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I went digging through Wattpad like an internet-based anthropologist yesterday. Wattpad is probably one of the very few corners of the internet that could be classed as fandom that I've never dipped my toes into, not even a little bit. (DeviantART, yup. Reddit, yep, Facebook, yep. SpaceBattles/Questionable Questing, yep. Webcomics and webserials, yep., Lego MOCs on Flickr, yep.)
Some observations:
* I knew about the whole GIF header thing. I didn't realize how popular moodboards-in-fics are there. I'm kind of happy about that, tbh. I think there's interesting potential for how unabashedly multi-media people are getting in their fics, with all the moodboards and fanmixes incorporated.
* Wow, the top-rated stuff is all terrible. Wow.
* The Umbrella Academy seems fairly popular on there
* Star Trek, not so much.
* I actually think I could like the unabashed teenager-ness of Wattpad, but the general set-up of the site makes me bonkers
* See: there are reclists (personal reading lists) but you can't search them through Wattpad. You can use google as a crutch or else you just have to find a Wattpad author you like and see what they like. I don't have any Wattpad authors I like yet, so. AO3 and tumblr aren't great for finding reclists, but the barrier to entry is lower. On AO3 you can filter through collections or bookmarks. On tumblr you can search #somefandom recs.
* People are really comfortable posting other people's shit and leaving credit but not a link. I wonder if the big influx of "Don't Post to Another Site" tags on AO3 was actually in response to that. I thought it was more about the AO3 App Wars.
Some observations:
* I knew about the whole GIF header thing. I didn't realize how popular moodboards-in-fics are there. I'm kind of happy about that, tbh. I think there's interesting potential for how unabashedly multi-media people are getting in their fics, with all the moodboards and fanmixes incorporated.
* Wow, the top-rated stuff is all terrible. Wow.
* The Umbrella Academy seems fairly popular on there
* Star Trek, not so much.
* I actually think I could like the unabashed teenager-ness of Wattpad, but the general set-up of the site makes me bonkers
* See: there are reclists (personal reading lists) but you can't search them through Wattpad. You can use google as a crutch or else you just have to find a Wattpad author you like and see what they like. I don't have any Wattpad authors I like yet, so. AO3 and tumblr aren't great for finding reclists, but the barrier to entry is lower. On AO3 you can filter through collections or bookmarks. On tumblr you can search #somefandom recs.
* People are really comfortable posting other people's shit and leaving credit but not a link. I wonder if the big influx of "Don't Post to Another Site" tags on AO3 was actually in response to that. I thought it was more about the AO3 App Wars.
