>nu generation flopped due to greed
>economic hardship
>all time low in userbase, including fimfiction
>barely any new content created aside from a select few
>fandom has devolved into shitflinging and dramabait
i hate the 2020s so much its unreal

>>42322449 (OP)
>shitflinging and dramabait
This has always been a thing, right from the very beginning

>>42322451
Yes, but it seems it's become more prevalent nowadays than new content created. At the very least drama about people or creators wasn't everywhere and around every corner so much so to the point where you had nothing else in the fandom.

>>42322449 (OP)
I'm too poor to have children for this fandom desu

Our fandom will endure, as new blood still flows true
Intrigued by glory tales of old
Who were young now mature, and join us or return
You can never leave the ride

>nu generation flopped due to greed
not my problem
>economic hardship
not my problem
>all time low in userbase, including fimfiction
not my problem
>barely any new content created aside from a select few
not my problem
>fandom has devolved into shitflinging and dramabait
not my problem

>>42322462
What are you going to tell your children when they ask you what you did during the acopalypse?

>>42322462
it becomes my problem when there's out of stuff to read, watch, and interact with. ponies are the only thing that keep me interested. almost everything else feels dull. been over 11 years now and i cant stop

>>42322464
Have you tried ai chatbots?
All the rage right now.

>>42322464
Im writing a sick ass fic right now just give me time damn

>>42322449 (OP)
>>fandom has devolved into shitflinging and dramabait
You mean /mlp/

>>42322479
4chan is sort of unique in that sense. Many fandoms outside 4chan can maintain some level of respect even decades after their series ceases to be relevant but 4channers devolve into infighting within months of running out of new content.

>>42322479
the fandom is /mlp/
/mlp/ is the fandom

>>42322481
Not at all. The only major difference with 4chan is that it all takes place on a public forum in which being a shitposting prick is normal and expected. All the cool kids in the other fandoms are doing exactly the same thing in Xitter DMs and Discord servers.

>>42322449 (OP)
If you ask me I say we're going through a second great depression. In other words it's only a matter of time until the world flips in our favor again. Have patience fren.

>>42322452
People are lazy. Content creation takes effort and skill and often doesn't net the (you)'s it deserves, dramastirring is easy and any iq zero nigger can do it

>>42322590
thats fair. seems like its gotten worse though

>>42322452
it seems to be the case, although most of my experience with the fandom encompasses 2014 and maybe a small bit of 2013. I was young and my english wasn't fluent enough yet to engage with the anglophone community, but I could feel there was something was wrong by 2015 despite some cool announcements from last year like the 100th episode and a non-EQG movie.

>>42322449 (OP)
>muh greed
It’s leftist managerial bureaucrats

>>42322479
>/mlp/: We Know Drama(tm)

>>42322467
>almost everything else feels dull.

>>42324037
skill issue

>>42324051
Not at all, chatbots is a toy which novelty quickly wears off

>>42324064
Garbage in garbage out. Like >>42324051 said, skill issue.

>>42324098
>Garbage in garbage out.
...but enough about LLMs and their prompters

>all time low in userbase, including fimfiction
You guys have multiple cons a year.

>>42324139
>You guys
You mean offboarder normies aka "fans of the fandom"

>>42324152
>t. too fat to go outside

>>42324152
Buddy just drive your mom's civic for two hours and you can purchase an anime body pillow of Derpy with a HUGE ass.

>>42324253
>an anime body pillow of Derpy with a HUGE ass.
Nigger

>>42324292
Oh my mistake, I didn't realize. I meant an anime body pillow of Spike with a huge ass.

>>42324299
Gay nigger

>>42322449 (OP)
We've ALWAYS been shitflinging morons dude.

I'm gonna hope that G6 is okay. Not great or even good, that's far too much to ask for.

>>42322449 (OP)
>all time low in userbase, including fimfiction
considering the shit they been producing lately i dont care much