thecbas replied to your post: thecbas replied to your post: thinginthewood...
Fandoms tend to ruin most everything. The bigger they get the more the pack mentality takes over, along with all its disgusting aspects that come with an institutionalized pack.
Yeah I just... a year ago, at the height of I guess my participation in fandom I realized I was turning into a really nasty person and decided to retract myself from it all. Now I'm more concerned with following quality people instead of ~~quality blogs~~ and people who will call me out for being a bitch or dogpiling or hivemind bullshit, but also will allow me to recover from mistakes and support me as a human being.
I mean clearly I guess I'm still a "producer" in fandom in the sense that I write fic and meta and make graphics and gifs, but I don't really track tags (except BSG tags and edit tags) and I'm definitely very critical of fandom trends and fads and behaviors and fanfiction tropes.