Users hate the ads, AI is coming, and the social media landscape is getting weird — but Perkins thinks Fandom is poised to survive and thrive. Users hate the ads, AI is coming, and the social media ...

“Fandom”—the participatory community that grows out of a piece of media—has come to dominate pop culture. Fandom is not simply being a fan of something. Fandom is performing being a fan by creating ...

831 Stories is a romance-focused entertainment company that seeks to create a more immersive experience for readers. The company publishes their own romance novellas, as well as themed merch that ...

An article a few weeks ago in Salon was ominously titled “Let’s all stop ignoring The Fandom Menace. It’s real, and it’s winning.” The article contends that toxic factions have become a built-in ...