blows. I'm not sure where it will move to next, if it has to move.