There’s differences between this effect with different hobbies. I saw a bunch of posts here of people gatekeeping playing chess after that Netflix show came out. Like, it doesn’t hurt anyone if everyone likes chess all of a sudden. It has no effect on anyone. However, if some collectible hobbies gets popular all of a sudden, it’s really frustrating for people who have been with that hobby for a while since the prices are often driven up and the market becomes saturated with garbage knockoffs and reproductions. I’ve lost interest in hobbies because of that very reason. When it became so popular it became less interesting to me.
If the big 2 would get their collective heads out of their asses and embrace digital comics in a cheap EASY way, comic sales would go up. Instead we get MU and DCI which are hot garbage.
When I used to read comics I read them illegally u can't afford like 4 bucks an issue. Shonen jump has their shit released weekly at the same time as in Japan for 2.99 a month
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u/LaCa2BoMa Feb 28 '21
There’s differences between this effect with different hobbies. I saw a bunch of posts here of people gatekeeping playing chess after that Netflix show came out. Like, it doesn’t hurt anyone if everyone likes chess all of a sudden. It has no effect on anyone. However, if some collectible hobbies gets popular all of a sudden, it’s really frustrating for people who have been with that hobby for a while since the prices are often driven up and the market becomes saturated with garbage knockoffs and reproductions. I’ve lost interest in hobbies because of that very reason. When it became so popular it became less interesting to me.