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Not my business, but here's the thing... (regarding koh)
3 months ago
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Sometimes I sort of start caring about an artist, and then sometimes they... disappear. Is koh okay? I have enough sleuthing skills to know that he's probably alive, but but after he shut down his account, it just sort of left me haunted. I know he was in pain, and I can kind of relate. I don't understand why he put so effort much into... deleting his existence in the context of this fandom. I just hope he's okay, you know? I wish he knew that some people remember and care. I miss your legend, man.
sikfock666
~sikfock666
I know what you mean. I miss him too.
Fragman1919A4
~fragman1919a4
I've seen disillusioned folks bail from the fandumb before and erase their previous presences entirely. There's some toxic components in this (and most) famdoms that folks just stop tolerating.
FeO2
~feo2
OP
I guess, but the erasure is weird, and it leaves a hole that does nothing to impede the toxicity.
Fragman1919A4
~fragman1919a4
Sometimes separation is preferable to making a stand.
sikfock666
~sikfock666
I doubt that what Fragman claims is often the reason for people leaving the fandom and trying to erase their presence.
FeO2
~feo2
OP
Well, "toxic" is an awfully loaded word ever since a certain infamous someone tried using it to implode the fandom for personal gain, but there legitimately is some toxicity here. And everywhere, but this is a subset of that. Do you have another idea about what drives people to do this?
sikfock666
~sikfock666
There are no doubt almost as many reasons as there are people.
A few people I've know left because of how the fandom has been perceived by the mundane world. Several sought art careers and ties to the fandom were negatively received by the art industries they wanted to work within.
Yyyyyeah, I've heard that one before, and to me it's always smacked of blame-shifting. Furries exist for a reason, those industries are much of that reason, and the two keep playing off one another. Occam says that some artists just aren't as good as they think they are.
Fragman1919A4
~fragman1919a4
I've been involved the fandom since the 80s and personally know quite a few people who were fed up and left. You are free to draw your own conclusions. My statement was based on direct experience.
No doubt that occasionally happens, but I seriously doubt that it's a frequent reason. I can think of any number of reasons that someone might do that. As I said, I'm sure that there are almost as many reasons as there are people.
