don't come at me for this: i think we're a very welcoming and nice fandom and all, but i feel like we all have our own friend groups and don't really interact much with other friend groups that exist within the fandom. ofc we have our best friends/the ones who are og's

but i feel like when someone joins the fandom we all say something like:" welcome to the fandom! dms are open if u need anything! i hope we can be friends!" but the majority of us never reach out to them again, which is why some people in the fandom may feel left out or lonely.

they also may feel intimidated by some accounts, or confused when something is mentioned because no one ever filled them in on anything. we should change that maybe?

anyways, about the friend groups. we're willing to talk to others but not really willing to "recruit" other people into our friend groups. we reach out for a bit, then go back to our cliques. i understand that our friends now are the ones were most comfortable with, but sometimes

we need to come out of our comfort zones and go out of our way. because you and your friends now were willing to become friends and reach out to each other, so why not try giving some other people a chance? maybe a little more than a "welcome!" and then dipping?

i just want to make other people's experience here just as enjoyable and fun as mine and yours. if we're kind to each other, why don't we be kind to them too? because I'm sure they want someone to welcome and friend them just as your current friends must have done.

im just gonna add: groupchats are a great way of making new friends and finding other friend groups, i met a ton of awesome people through gcs. so if u wanna try to interact with other groups of friends, don't hesitate to join a groupchat.