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I am curious about this here BNF thingy
Apr. 19th, 2009 11:32 pmOkay, so I know that there's a cyle to posting about everything in fandom and that this question has probably already been asked ad nauseum, but based on some comments to my post HERE, I'm curious about your definitions of a BNF.
In my estimation, BNF-itude is based on three factors: size of flist, number of people apparently reading fic (or watching vids or gakking icons or responding to meta or using recs) based on recs and comments, and propensity of people to engage in conversation no matter the topic (like washing dishes or kitty cat antics). I think several qualities are related to the BNF-ness: being first (in a fandom, in a trope, in a pairing), being around a long ass time, being witty, writing well, being online a lot so that commentary on new developments is instantaneous-ish.
As I said in my previous post: I mean, I know that the value of BNF changes given whichever circle you are in so that the same people are never universally recognized as BNF by all subsets of fandom. It's a thing that is often very difficult to quantifiably measure. But I do think it exists and I think it depends on perspective. For instance, I have a very different picture of who the BNFs are than I did as newbie and that picture was based on wholly different criteria. Nonetheless, at each stage of my fannishness, I've been able to identify a group of fans that have more clout and influence [and recognition] than I do.
So here's my question to you: Who do you think is a BNF and why?
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In my estimation, BNF-itude is based on three factors: size of flist, number of people apparently reading fic (or watching vids or gakking icons or responding to meta or using recs) based on recs and comments, and propensity of people to engage in conversation no matter the topic (like washing dishes or kitty cat antics). I think several qualities are related to the BNF-ness: being first (in a fandom, in a trope, in a pairing), being around a long ass time, being witty, writing well, being online a lot so that commentary on new developments is instantaneous-ish.
As I said in my previous post: I mean, I know that the value of BNF changes given whichever circle you are in so that the same people are never universally recognized as BNF by all subsets of fandom. It's a thing that is often very difficult to quantifiably measure. But I do think it exists and I think it depends on perspective. For instance, I have a very different picture of who the BNFs are than I did as newbie and that picture was based on wholly different criteria. Nonetheless, at each stage of my fannishness, I've been able to identify a group of fans that have more clout and influence [and recognition] than I do.
So here's my question to you: Who do you think is a BNF and why?
[Anonymous posting always enabled and IP addresses never logged. It's my settings.]
