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Today @ metafandom

# [info]yagathai: Dear Fandom - I tend to be conservative by inclination, but every con that I attend makes me want to declare a revolution, storming the barricades and flinging greybeards** from the ramparts, just a little bit more. -

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(tags: cons prowriting)

Okay, I guess it's about cons and some drastic change that has to be undertaken.


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vagathai's post:
"Dear fandom
Did you ever wonder why Worldcon is shrinking, why fandom is greying, why new people aren't joining at the same rate that the old-guard is dying out?

This [link] is the problem, friends. This [link] is the problem. In fact, honestly, every single comment by Eric Van in these two posts is the problem."

No, I don't know what the fucking problem is. Make your meta posts more cryptic, please. I'm not confused enough. (The same thing goes for the cryptic quotes metafandom likes to pick.)

No honestly, is it so hard to articulate your point? What is the bloody problem? I clicked on the first link and read the comment of someone who basically says that fandom is not that welcoming. Some people are, some people aren't. I still don't know how this has anything to do with a con.

This is normally the point where I would close the browser tab. I went back to write this post and lo and behold the problem is described in the fourth paragraph. *headdesk*

How it should be done:

1. Introduction
2. Theory
3. Data
4. Discussion/Opinion

Why are many meta posts so terribly unstructured? Why do they have to make reading and understanding so fucking difficult? Why aren't there any beta readers for meta? Why are some meta writers proud to point out that they wrote their drizzle at 2 am in the morning? "I put no effort in this. Please read and comment!!11!!"

PS: I don't get the greybeard reference. I don't know what historical event she/he is talking about.

ETA: It's not meta, it's wank. Enlightened now!