Fannish Content OMG

[commodorified]

1) I recall a couple of years back there were some efforts to find a good replacement for "pimping" a fandom, that never really went anywhere because nothing really good turned up.

Now that All The Feels is a thing, may I suggest referring to the process of enticing someone into your fandom be referred to as Putting Out Feelers?

Being enticed could be referred to as Copping A Feel: "Eh, I wasn't really into Avengers and then Cat did that great picspam and I think I accidentally Copped a Feel".

2) I submit for the convenience of the Internetz two acronyms:

CSCT: Can Spell Can't Type. Useful for that little Reason For Edit box.

RTYI/RTMI: Relevant To Your/My Interests. A common and useful phrase which takes a while to type, especially on a smartphone keypad.

Comments

[commodorified]

Also, thinking back I think it wasn't the power dynamics as such, but the reference to the kind of vicious exploitation that is pimping.

There is a sense of power dynamic that fandom plays with wrt to enticing people into new fandoms, sort of a consensual kinky non-con vibe where you see people saying they got dragged into that briar patch kicking and screaming, etc etc.

Which I think in and of itself is not unhealthy.

[dorothean]

Well, we could make the same point by simply extending the pimping metaphor and referring explicitly to a new fan as a john. If I'm looking at picspam, etc., I'd rather not think of myself that way or as being a groper -- consensual or not. But then, my kinks don't usually include consensual non-con, so other people's mileage may vary...

[commodorified]

You make good points. IDK, hmm, and all that.

Thanks for that; I know it's not always the easiest thing to offer that kind of criticism and while I dunno if I agree with you I do know you make important points that need to be seriously thought about.