YESSS! I made friends for life on one-fandom forums, literally. Specifically on this one ski jumping forum back in 2002 I met some of my best friends ever, and some of them are still my friends, 21 years, more than half of my life. ♡♡♡
I'm still confused to this day how to meet people in fandom now that forums are gone (vs people who are also fans, but not necessarily active in your fandom(s), which you can do easily on dw, and for this at least I'm grateful :D). No other platform I've tried gives this possibility, and I know I'm ~doing it wrong~, but I am clearly wired for forums, I can't do it ~right~ because I can't do it any other way. xD
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I'm still confused to this day how to meet people in fandom now that forums are gone (vs people who are also fans, but not necessarily active in your fandom(s), which you can do easily on dw, and for this at least I'm grateful :D). No other platform I've tried gives this possibility, and I know I'm ~doing it wrong~, but I am clearly wired for forums, I can't do it ~right~ because I can't do it any other way. xD