I've joined a few. I've joined a few and then left a few. While there's generally a fun mix of trivia, actors or writers from the intellectual property and other bonuses, then come the pedants, the complainers, the nitpickers and other unpleasant souls who generally make some fandoms, as Ralphie says of Warren G. Harding Elementary School, "a veritable hell."
I bring up Ralphie because I'm on the edge of leaving a Facebook fan page of the film "A Christmas Story." I love the film. The fandom, not so much.
Two recent posts to compare:
Guess which one I'd rather read in bulk quantity?
Sure, watching commercials during the TBS or TNT "A Christmas Story" marathon can be a pain, and having to watch three commercials in a row for the same advertiser could indeed be tiring, but the complaint doesn't need to be in the fandom, for a few reasons:
1. Not related to the movie at all.
2. Only ancillarily-related to the movie.
3. Not really included in the movie.
I'm sure the second post was a reaction to the first, using a line from the movie. Nobody likes commercials, but as a poster on the first pointed out, this particular advertiser paid so the complainer could have the opportunity to watch the movie for 24 hours straight (why they're not watching with a DVD is beyond me, but maybe they're either old or too busy streaming and bereft of physical media).
The mods come on to chastise those who mock the complainers, which is fair.
Deleting the complainers' posts would also be fair, if I were a mod. But I'm not.
Still, don't need to see it. And a constant flood of such posts makes being part of the fandom not so much fun. Maybe this particular fandom will settle after the holiday. Maybe they're just all grouchy now. Anyway, we'll see.
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