I had some time now to become part of the community on fangoria.com and i must say it's been an interesting journey. As i said before, i've been on forums before but mostly just as a 'lurker'. That way i've already seen how communities react to newcomers and sometimes it ain't easy to get your 'spot' amongst the regular peers.
What i like about fangoria is that in their forums they have a section called 'welcome center'. This way you can introduce yourself to the community so that they have an idea of who the new guy is. I like the idea of this since you aren't thrown into the community without being able to tell them who you are and what you're like.
Fangoria has a good overview and cleary devided everything into caterogies such as off topic, entertainment, user creations. This way you can easily navigate the forums and go to the place you are most interested in.
It's been cool to read up on the latest reviews and upcoming movies and offer my thoughts on these which lead to conversations with other fans. It hasnt developed friendships yet, but i'm slowly starting to feel, at least for a little bit, part of the community over there.
What i have learned so far is that with little time you can already become part of a community. It doesn't recuire you to be online every single minute of your free time. And it is due to this fact im liking it more and more. So i guess that's a good thing right.
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