@theburnedoutotaku: there's also something to be said about accessing the Internet primarily through apps and smartphones versus through computers and browsers. The fact that this very app is becoming a search engine as opposed to actually using browsers means that users are limited in terms of curating their searches and therefore are more likely to act entitled. #fandom
i think it's also apparent in how they talk about ao3 outside this particular discourse we're havibg right now bc i've seen way too many comments about something "trending" or wanting to have an algorithm on ao3 when ITS LITERALLY A FUCKING ARCHIVE IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO FEED YOU SLOP AS YOU SCROLL
2025-10-07 21:56:06
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O :
The 4 horsemen image is so good LMAOO 😭😭
2025-10-07 11:10:50
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Missy :
Can you post that first image in the comments so I can use it lol
2025-10-08 05:12:22
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✨Joey✨ :
I knew the internet was falling apart when IG stopped posting everything chronologically and I will NEVER forgive them 💀
2025-10-07 17:06:46
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user8676921095561 :
so true. I feel like with this shift or maybe beforr it Social Media has migrated away from being more Social (follow your friends and people you like, make new friends in the space) to being more Media (follow brands and celebrities, get served content an algorithm predicts you will like) and now culture and casual idea sharing are fading as we all get pushed into the centre ground. It's why I still keep tumblr, despite everything that sucks about it - at least I follow people then magically actually see their stuff!
2025-10-07 10:07:12
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the_darkest_urge :
absolutely true. I hate the shift to algorithmic social media being the default internet experience. take me back to the days of personal fan sites, blogs, message boards, chat rooms and first gen social media that allowed you to actually curate your own feed rather than having a machine decide who and what you want to see.
2025-10-07 15:34:58
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agro_ether :
This makes so much sense!!!!
2025-10-07 20:13:21
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🩷💜💙 Dawn 🩷💜💙 :
Girl you are so right!!!! This explains so much. 😭😭😭
2025-10-07 20:07:55
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EnbySloth 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 :
its not only social media its how streaming changed how tv shows are watched, when the viewer wants to and how many episodes the viewer wants to watch. people aren't used to not having a personalised media experience in general.
2025-10-07 12:13:56
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timid_owl :
always a pleasure to see french people in fandoms, especially with such great takes, thank you so much
2025-10-08 09:46:31
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mak🧲 :
hearing about skyrock in the year 2025 feels so nostalgic 😭😭😭
2025-10-07 13:32:16
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ash :
I’m been enjoying this meme as well
2025-10-09 03:58:35
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Hanna :
I mourn the death of skyrock (while I'm not french I'm into a few french fandoms and some fics had been lost without a trace)
2025-10-09 07:41:20
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ilaymarie :
seriously this is it. we used to have to actively search for the things we wanted to see. now things get served to the new generation and they assume everyone else is seeing the same stuff but unless it goes super viral, we just arent.
2025-10-07 20:52:33
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mick :P :
another person with a suguru geto pfp with an amazing take omg i can’t believe this keeps happening! 😁
2025-10-07 19:41:43
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baubeauvanille :
SKYROCK MON BEBEEEEEEEE ❤️🩹❤️🩹
2025-10-07 14:49:04
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ted🖤 :
customizable is a word. also your point about algorithms is so true. people are not used to taking responsibility for their own media consumption
2025-10-07 12:08:36
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Anacorn :
The fact that psychoanalysts and psychotherapists have fought for a century to make it clear that in the majority of cases consuming "problematic" fiction is a harmless way to process conflicting and traumatic feelings, just for children to enter spaces where they shouldn't be and arbitrarily label strangers as criminals.
There is content which could be created by someone who could potentially endorse the behaviour in real life, but those are extremely easy to tell apart from content created as coping by someone who's at least somewhat trained on the topic.
2025-10-07 20:08:55
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𖤓sunysun𖤓 :
I had a friend who would publish french translated BL doujin on skyblog back then 😆
2025-10-07 10:55:27
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asyBEH :
you've just connected two dots in my head
I remember searching actively for bl, I wasn't spoon fed fandom, I was seeking artworks alone with only the words I knew and I was only introduced to things in the pov of an outsider getting to know a fandom space
Now it's great to be able to access to so much fan works and original works without putting in the work but, as a result, the treatment of the artists is subpar and we know how the blatant bullying is going around in fandom spaces
And frankly, being freaky online is dangerous now, like, sometimes I ask myself if writing the smut and posting it could be used against me
2025-10-07 16:52:56
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wouldn't you like to know :
this is why I love Tumblr and a03 no algorithm just what I want
2025-10-07 17:06:48
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Sleepnaught :
I love that image so much
2025-10-14 09:49:48
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