Online Fandom

Coming in April 2010

by Nancy Baym — University of Kansas
October 29, 2009 – 05:32

Isn’t it pretty? I’ll let you know when it’s available for pre-order. ... read more »

Algorithm Fetishism or What Facebook Gets Wrong

by Nancy Baym — University of Kansas
October 26, 2009 – 10:49

My Facebook news feed is overflowing with people complaining about the changes to Facebook’s news feed/live feed. They boil down to two complaints (1) the news feed has too little and (2) the live feed has too much. ... read more »

The 6 Types of Last.fm Friends

by Nancy Baym — University of Kansas
October 13, 2009 – 10:29

I’ve been continuing to analyze the data I collected about friendships on Last.fm. Last week I presented a paper at Internet Research 10.0 in Milwaukee co-authored with Kiley Larson, Andrew Ledbetter, Michelle McCudden and Ryan Milner in which we combined quantitative analysis of motivations people had for friending with qualitative answers to questions about what they get out of friending. We then did a cluster analysis which led us to identify 6 types of friendships on the site. ... read more »

Reports of this blog’s death are exaggerated!

by Nancy Baym — University of Kansas
September 20, 2009 – 15:04

A friend told me today that this blog just came up on his list of dead blogs.

It’s not dead.

I swear!

It’s hibernating while I finish my book. Personal Connections in the Digital Age is now less than THREE WEEKS from going to press and it is sucking up all the writing energy I have (though mostly it’s tedious microediting at this point).

But come mid/late October, I have every intention of returning to you.

So please, don’t take me out of your RSS reader yet!

Cheers. ... read more »

CD Baby Podcast Interview

by Nancy Baym — University of Kansas
May 12, 2009 – 04:12

CD Baby have posted a half hour DIY Musician Podcast interview with me. It was a good interview and is available for streaming or download. Here’s their blurb: ... read more »

On the Pirate Bay Verdict

by Nancy Baym — University of Kansas
April 21, 2009 – 03:39

I never really paid a whole lot of attention to Pirate Bay. I have a torrenting application, but have only ever used it to download one band’s concerts from their fan board (where they are posted with the band’s tacit consent). ... read more »

An Online Fandom Contest!

by Nancy Baym — University of Kansas
April 20, 2009 – 03:32

Come on Folks! I know you’re out there! I know you have stories! Last chance to share them! Don’t be shy!

WornFree is a t-shirt company with at least one employee who loves this blog. She’s gonna put her t-shirts where her mouth is, or something like that, and give the shirt of your choice to two of you. ... read more »

Amanda Palmer don’t need no stinkin’ label

by Nancy Baym — University of Kansas
April 05, 2009 – 03:31

Amanda Palmer, sometimes of the Dresden Dolls and sometimes her own sweet (?) independent self, has long been an enthusiastic proponent and exemplar of how to use the internet to connect with her audience. ... read more »

Relating to Fans Video Stream

by Nancy Baym — University of Kansas
March 27, 2009 – 08:55

Here is a streaming video of the talk I gave at MidemNet about how to understand and relate to music fans online. Enjoy!

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Interview With Me

by Nancy Baym — University of Kansas
March 25, 2009 – 09:50

Hypebot has just wrapped up running a three-part interview with me about music and online fandom. Read it here:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3 ... read more »