As a semi-obsessive fangirl, it’s pretty much obligatory for me to join and create fanlistings for the things I love.
A what?
A fanlisting. That is, a fan-listing or a listing of fans. There are all sorts of listings, but the ones I join and create are part of The Fanlistings Network, which attempts to control the amount of listings across the internet. There’s no point in anybody joining 50 different listings for Brad Pitt, or anybody else, is there? It makes the listings meaningless. TFL, The FanListings (Network) makes every listing important because they are unique. Only one listing for each subject is approved by TFL and they are checked regularly for inactivity, which means that nobody ends up joining something which is never updated.
But why?
Because buttons are pretty. That’s basically it. It’s nice to declare yourself a fan of something, and nicer still to take a button (a small image used to link back to the fanlisting) and display it for all to see: This is mine; I am a fan of X and I want everyone to know it. If you still don’t understand, maybe TheFanlistings.org can convince you. It’s just a bit of fun! 