" I really wonder how fannish they are. —— Pontificating on the internetz is lazy fandom at best, arrogant fandom at worst."
On the other hand, it's usually not very productive to criticize people for the kind of fandom they enjoy. Conventions are not for everyone, and fandom should be big enough for all kinds of people, to do the activities they like. "Lazy fandom" to me reads like there should be only one kind of "proper", accepted fandom, and that's not the way I like to think of things. In my opinion, claiming to be a fan and somehow communicating with others is quite enough to be accepted as a fellow fan.
And, in my experience, a "lazy fan" (using your term for someone who only connects to other fandom through discussions on the net) can sometimes become an active, participating fan, when treated right. If someone just wants to discuss things on the net, and you do that long enough without demandind anything else, sometimes you happen to be present when they ask if there's something more they could do.
I'm not saying that particular conversation would necessarily have turned out differently if the participation in WSFS part would have been left out, mind you.
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On the other hand, it's usually not very productive to criticize people for the kind of fandom they enjoy. Conventions are not for everyone, and fandom should be big enough for all kinds of people, to do the activities they like. "Lazy fandom" to me reads like there should be only one kind of "proper", accepted fandom, and that's not the way I like to think of things. In my opinion, claiming to be a fan and somehow communicating with others is quite enough to be accepted as a fellow fan.
And, in my experience, a "lazy fan" (using your term for someone who only connects to other fandom through discussions on the net) can sometimes become an active, participating fan, when treated right. If someone just wants to discuss things on the net, and you do that long enough without demandind anything else, sometimes you happen to be present when they ask if there's something more they could do.
I'm not saying that particular conversation would necessarily have turned out differently if the participation in WSFS part would have been left out, mind you.