What in the bloody smucks happened?

[Knowname]

Hey! I did say 'Your Momma' jokes, I'm hip!! In fact I hadn't broken my hip yet!!

[MycathatesyouAMV]

People got lives.

This is something that is mentioned every time this sort of topic comes up. It's not that everyone stopped editing. Sure, a lot of people did. But guess what? They were replaced by new editors, there is a constant stream of them! They're just not flocking here anymore. It's not AMVs that are dying, it is this specific community.

It's sad though that alot of the newer editors don't even choose to come here or upload here, while just staying on youtube. Why not have your amv there and here. There's so much more benefits here. I started amvs on youtube for half a year before joining here, and there wouldn't be a single day where I would think of choosing youtube over here if I was ever forced to only have one.

[Castor Troy]

When all the youtube amv editors begin losing their accounts like I did, they'll come over here.

[JudgeHolden]

When all the youtube amv editors begin losing their accounts like I did, they'll come over here.

Ya, your kind ain't welcome around those parts!

[seasons]

I don't understand how anyone gets a sense of community or even accomplishment over there.

I learn more from this site, get better advice and criticism, and find better discussions, resources and content here than I've ever found over there. And I say this as someone who's continually frustrated by his experience here on multiple levels. Sure, that other site is easier to use but I don't know how it's really "getting people in" to the hobby (or keeping them in it for more than brief spell). And surely more people are making AMVs now then ever before, right? So I'm not really sure where they are, if it can be said that they're actually somewhere.

Do young people still seek out/experience a "sense of place" from websites or is that an old-fashioned idea that Twitter/Tumblr/Facebook feeds have simply wiped out?

[Knowname]

beats me. c'mon the shuffleboard's open.

[Brad]

And surely more people are making AMVs now then ever before, right?

I don't know if that's really true. My guess is probably not. I mean, from the perspective of the number of people simply on the internet, having access to the tech, etc., you would think that that would be true. But I think it probably has a lot to do with the current state of the anime industry, which you can't argue has been in a big decline since 2005-6 era (at least in the United States. I can't speak much to Japan). I know that there's still a ton of people watching fansubs, watching stuff on Netflix/Hulu/Crunchy Roll/etc., but on the whole, it SEEMS like anime fandom was much higher during that era. Again, this is all based on speculation of somebody who hasn't really been into anime since that time, but all I ever seem to hear about the actual industry here is how it's doing worse and worse each year, as opposed to it thriving (relatively) back then. Could be a correlation there.

[Brad]

Also, can we just address the elephant in the room? What the hell is "bloody smucks"?

[BasharOfTheAges]

And surely more people are making AMVs now then ever before, right?

I don't know if that's really true. My guess is probably not. I mean, from the perspective of the number of people simply on the internet, having access to the tech, etc., you would think that that would be true. But I think it probably has a lot to do with the current state of the anime industry, which you can't argue has been in a big decline since 2005-6 era (at least in the United States. I can't speak much to Japan). I know that there's still a ton of people watching fansubs, watching stuff on Netflix/Hulu/Crunchy Roll/etc., but on the whole, it SEEMS like anime fandom was much higher during that era. Again, this is all based on speculation of somebody who hasn't really been into anime since that time, but all I ever seem to hear about the actual industry here is how it's doing worse and worse each year, as opposed to it thriving (relatively) back then. Could be a correlation there.

I keep hearing sentiments that boil down to the idea that anime fandom in general is dying, and I wonder how it is that just about every large convention seems to pull in record numbers year after year despite this.

[Knowname]

when you lose a tooth due to a seed hiding in you Smuckers Jam?
when you bleed all over your smock... or somebody else does...
when you smirk with blood on your mouth? (an in that case your the perfect person to comment on that one...)
when you get smacked so hard you start to bleed?