Keld [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoLooking back at it, its kind of wild how for years one of the biggest internet subcultures was adult male fans of my little ponymessage-squaremessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up176file-text
arrow-up176message-squareLooking back at it, its kind of wild how for years one of the biggest internet subcultures was adult male fans of my little ponyKeld [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
And also there was (And still is probably) a signficant child and woman hating segment of that subculture
minus-squareOwl [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·4 months agoI enjoyed Jenny Nicholson’s “fandom autopsy” of the bronies. Part of her thesis is that a lot of it was the result of one well-run fan site. I think about that a lot.
minus-squareDessa [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·4 months agoI cannot emohasize enough how central Equestra Daily was to fandom activity. Careers were launched getting features there
I enjoyed Jenny Nicholson’s “fandom autopsy” of the bronies.
Part of her thesis is that a lot of it was the result of one well-run fan site. I think about that a lot.
I cannot emohasize enough how central Equestra Daily was to fandom activity. Careers were launched getting features there