This video essay describes a research project about the life and death of fandom platforms, with a focus on what happened to LiveJournal, what came before it, the birth of AO3, and what all this suggests about the future of Tumblr (especially after the adult content ban) and platforms for fanfiction. More of our fandom research: https://www.internetruleslab.com/fandom - Full research paper: https://cmci.colorado.edu/~cafi5706/CSCW2020_MovingAcrossLands.pdf - Slate article: https://slate.com/technology/2018/03/why-did-fans-leave-livejournal-and-where-will-they-go-after-tumblr.html - Findings on Tumblr: https://cfiesler.tumblr.com/post/171831912875/survey-results-fan-platform-use-over-time - Fansplaining episode: https://www.fansplaining.com/episodes/91-casey-fiesler - Paper about AO3 design: https://cmci.colorado.edu/~cafi5706/CHI2016_AO3_Fiesler.pdf - AO3 findings on Tumblr: https://cfiesler.tumblr.com/post/139029976190/an-archive-of-their-own-a-case-study-of-feminist - Paper about fandom norm clashes: https://cmci.colorado.edu/~cafi5706/CSCW2020_NormVulnerability.pdf Check these out: - Archive of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/ - Organization for Transformative Works: https://transformativeworks.org/ - Fanlore: https://fanlore.org/wiki/Main_Page Keep in touch: https://twitter.com/cfiesler https://cfiesler.tumblr.com/ If you liked hearing me talk, you should subscribe to this channel! I post new videos most Fridays. Sometimes academic advice, sometimes video essays like this one. Let me know in the comments what else about fandom you'd be interested in hearing about!

• published: 25 Sep 2020
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