I have to agree with bobobo, aside from the occasional nod here and there we don't really need that many shout outs so to speak and i would prefer many of things we come up with not to be confirmed or denied by the show especially some of our ideas which seem like they'd just throw things off kilter at times. Let the fanbase generate the fan content and the studio generate the official content.
Aside from that i don't really see what's wrong with our numbers growing. Sure we get more cooks here and there but it's still no more than any other fandom. And there are a lot of crazy fandoms, and even with all the crazies that we know we have we still have a good portion of us being amazing content creators with interesting ideas and high quality works as opposed to most other fandoms i'm(or have been) a part of where many if not most things feel half assed and not like they're precious gems the internet should covet. The only thing that really sets us apart from the negative attention and highlights our negative fans is not that we have more of them but because their easier prey that will in general illicit stronger responses because 1) we're already watching a show some might not think is socially acceptable to watch (culture depending) and 2) They did/said/made what in relations to a little girls cartoon? it sets up that "intended audience is precious attempt to protect" response and often illicits strong responses from people who would be socially likely to disapprove. Same thing has happened with DnD, Video Games (still somehow), cameras i'm sure, etc... etc.. etc.. Loads of things basically until those things became either so prevelent no one cared anymore or society just adopted them. Some still have to deal with older generations preconceived notions born often of ignorance and social expectations. My hope is one day, if we haven't already, we become prevalent enough to take down the Lolcatempire in greatness before going into the night slowly spouting queries about cheezburgers. And in so doing become one of the most memorable groups of the time. Ya know... till the next one roles around cause it's the internet and it's inevitable.
And just as a personal belief i don't think we're loosing members of the fanbase i haven't heard of any substantial loses anywhere of course i don't follow fan #'s news frequently either but if communities started going dark i think we'd start hearing or we'd be seeing less and less new content or something and we still just keep getting more and more. There would be some obvious tells that there is something wrong.
I think our biggest problem will probably be with the long time hardcore fans with the "it was better back when..." Which might now be developing.
TLDR:
I agree with Bobobo on the community involvement in the shows for the most part fans often should not touch the important stuff.
I don't really think there have been any major signs of fanbase decay yet (but truthfully i wouldn't know to well it just doesn't seem like communitties are losing members but rather older ones are coming back or newer ones are coming on.) I think our problem will be more with the older members later on than the newer ones.
We don't have anymore creeps than the other fanbases we just hear about them more because of how peoples social expectations play out.
And i hope that history remembers us as the thing that happened tot he internet after the all pervasive lolcat.
edit: also future refrences i use Brony as a catch-all term for any person who follows the shows consitently/when possible and participates in community based discussions around it and watches/creates/uses fan made material unless it's a one of joke. I consider anyone who does all these things or some combination of them to be part of the brony community and worth noting as a brony. I'm actually not sure how some fans of the show can justify avoiding the label at times it's rather baffling :/ and the first time i've seen that happen actually. I'd like to talk more about it with folks
edit edit: Can someone explain what a speghetti fan is.a new term never heard it before.
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