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on an article about the phansite
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/512409994361307158/547220890585399297/Screen_Shot_2019-02-18_at_8.00.09_pm.png i went into incognito mode and looked up "phansite", and a few hits that aren't this place came up, including something from an article: https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2017/04/22/the-persona-5-39-phan-site-39-is-now-a-real-website.aspx so this article is almost 2 years old, but i find it really funny how different it's become. like the "mystery man behind the phansite" is actually just Mish, a small Polish man, and how there's not very much stuff about P5 anymore. and how there are barely any people in character (outside of RP), and just the fact that the "steal XXX's heart" threads are looked down upon (for various serious reasons). i don't know why i find it so funny, but apparently there's a phansite twitter and facebook page run by a completely different person, that's also still pretty active (and seems to have more relevant stuff to the game). what are your opinions on these old articles?
I don't really think there were many serious please steal (blanks) heart requests that weren't jokes back then but maybe before even my time. I remember the days when everyone was in character though semi-fondly. There's always a bit of an issue with that kind of thing as well, between pushback against RP from those that want nothing to do with it and people going a bit overboard with it. The change was inevitable but I still remember those days with some fondness. Actually, I think being in character all the time became even less of a thing because of how much the site strayed from Persona 5 as well or at least that was one of the reasons.
It was mostly in good faith and humor with them. It was when we got one person who made a genuine "take their heart" that it kinda ruined the fun for most people, and those threads stopped. (this was before i was even a Mod) People just shied away form it after that.
yeah, a lot of things are different now