I know intellectually that all is not perfect in the realm of IF, but I feel like it's relatively ahead of stuff, which is ironic considering that it comes from prettttty old-school roots. There's a problem with representation (where isn't there? can I even imagine a world where there isn't?), but there's room for ~avant garde~ and there's room for classic-style adventures and there's room for narrative-focused things and experimentations with code and prose. The community doesn't make me feel very unsafe, as these things go. Its prominent figures have all embraced to some degree or other the input of newcomers writing with different technology in different formats about neglected POVs -- heck, most of them are more accepting of the "different technology in different formats" bit than I am. Almost unanimously they have rejected this "Gamergate" nonsense.
I know intellectually that it's not perfect, but after spending over a year immersed in the community of an FPS, it seems like a dream, an oasis.
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I know intellectually that all is not perfect in the realm of IF, but I feel like it's relatively ahead of stuff, which is ironic considering that it comes from prettttty old-school roots. There's a problem with representation (where isn't there? can I even imagine a world where there isn't?), but there's room for ~avant garde~ and there's room for classic-style adventures and there's room for narrative-focused things and experimentations with code and prose. The community doesn't make me feel very unsafe, as these things go. Its prominent figures have all embraced to some degree or other the input of newcomers writing with different technology in different formats about neglected POVs -- heck, most of them are more accepting of the "different technology in different formats" bit than I am. Almost unanimously they have rejected this "Gamergate" nonsense.
I know intellectually that it's not perfect, but after spending over a year immersed in the community of an FPS, it seems like a dream, an oasis.