Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot.
That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand.
That rec blog with a great organization scheme and pretty graphics? Someone designed and implemented that organization scheme and made those graphics.
That network that posts a cool variety of stuff? People track down all that variety and queue it by hand, and other people made all the individual pieces.
That post with umpteen links to helpful resources, and information about them? Someone gathered those links, researched the sources, wrote up the information about them.
That graphic about fandom statistics? Someone compiled those statistics, analyzed them, organized them, figured out a useful way to convey the information to others, and made the post.
That event that you think looks neat? Someone wrote the rules, created the blogs and Discords, designed the graphics, did their best to promo the event so it'd succeed.
None of this was done automatically. None of it just appears whole out of the internet ether.
I think everyone realizes that fic writing and fanart creation are work, and at least some folks have got it through their heads that gif creation and graphics and moodboards take effort, and meta is usually respected for the effort that goes into it, at least as far as I've seen, but I feel like a lot of people don't really get how much labor goes into curation, too.
If people are creating resources, curating content, organizing the creations of others, gathering information, and doing other fandom activities that aren't necessarily the direct action of creation, they're doing a lot of fandom labor, and it's often largely unrecognized.
Celebrate fan work!
To folks doing this kind of labor: I see you, and I thank you. You are the backbones of our fandoms and I love you.
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Thank you again for another great year allowing us to share original photographers with you. We will be taking a break and return January 8th. In the meantime we have set up a queue filled with photos from our past featured blogs this year. If you are looking for new blogs to follow, please have a look at the list below. We have listed a general description of the types of photos each blog posts, so it will be easier for you to find the ones you like. And of course applications are still open during our break. Hope to see you all again in 2024. Happy holidays and much love from all of us at LEN.
January
341 @cissaking (landscape)
342 @foliorumviridis (forests, landscape)
343 @rchrgd (nature, forests)
344 @marljin (forests)
February
345 @highways-are-liminal-spaces (landscape, animals)
346 @dk-thrive (landscape, quotes)
347 @fotozeiger (landscape)
348 @alyaly (landscape, flowers)
March
349 @joeswildlifephotos (animals, landscape)
350 @silver-frog (landscape, urban)
351 @bedr-focus (landscape, urban, animals)
352 @alli-takes-photos (nature, landscape, urban)
April
353 @thethingsiveseen-photography (landscape, animals, flowers)
354 @rock-cedar-mosquito (forests, landscape)
355 @zedensposts (landscape, animals)
356 @whitneybarkman (nature, forests)
May
357 @renmoldovan (landscape, animals)
358 @gettinglostisnotawasteoftime (landscape, forests)
359 @nwalthall (landscape, flowers, portrait)
360 @ivacunja (landscape)
361 @moer-koffie (flowers, animals)
June
362 @lbk-photography (landscape)
363 @stillwater67 (landscape, urban)
364 @desomnis (landscape, urban)
365 @tomo8455 (flowers, animals, landscape)
July
366 @bluebelly-sun-serpentine (nature, landscape)
367 @carmen-art (landscape)
368 @thomaswaynewolf (landscape)
369 @birdmemorandum (birds)
370 @thecorpsofrediscovery (landscape, urban)
August
371 @orofeaiel (forests, fungi, animals)
372 @sugiichi (birds)
373 @oscar-out-of-a-suitcase (landscape, urban)
374 @pela-schmidt (landscape)
September
375 @andulkaphoto (nature, urban)
376 @orendarling (landscape, urban)
377 @thomas--bombadil (birds)
378 @kiteknots (nature, forests)
October
379 @differentharmonywasteland (nature)
380 @zocher (landscape, flowers)
381 @mbhfphotos (nature, fungi, forests)
382 @wild-e-eep (nature, fungi, animals)
383 @franz-bauch-foto (forests)
November
384 @vnvnationfan (landscape, flowers)
385 @sssnapspics (nature, animals)
386 @ohlsdorf-cemetery (nature, forests, cemeteries)
387 @flippantsmeagol (landscape)
December
388 @coenderuiter (landscape, forests)
389 @opdrie (landscape, forests)
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So..I fooled everyone on Twitter with this April Fools joke
That's right, Even Janie Lee (CEO of Samurai Bravo) fell for it! oops
The original video is fan animation and made by DToons and written by Rae Harrell back 2020.
Me and My overseas friend helped me to come up with this prank to edited this fan video with a fake Adult Swim logo to make it look official.
((we really never expected it to go viral))
Aaaaah !!!!! I felt so badddddd~~but also love seeing all the replies from some people thinking it's official, and others are just playing along :P
again we are SO sorry and will do it again ;)
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