This show was such a fascinating snapshot of a very particular fannish moment. It honestly felt simultaneously like we'd stepped into a time machine, and also like it couldn't possibly have been ten years since some of those vids!
It's also kind of fascinating to look at the names of the vidders and note how many of them are people who are still active in vidding now - having become a part of the vidding community at around that time, it's nice to feel that sense of continuity and connection when vidding fandom can sometimes feel so ephemeral. The fact that so many of these vids are no longer readily available to stream just drives home the point that, on the internet, ten years is long enough for something to disappear, or to become visible only through metadata and commentary left behind. Vidshows like this feel like a really important way to keep in touch with our own history.
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It's also kind of fascinating to look at the names of the vidders and note how many of them are people who are still active in vidding now - having become a part of the vidding community at around that time, it's nice to feel that sense of continuity and connection when vidding fandom can sometimes feel so ephemeral. The fact that so many of these vids are no longer readily available to stream just drives home the point that, on the internet, ten years is long enough for something to disappear, or to become visible only through metadata and commentary left behind. Vidshows like this feel like a really important way to keep in touch with our own history.