Signal boost: Intergenerational Fandom Survey!

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Genuflectx over on Pillowfort is researching fannish drift, and they're particularly interested in getting more responses from older fans. I'm told the results will be compiled onto Fanlore and the poll answers will also be viewable eventually, once the polls are closed. Let me copy their whole post.

The Fannish Drift Survey seeks to gather data from fans of various age and time in fandom to help define fandom words. If the definition of certain words has changed over time, or is seen differently among different fans, then this survey will hopefully make that clear. There are two identical forms, each covering two generations.

The information you provide will be compiled and later made public, so do not complete the form if that makes you uncomfortable. No personal identifying information will be collected, such as name or email. Please share the forms with your friends and make sure you take the one that relates to your age group!

Birth Year 1981 - 2020  https://forms.gle/ETXjbNaaTPWfV6ys5
Birth Year 1943 - 1980 https://forms.gle/yK6juPMkzNPGfinD6

For more information on “fannish drift,”  you can check out the Fanlore article on it.

Comments

[silveradept]

I'm having a little trouble following which thing is the dead or the unknown term. Is it supposed to be "slash" or one of "Big Name Fan" or "MAP"?

[franzeska]

'Slash'. My guess is that it didn't occur to them to look at its evolution over time because a lot of people on tumblr think it isn't around anymore. (My point about the usage of BNF and MAP is that it shows the survey maker's youth.)

[silveradept]

Ah, I follow now. Thank you for explaining. That probably also explains the decision on where to split the birthdays.