Navigating Toxic Fandom Discourse

The After Show from Anime News Network

Lynzee and James catch up on Dead Dead Demon and have a long conversation about navigating toxic fandom discourse.

00:00:00 - Intros

00:02:30 - So you wrote something that made people mad

00:06:00 - Why are we talking about this now?

00:10:00 - Social media promotes de-personalization

00:14:00 - Para-social relationships and agency

00:17:00 - Audience interactions with art are basic interview questions

00:25:00 - Conflating personal identity with your media consumption

00:33:00 - What has worked for us when being dogpiled

00:41:00 - The internet has a reactionary-hate problem

00:50:00 - You never know what you're going to get in an interview

00:56:00 - Is your fandom toxic?

01:03:00 - Critique and harassment are different 01:08:00 - Precautions if you want to be a professional writer

01:13:00 - Dead Dead Demon's Dedededestruction Chat start

01:28:00 - When to catch us next time! #conclamulations