I got a lot of backlash from my first attempt at Reddit. So I decided to change my way of investigating.(content analysis)
I switched an account and started to ask questions directed at both sides:
- People who disliked or against fanfics.
- People who enjoy reading or writing fanfics or approve of fanfics.
At this point I decided to flirt with the idea of f***ing up. So I put in the exact same question from one of the comments that made me feel bad.
(Their comments were completely valid though, it’s just it took a very long time for me to get to this point of the project, and my own communication skills is blocking me from pushing the project as fast as I wanted, and I was frustrated by the fact that I had to practice again and again, going through trial and error to perfect my communication skills)
Content of post: I decided to go back to autoethnographic research and post some of my own experiences, so that I wouldn’t just be a student asking for help with homework, I’m a researcher using my own experience as research.
This time the outcome was much more fruitful.
This pic below shows evidence for one misconception: that fanfics are all deviant and insignificant, the lowest in the hierarchy chain. This one piece of feedback proves that this misconception is wrong.
Evidence shows that my way of communicating a question was still flawed.