Timeline of General Fandom Meta
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A fandom is a community of fans, participating in fanac and interacting in some way, whether through discussions or creative works. The interaction may be face-to-face at gatherings such as conventions, or written communication, either off- or on-line.
Below is a sample of general meta about fandom.
For other samples, see Category:Meta Timelines.
1994
1996
1997
- Net Censorship by Merlin Missy
2000
- Nature vs. Culture by Merry (2000)
2002
- Of The Awefull Battle Of The Boys And The Slashfangirls ("Together With Some Account Of The Participation Of The Trolls And The Newbies, And The Intervention Of The Great Moderator, And A Great Big Honking Apology To The Memory Of T.S. Eliot") by Mooncalf (March 2002)
- Web Site Fan Etiquette: What Not to Do, Archived version (May 2002)
- On fans and fetishes by cereta (November 29)
- Every few weeks, I run across something (usually a blog entry) that talks about how nasty fandom has gotten lately, and boy, it didn't used to be like this. (December 2002)
- Richard Lynch's Preliminary Outline for a Proposed Fan History Book of the 1960s
- The Nature of Fandom (November or earlier)
2003
- Same Shit, Different Day by maygra (April 13)
- Seven things I think everybody should know about fandom. (April 21)
- I am ENTITLED to hear your thoughts on this.; archive link, page one; page 2; archive link, page 2 ("We're putting together a Centralized Fandom Primer website.") by tzikeh (2003)
- Hanson Fan Interaction by Kimmerz (2003)
2005
- Everything I Know About Fandom; archive link page 1; archive link page 2; archive link page 3; archive link page 4; archive link page 5; archive link page 6; archive link page 7 by Andrastewhite (2005)
2006
- my delicate butterfly soul is cooking like an egg in mary's glass house: bettyp, Archived version by Betty Plotnick (January 2005) and the response Anatomy of the fannish butterfly (and troll), Archived version by mayoi (January 2005)
- How to Win Friends and Influence People. Sorta.; page 2; archive link page 1; archive link page 2, by cereta (2006)
- How did you discover fandom?, archive link page 1, archive link page 2, archive link page 3, archive link page 4, archive link page 5 by bethbethbeth (November 2006)
2007
- Fanmark: The Fandom Hallmark Store; archive link page 1; archive link page 2; archive link page 3; archive link page 4; archive link page 5 by cesperanza (April 2007)
2009
- On Being A Village Elder: An Essay On Community Responsibility, by oliviacirce (2009)
- This is Fandom? by yourlibrarian (2009)
2011
- How do I quit wasting my life on online escapism?, by anonymous (2011)
2012
- Two Decades in Fandom: A Non-BNF Old-Timer’s Ranting Advice for the General Fan, Archived version by kowaiyoukai (September 2012)
2013
2014
- How to Succeed in Fandom Without Really Trying, Archived version by Melusina (2014)
- “This is Why I Treat Fandom Like It’s Important (Because It Is),”, Archived version, by saathi1013 (2012, re-posted 2014)
- Whence fandom?, Archived version by Brad R. Torgerson, (2014)
- A Sense of Belonging by Elizabeth Minkel (2014)
2015
- Stacey Lehane — A word about fandom, Archived version, by goddammitstacey (2015)
- Protecting What You Love: On the Difference Between Criticism, Rage, and Vilification, Archived version, by Emily Asher-Perrin (2015)
- “Orlando Jones needs to GTFO of our fandom”: Supernatural conventions and gate-keeping, Archived version, by Bertha Chin (2015)
2016
- Ghostbusters, Frozen, and the strange entitlement of fan culture (May 25, 2016)
- Fandom is Broken by Devin Faraci (May 30, 2016)
- Fandom Isn't Perfect, But It's Not Broken (June 1, 2016)
- Why we're terrified of fanfiction (June 2, 2016)
- About our "broken" fan culture (June 2, 2016)
- Problematic ships: are we having a semantics issue here? (December 23)
- From Hydra to Ghostbusters: The False Equivalences of Fan Culture -- Bibliodaze, Archived version, by Ceilidhann (2016)
- FFA Post 423: The Hero America Needs: Fandom Cultural Differences, Archived version (2016)
2017
- How would you describe 'our' part of fandom? on fail-fandomanon (February 5, 2017)
- Bitter Bitch - Personal Fandom History, Archived version
- Things I remember about fic reading and writing in the early 2000s (or, tales from the Inbetween Times) by icouldwritebooks
2020
- The Folklore of Fan Communities, Archived version by yourlibrarian (2020)
- Before Home Video, Science-Fiction Fans Worked Harder to Keep Fandom Alive by Cindy Massre (December 27, 2020)
2022
- The end of fandom may be here - CNN, Archived version by Sara Stewart (CNN) (August 26, 2021)
- The Worst Movie Review Ever Written Is Still Poisoning the Air by Jason Bailey ("Slate") ("... fan culture appears to have gained the permanent upper hand over critical journalism... the children of Harry Knowles are legion, casting their uncritical eye and immovable enthusiasm across TikTok, YouTube, podcasts, and countless fan-geared “news” sites.") (March 23, 2002)
- Harry Styles Threw Up Here: The growth and power of fandom on the internet—and in the real world., Archived version by Laura Miller for "Slate" (June 12, 2022)
- What is fandom? And is it bad for you? by Joshua Askew at euro.news.culture (August 4, 2022)
- stating to think there’s an inverse correlation between how good media is and how easily fandomizable it is - Tumblr post started by fandommomhater with contributions from nonasuch and gallusrostromegalus suggesting a pattern of which media gain fandoms and which don't.
- The Fandom Show podcast (2022) interviews guests from fandoms that range from TV and video games to baking via mechanical keyboards and sneakers about what they enjoy about fandom.