Do we need a new social media paradigm?

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This thread is for thinking outside the existing boxes, or using the existing boxes in new ways. Let's start out with greywash's post the idea of a network of persistent fannish apothecary chests of holding.

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I'm having a little difficulty articulating just what distinction I'm seeing here, but I do see a difference between a story meant to be read and simple conversation (since meta already has a place on AO3 as well). Do all fan artists want their work downloaded and kept by others as part of the enjoyment process? When they may be trying to sell it for needed income/fund-raising? It's not entirely apples/oranges, but definitely two varieties of apple.

So while I'm with you on RSS, which I still think is the handiest thing ever, and while I think that conserving fandom as a whole is the goal of these discussions, I'm not sure that relying upon this kind of mechanism provides the collective durability we really need. I know that runs up against the "everybody who cares participates in archiving" aspect of the P2P conversation happening in another thread, but that's my concern here. I think it's a fine feature to build in; I don't think it's a feature to rely upon more broadly, however. If nothing else, RSS is still something accessible only to a fairly geeky community and not the vast bulk of fandom who lives on devices only.