What Is Fannish Migration?
2.5BRAINROT SCOREFannish Migration The movement of a fan community from one online platform to another, for example when fans of a fandom leave a site after policy, design or ownership changes and rebuild their discussion, fan fiction and art elsewhere. The word "fannish" is fandom's own adjective for things related to fans.
Origin:No page opened defines the phrase. Wikipedia's Archive of Our Own article gives a documented example of the kind of shift involved: in 2007 LiveJournal's policy and design changes upset its fan-fiction users, which contributed to the founding of the Organization for Transformative Works, and its archive launched in 2008. Wikipedia's fandom article does not describe platform-to-platform moves. The existing entry on fandom migration is a close neighbour, so this one is kept thin and conservative.
First Seen:Unknown (no dated first use of the phrase is documented)
Peak Era:2007-2020s (LiveJournal, Tumblr, Archive of Our Own, X)
Aura Impact:+1 Aura (Using It Correctly In Context)
EXAMPLE USAGE
""After the site changed its rules, the fannish migration took about a month and the old forum went quiet.""
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