User blog comment:OtterJiang/How Toxic IS the VOCALOID Fandom?/@comment-32500188-20150417201421

To me, it depends on where you frequently dwell within the entire fandom. If it's places like YouTube, Tumblr, Facebook, and even at times the general deviantArt VOCALOID fanbase, it can get pretty ugly at times... so much so to the point one just loses all hope with the fandom. Unfortunately, though, we're still fending off ignorance and baseless assumptions from certain folks, and the only way I see that ever waning off is if people actually put more trust in their own common sense and research the facts themselves. There are those rare occasions when people actually do come through and give some hope things have shaped up since the fandom's infancy days, but that hope easily dies upon seeing folks like random "n00b" RPers or "I must completely trash one VOCALOID to lift up another"-type fans, or suck the comment threads into a whole 'nother level of headdesking. Grade-A annoying, that be.

In those places, on a scale of 1-10, I'd put that at 7.5. (Was going to do a full-blown 8, but because things have changed a lot since the beginning, enough for me to actually come back and tolerate some things, as well as there are more informed folks that actually speak up when there's misinformation present, it's not as bad as it used to be. If I were to go way back, though, I'd have given it a 9. Especially considering past dramas with lies about fanloids actually being considered upcoming VOCALOIDs and people vehemently attacking anyone who voices any sort of doubt... as well as following said naysayers to other places they frequent and trolling them there, too. Such a mess when the truth came out.)

Now if it's places that users have enough common sense to accept that no VOCALOID is 100% perfect (even their own favorites), and also can carry on conversations without ripping each other a new one over liking/disliking a certain vocal type for legit reasons, it's a completely different ball game. There are a few groups on dA that are good on this part, perhaps a rare Facebook/Tumblr page that are like diamonds in the rough, and of course here on the wiki. I think I can also plug Twitter users up there to some degree, because it's a lot easier to connect and follow folks who know enough common-sense stuff about VOCALOID in general. I feel it's safe enough to put these at a fair number... 5. Only because there have been times where snark can get a bit heavy depending on how passionate people are about a topic when someone is either unyielding or uninformed (on top of being disagreeable)... not to mention there have been times people had to walk away before losing their cool with certain users, whether for a short period of time or for good. At the very least, it's very rare if anything ever devolves into an absolute flame war that has to be shut down ASAP, but heck, we aren't the least bit perfect when nerves are rubbed wrong and folks have to be set straight. Especially when the trolls come callin' with vandalism and spam. XP

Can't really speak for places like VO or other forums like it (whether in English or other languages)... I only glance through there on a few occasions, so I wouldn't be able to say for sure how it's really like there in comparison.

... Or maybe I'm putting too much analysis on this "where the rough spots are" thing? Meh...