Not my fandom but-- I just spent a year and a half, 20-30 hours a week, researching and planning and writing an 8-chapter, 52K word fanfic of professional quality. You know how many years I've been in fandom. I have over 700 followers in one fandom account alone.
I used every online marketing trick I could to garner a few eyeballs. Professional banners. Fanart. The works.
160 views altogether for all chapters. A few kudos. No comments apart from one close friend. The fandom liked my banners and comments on some of the background research went into it, but they just. Did. Not. Care.
I'm afraid that Tumblr's firehose of content has dampened everyone's ability to engage, and the newer fans don't realize that comment culture was ever a thing.
(And yes, that is indeed gorgeous and professional, even if I'm one of the last people on earth under the age of 50 who has NOT played Zelda.)
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I used every online marketing trick I could to garner a few eyeballs. Professional banners. Fanart. The works.
160 views altogether for all chapters. A few kudos. No comments apart from one close friend. The fandom liked my banners and comments on some of the background research went into it, but they just. Did. Not. Care.
I'm afraid that Tumblr's firehose of content has dampened everyone's ability to engage, and the newer fans don't realize that comment culture was ever a thing.
(And yes, that is indeed gorgeous and professional, even if I'm one of the last people on earth under the age of 50 who has NOT played Zelda.)