Hi Maygra, I saw this through my flist o'flist, sort of.
Anyway, I do think you're right, that the statistics seem to imply that fandom is only a very small minority of the 13 million or so user journals that exist, though I wonder at how many of those 13 million journals are even active...
I also think that fandom has definitely adopted LJ as one of its premiere meeting grounds and we're all loathe to leave it. So fandom doesn't just represent $26,000 dollars a month, it represents a possible LIFETIME of organized, supported use and subscription, which I doubt non-fannish users can promise. And fandom is an ever-growing group of people with funds set out for fannish enterprises and interests, willing (like you) to pay for services to better fandom experience. I just think they'd be massively old-fashioned and foolish to not recognize the economic potential in fandom. Alienating us now not only shows arrogance in business ("who CARES if we lose those 13 thousand crazies!") but real ignorance.
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Anyway, I do think you're right, that the statistics seem to imply that fandom is only a very small minority of the 13 million or so user journals that exist, though I wonder at how many of those 13 million journals are even active...
I also think that fandom has definitely adopted LJ as one of its premiere meeting grounds and we're all loathe to leave it. So fandom doesn't just represent $26,000 dollars a month, it represents a possible LIFETIME of organized, supported use and subscription, which I doubt non-fannish users can promise. And fandom is an ever-growing group of people with funds set out for fannish enterprises and interests, willing (like you) to pay for services to better fandom experience. I just think they'd be massively old-fashioned and foolish to not recognize the economic potential in fandom. Alienating us now not only shows arrogance in business ("who CARES if we lose those 13 thousand crazies!") but real ignorance.