Talk:A brief history of fandom, for the teenagers on here who somehow think tumblr invented fandom

It looks like the OP edited the text a couple times, and the quote on the page isn't the most recent version.

• reblogged ...all excited about one thing. This means conventions, mailing groups, fan magazines, and fanfiction presses.
• current version: ...all excited about one thing. Beforehand, fans mostly had relationships with the author, not with each other. Obviously there were groups and conventions prior to Star Trek, but many pop culture scholars agree that Star Trek was the beginning of an independent, interactive, saturated fandom culture centered on one show, and set many precedents for how many modern fandoms act.

This means in the coming years: conventions, mailing groups (both public and private), fan magazines, and fanfiction presses.

Should the quote be updated? I find it interesting that it was revised to be more wrong about pre-Star Trek sf fandom, though the point about accessibility of tv vs. books seems reasonable. At least one reblogger agrees with me. And multiple people brought up Sherlock Holmes.--aethel (talk) 23:05, 26 April 2015 (UTC) Also [1] [2][3][4] --aethel (talk) 23:23, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

I added some of these links to the page.--aethel (talk) 01:44, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

ASoIaF was big in the 1990s? --MPH (talk) 02:57, 27 April 2015 (UTC)