anon meme
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[edit]anon meme (plural anon memes)
- (fandom slang) An online space (typically a LiveJournal or Dreamwidth community) used for anonymous fannish discussion.
- 2012, Katherine Larsen, Lyn Zubernis, Fandom at the Crossroads: Celebration, Shame and Fan/producer Relationships[1], page 120:
- For the past several years, the anon meme weighed in on each and every one, replacing the norms of the broader fanfic community about constructive feedback with sometimes brutal attacks on the writing, the art–and the fan writers themselves.
- 2014, Joseph Brennan, 'Fandom is full of pearlclutching old ladies' : Nonnies in the online slash closet, volume 17, number 4:
- LJ’s spnanonhaven is an anon meme community where fans comment anonymously on posts related to all aspects of Supernatural fandom.
- 2018, Kristina Busse, “Afterword: Fannish Affect and Its Aftermath”, in Rebecca Williams, editor, Everybody Hurts: Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures, page 217:
- On the anon meme failfandom_anon many fans describe how they have left their fandom or, at least, have stopped reading and engaging on Tumblr because of the highly aggressive atmosphere.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:anon meme.