There actually seems to be far more subcultures being formed than there ever were before
DaystarEld, what are your favorite current happening scenes? (Where new art/science/music/ways of making sense of the world/neat stuff is being created?) Would love leads on where to look.
Well my favorite ones you’re likely already aware of, like rationality (+rational fiction) and EA and circling, but there have been many growing communities of e.g. board game designers, 3D printing aficionados, video game music creators, cosplayers, specific fanfiction groups (think like the glowfic community, but also for things like Worm and other major online serials), online “Quests,” etc.
Also porn. Lots and lots of very niche and varied porn, such that I believe most of the top Patreon creators are some type of porn creator.
Fewer of the “science” or “try to make sense of the world” communities come to mind where the communities are actually a part of the creation and not just consumers, but the “youtube edutainment community” has a lot of great works and collaboration and feels worth distinguishing as one.
Overall it just feels like there are hundreds of communities out there, growing and dying every week. If the criterion is ones that they “last” then that does cut out most, since a lot are tied to particular types of media, and if we only focus on “serious” ones then certainly there are far fewer, since we can’t include otherwise impressive ones like the high-quality-gif community on Reddit, but I would be surprised if any previous time period won on either of those metrics just from sheer amount of people around today, exchanging ideas and collaborating.
DaystarEld, what are your favorite current happening scenes? (Where new art/science/music/ways of making sense of the world/neat stuff is being created?) Would love leads on where to look.
Well my favorite ones you’re likely already aware of, like rationality (+rational fiction) and EA and circling, but there have been many growing communities of e.g. board game designers, 3D printing aficionados, video game music creators, cosplayers, specific fanfiction groups (think like the glowfic community, but also for things like Worm and other major online serials), online “Quests,” etc.
Also porn. Lots and lots of very niche and varied porn, such that I believe most of the top Patreon creators are some type of porn creator.
Fewer of the “science” or “try to make sense of the world” communities come to mind where the communities are actually a part of the creation and not just consumers, but the “youtube edutainment community” has a lot of great works and collaboration and feels worth distinguishing as one.
Overall it just feels like there are hundreds of communities out there, growing and dying every week. If the criterion is ones that they “last” then that does cut out most, since a lot are tied to particular types of media, and if we only focus on “serious” ones then certainly there are far fewer, since we can’t include otherwise impressive ones like the high-quality-gif community on Reddit, but I would be surprised if any previous time period won on either of those metrics just from sheer amount of people around today, exchanging ideas and collaborating.