Read on Twitter
I& #39;ve been thinking this for a while, but I miss having a social circle to chat about fandom bullshit with on a regular basis. And I don& #39;t mean because of the virus. Modern social media is not conducive to traditional community engagement.
Because media is so plentiful and fractured nowadays, and probably because I& #39;m no longer in school around peers my age, fandom participation is necessarily and online activity, but it& #39;s really hard to have a conversation with someone on Twitter. It& #39;s not structured for that.
Twitter is great for expressing your ideas in short bursts to be consumed and moved on from in a short period of time. There is not really room to have direct engagement, prolonged discourse or be able to participate if you& #39;re offline for even a day.
The old forum models, including community blogging like LJ, as well as chatrooms, were far more personal and group oriented than what we have today. In a big way, I really miss being able to have a conversation about whatever it is I& #39;m into and it not be lost to a scrolling feed.
I& #39;m left to a handful of in person interactions, including the one convention I attend each year, to be able to have these interactions nowadays, and of course, that& #39;s been disrupted by the virus this year. So, I& #39;m feeling quite emotionally isolated and more than a little lonely.
I miss, and I can& #39;t believe I& #39;m saying this because I& #39;m an introvert and find social situations emotionally draining, just talking to other people about things. Any thing: what I& #39;m watching, doing, things I like and hate, learning about things other people are doing and enjoying.
