Thanks for the explanation of the FA culture. I've been feeling squidgy about the direction of the rhetoric was taking, although not about the actual fact of the outrage. Fandom communities like FAP are, at least to some extent, comparable to community centers, and it's not their fault that they're not serving an easily identifiable or quantifiable community. I've been increasingly uncomfortable about the classism I'm seeing in some of the anti-FAP discussion, especially surrounding the idea that anyone who can participate in fandom must have plenty of leisure time and disposable income. There's so much evidence to the contrary that I can't believe people are advancing that argument in all seriousness.
(I've also seen the argument that FA's directors probably have the money to pay for the servers themselves, which makes me really uncomfortable. I don't think "if you really loved it and it was in serious trouble, you'd just foot the bill for it by yourselves" is really appropriate.)
FA's communication with outsiders needs serious work, though. Their statements have been seriously problematic, defensive, hyperbolic, and unprofessional, as has their handling of the initial grant proposal.
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This is pretty much the books in a nutshell.
Thanks for the explanation of the FA culture. I've been feeling squidgy about the direction of the rhetoric was taking, although not about the actual fact of the outrage. Fandom communities like FAP are, at least to some extent, comparable to community centers, and it's not their fault that they're not serving an easily identifiable or quantifiable community. I've been increasingly uncomfortable about the classism I'm seeing in some of the anti-FAP discussion, especially surrounding the idea that anyone who can participate in fandom must have plenty of leisure time and disposable income. There's so much evidence to the contrary that I can't believe people are advancing that argument in all seriousness.
(I've also seen the argument that FA's directors probably have the money to pay for the servers themselves, which makes me really uncomfortable. I don't think "if you really loved it and it was in serious trouble, you'd just foot the bill for it by yourselves" is really appropriate.)
FA's communication with outsiders needs serious work, though. Their statements have been seriously problematic, defensive, hyperbolic, and unprofessional, as has their handling of the initial grant proposal.