In our second podcast series, Lady V and Katie cover the (brief) history of online fandom and how it got to where it is today. In this episode, we travel back to Web 1.0 when websites looked like a PowerPoint deck, YouTube was Albino Blacksheep, Fortnite was RuneScape, Anne Rice didn't like your fanfiction, and 4chan was still an anime forum. We also discuss the Yahoo! Answers shut down and how, no, George Lucas doesn't get enough appreciation, actually.
Yahoo! Answers Shuts Down: 2m 19s
Fanfiction.net and Early Fansites: 15m 37s
Flash Animation and MMOs: 31m 0s
Anne Rice: 57m 35s
4chan: 1 hr 10m 32s
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