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Fandom on LJ is a great, sprawling beast and new communities pop up everyday. I've been a citizen of LJ-land for over a year now and I still feel a bit insulated in my corner of fandom. Now, I love my corner where I read lots of fic and meta about Spuffy and Season 8 and some wonderful Gen fic authors (
But here is the problem with my experience: LJ is an extremely insular community where it's not easy to meet new fans. Yes, we all have a few communities we're members of and it's been a great way to meet people, but I don't know all of the communities in our fandom and it seems like the communities are places where we want to highlight involvement and special events because that's where people meet and come together. As was pointed out to me, we're a fandom that is largely segregated into our own pairing/interests ghettos. I know that
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So there's my two cents. LJ is a great sprawling beast and we're all trying to connect across these divides. Communication is key (and most importantly--being open to communication) and a devotion to looking outside your natural inclinations for interests in fandom to a more universal view of the fandom landscape.
So let's talk about what's working and discuss what needs to be addressed and how we can make our fandom community stronger. What can we do to bring the fandom together on LJ? I've seen memes where you make new friends for the Supernatural fandom, but I haven't noticed that for Buffy fandom. How can we shake things up to meet new people and be more aware of community events?