User blog comment:Angel Emfrbl/Does anyone ever get sick of.../@comment-66.192.13.132-20140831080141/@comment-53539-20140831152333

In my opinion, a lot of the trouble stems from this problem with the fandom still being at different places. It seems half of those calling themselves Vocaloid sfans still know nothing on Vocaloid beyond Project Diva. This is an issue with the "Big 8" lead circle.

Project Diva results in CFM's Vocaloids getting more attention, I've only ever seen CFM's vocaloids mentioned in sites like the Escapist Magazine or Gamestop, where Vocaloid fans tend have less general Vocaloid knowledge. After 6 months, Anime News Network stopped reporting on new and upcoming Vocaloids and resulted to just reporting on the likes of Miku and co.

So this creates the issue with the divided fandom, and certain fans don't venture out of their particular part of the fandom to learn about the general Vocaloids.

This is why in 2012, I had an argument with someone at VO via PMs when I apologised for over explaining something. I had been saying this particular thing on yahoo answers a lot, and out of habit due to this, I did it again on VO forums. The thing we argued over was they said "the fandom is not 2009 anymore and most fans do not just know the CFM vocaloids anymore". The reality was, in 2012... Their claim was far from true as I was still dealing with yahoo answer questions I'd answered several times already.

If the problem still exists now, then it was most definitely around in 2012. I always have put it down to the fact Vocaloids have no uniform, it's a franchise so are spread out. If you get stuck n CFM, you don't realize how much more there is to Vocaloid and could be honestly led to believe this is indeed, all there is to Vocaloid. :-/

(I admit... Sometimes I did long answers because it pissed off some folks I didn't like... But at other times, it was old habits from past fandoms where we went on and on about different subjects. Basically... We acted like net geeks... )