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Into the present, grudgingly
Dec. 12th, 2022 12:24 amWell, I went ahead and sent in an application for the upcoming Squinoa zine because 1) it's a zine that actually covers something I know about, and 2) I just wanna be one of the Cool Kids (TM) at heart. But, like so many other things these days, zine communications will be on Discord, and I found myself having to grudgingly sign up.
But I can't help but ask, why Discord? Why not an email list? Why not a Tumblr or Twitter account? Why a chat app? I suddenly feel very, very old, and more than a little cranky.
I can't remember where I saw the post advocating for the return of web forums, but I wholeheartedly agree. Especially in the cases of big projects such as zines, it's nice to have an easy-to-browse compilation of all the information available and questions previously asked. Discord just feels so... ephemeral, and tends to really trigger my socialization red flags.
I don't know. I first tried to use it back in 2018, when everyone was jumping ship after the Tumblr porn ban, but I never felt like I belonged, even within the fandom I followed at the time. And I guess I'm just afraid that, if I do make it into the zine, I'll just be that old lady that's ignored because she's not super chatty. I'm just... looking for my fandom niche these days; I have been all this year, and I hope my wariness about this zine is unwarranted, because it would be nice to be part of a collaborative project, and feel some sort of fannish identity again, even if only for a little while.
But I can't help but ask, why Discord? Why not an email list? Why not a Tumblr or Twitter account? Why a chat app? I suddenly feel very, very old, and more than a little cranky.
I can't remember where I saw the post advocating for the return of web forums, but I wholeheartedly agree. Especially in the cases of big projects such as zines, it's nice to have an easy-to-browse compilation of all the information available and questions previously asked. Discord just feels so... ephemeral, and tends to really trigger my socialization red flags.
I don't know. I first tried to use it back in 2018, when everyone was jumping ship after the Tumblr porn ban, but I never felt like I belonged, even within the fandom I followed at the time. And I guess I'm just afraid that, if I do make it into the zine, I'll just be that old lady that's ignored because she's not super chatty. I'm just... looking for my fandom niche these days; I have been all this year, and I hope my wariness about this zine is unwarranted, because it would be nice to be part of a collaborative project, and feel some sort of fannish identity again, even if only for a little while.
