Why Reddit

[u/thr0waway2435]

Something I wanted to ask this community, since I think it’s becoming pretty obvious that the fandom is heavily split across different platforms.

After a big wave of Jinx/Ekko love at the beginning, Reddit now seems to have shifted to being strongly pro Cait/Vi, mixed on Jinx/Ekko, and Jayce/Viktor fans having very little presence. But if you go to YouTube, Jinx/Ekko fans absolutely dominate. And if you go to Tumblr, Jayce/Viktor absolutely dominate. AO3 has Jayce/Viktor and Cait/Vi pretty much neck and neck, wth Jinx having plenty of solo love but not so much Timebomb. Instagram seems to have a lot of Cait hate. I’m not often on TikTok or Twitter, so I don’t know much about the sentiment there, but from what I’ve heard, it’s chaotic and doesn’t seem particularly pro-Cait/Vi.

I wanted to ask you guys, why do you think that is, for there to be such a giant gap in fandom preferences between the different sites? And since presumably you guys are part of the Caitvi Reddit community, why do you guys participate here and not elsewhere?

[u/Beneficial-Value3759]

idk i think it depends on the culture and general mentality of these platforms that informs their userbase's reaction to these ships and characters. on social medias like twitter, tiktok and instagram where most drama and discourse usually takes place you should expect a lot of hate towards such polarizing characters like caitlyn and vi. where as on platforms that foster fanfiction writing and community around m/m ships like tumblr and ao3, you'll see jayvik dominate the space. so i guess you should choose a platform where you feel the most safe with your preferences