Talk:BookTok

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Which Infobox Template

I made this page with Template:Fandom because this was motivated by discussion on Discord about Booktok as its own community; but the Booktube page uses Template:GlossaryTerm, and to my (n00b, out of the loop) eye that looks like kinda the same thing. So, people who know more about either of these, feel free to change the infobox template. -- Quaelegit (talk) 06:11, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

I personally still feel the "fandom" link of booktok and booktube is not super clear. BookTube probably has the glossary term because you might say X canon was popular on booktube. If we're considering these as fandom communities i think it would help to write somewhere what booktok is considered the fandom "of" and what fan accs do / people considering being on booktok fannish. Distracteddaydreamer (talk) 15:13, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Opening Description

The genres that have been getting the most attention in conversations about BookTok have been romance and especially dark romance -- Colleen Hoover, Haunting Adeline, etc. Sobqjmv sphinx (talk) 13:00, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

BookTok drama (possible overlap with some of the talking points with fanworks)

I've seen a few things recently suggesting a growing commentary/criticism/shaming (mileage varies per video) of BookTok, dark romance, and taboo relationships in fiction. It's sharing a lot of the same phrases, complaints, and drama that happens over fanworks. It's not a new thing, I found threads complaining about BookTok and its impact on Dark Romance from years back, but I'm dropping some links in case anyone knows more/wants to dig into it:

Cookies and chaos (talk) 15:02, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Post-USA election results + discussions on BookTok

I've seen some videos responding to other BookTokers who called for politics to be left out of BookTok, as well as some other videos about post-Election discussions on BookTok that I lacked context for which specific video(s) they were reacting to. So, I don't know where to start with summarising this, but it seems like it might be worth documenting, so some links for future reference. Rather than try to find the original videos/largest videos, I've just put some examples of the discussion and things that people are doing:

Cookies and chaos (talk) 16:01, 9 November 2024 (UTC)