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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? }}
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{{EditorialBy|Zhen Lin}}
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?