Fandom is incredible. From Japan's Touhou dōjin music scene, to a My Little Pony fan community so enthusiastic that it spawned completely custom-coded fanfic si

Fandom is incredible. From Japan's Touhou dōjin music scene, to a My Little Pony fan community so enthusiastic that it spawned completely custom-coded fanfic sites (i.e. https://www.fimfiction.net/statistics https://www.fimfiction.net/statistics, with 2mm+ pageviews/day), to the more-obscure crossover fanfiction on forums like https://forums.spacebattles.com/forums/creative-writing.18/ https://forums.spacebattles.com/forums/creative-writing.18/ , to AI researchers moonlighting as lauded fanfic authors (see http://hpmor.com/ http://hpmor.com/) ... it's mind-boggling how rabid fan-media consumers and producers can be. They're also incredible power-users of their sites; as this article indicates, many obsess over tagging and taxonomy, and they'll self-police if the sites can get out of their way. If you're looking for growth & engagement numbers (and you're able to segment your site with policies like strictly opt-in questionable content, which Reddit is admirably trying to get right) don't discount the power of fandom.