3,661
edits
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
blurb=It has long been said that the Pokémon fan community is not a unified one. The evidence for it is undeniable: the existence of dozens of sites with the same goal, and often, the same content. Is this good, or is this bad? Will it be a problem in the future? }} | blurb=It has long been said that the Pokémon fan community is not a unified one. The evidence for it is undeniable: the existence of dozens of sites with the same goal, and often, the same content. Is this good, or is this bad? Will it be a problem in the future? }} | ||
{{CategorizeIn|Editorials|5|07}} | {{CategorizeIn|Editorials|5|07}} | ||
It has long been said that the Pokémon fan community is not a unified one. The evidence for it is undeniable: the existence of dozens of sites with the same goal, and often, the same content. There is no discernible logic in this: why should a fan choose one site over another functionally identical one? In the real world, where functionally identical goods and services can be distinguished by price, a rational consumer would choose the cheaper one. But this is the internet: price is not a factor. How, then, can a rational fan (does such an oxymoronic creature exist?) choose between two functionally identical sites? | It has long been said that the Pokémon fan community is not a unified one. The evidence for it is undeniable: the existence of dozens of sites with the same goal, and often, the same content. There is no discernible logic in this: why should a fan choose one site over another functionally identical one? In the real world, where functionally identical goods and services can be distinguished by price, a rational consumer would choose the cheaper one. But this is the internet: price is not a factor. How, then, can a rational fan (does such an oxymoronic creature exist?) choose between two functionally identical sites? | ||
edits