By: Rich Kolker

Rich Kolker — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:47:00 +0000

There are stories I could tell of the early days of the online community, but I only got to write one sidebar for the book .

By: JohnS

JohnS — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:49:00 +0000

I think the main reason the online community gets short-shrift is the simple fact that for the MAJORITY of Trek’s lifespan – there was NO online community. The writer says they’ve been a fan since the 70s – then they should remember all too well the “network” of fandom that was established and how we got information to each other. I’ll go even further and say that until the last few years of Voyager and Enterprise — several generations of Trek merrily rolled along without “online.” — In the 70s – it wasn’t bulletin board trolls who managed to keep interest alive in a dead show. It wasn’t Compuserve or America Online or Myspace or Facebook that kept the flames burning for a rebirth. other than the proliferation of complaining – I can’t think of much that the online community really (truthfully now online fanboys) contributed to the lore and history of Trek. I’m sure the youngings on here will try to dispute that and offer up some nuggets… but sorry – online fanbase has really only been MAINSTREAM the last ten years – and those are the years that trek has declined the most…

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