User blog comment:OtterJiang/How Toxic IS the VOCALOID Fandom?/@comment-7975672-20150416031134

I think VOCALOID's fandom is not that bad honestly. Comparing VOCALOID videos' comments to "Katekyo Hitman Reborn" ones, fewer people complain about it. Seriously, I can't believe how many people are commenting about how Tsuna is a "whiny b**ch"!

Of course, there is still people proclaiming Miku/Rin/Len/Luka is the best VOCALOID ever and that all the others shouldn't exist, but the majority just doesn't know about the others. Honestly, there is MANY VOCALOID voicebanks and characters. Not every one has the motivation to learn thoroughly about them. And some just started integrating the fandom, they can't help that they don't know everything about it yet! I first started listening to VOCALOID music (in 2011) when I was introduced by a friend to Miku, Rin, Len, Luka, MEIKO, KAITO, Neru, Haku and Teto. She had started really recently to know about them so she didn't know that Teto was an UTAUloid or that Neru and Haku are Fanloids, so it took me some time before learning about the difference. I also didn't know there were so many other ones out there and I only knew a few songs.

Little by little, I started doing my research about what VOCALOID really was. I listened to some english songs, found the other voicebanks, learned what UTAU was... I felt a bit lost though. It took me some time to get used to it. But I told everything to my friend who had introduced me to VOCALOID and she was happy to know more about it.

What I'm trying to say is that it can take some time to get used to VOCALOID and not every one is willing to search about it. It's like anime fandoms, the main characters get all the attention while the others are getting much less. There's always gonna be people claiming Naruto is the best character ever! And there will always be the ones who have misconceptions about the program (how it works, how much it costs, how to create songs and videos, how voicebanks are created, etc.)

If I had to give a rating of how toxic the fandom is, I'd give a 5.