i also saw someone talk about how fandoms becoming more toxic (this was specifically wrt kpop) can be attributed to covid bc during quarantine so many "normies" (their words) became part of fandom spaces without having learned the rules of fandom meaning a huge influx of people who no longer followed the rules + a lot of people who were never geeks/nerds and shit and dont know what it's like to be an outsider and foster a small community with other outsiders
yes that was the tweet i was referring to! i thought they were really excellent points i definitely have experienced what they were talking about, and the connection to covid makes so much sense














