Fanlore:Featured Article Archives/2019: Week 37
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The three generations of fanfic is a Tumblr post by user heymarauders about eras of fandom.
The post sparked meta discussion about the history of fandom, especially its use of different online platforms. As of October 2015, the post had over 68,000 notes.
livejournal, fanfiction.net and ao3 which one were you?
#im laughing #i joined the hp fandom at the end of the fanfic.net era imo #bless #hp #me #fic #mine
The post sparked numerous responses, largely because people disagreed with it. The most common threads of discussion covered:
- The history of zines, Usenet, Yahoo Groups, and Geocities that led to the community on LJ and then AO3
- Entry points/platforms outside of this history
- The fact that the original post gets the order of fanfiction.net and Livejournal backwards