{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Narwhal (narwhal)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jun-15 14:48:47 UTC","author_name":"Narwhal (narwhal)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/narwhal","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3941214","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/29796\" class=\"url\" title=\"Griffin\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">vcgriffin<\/span><\/a><\/span> You're right, there's definitely a clear conflict of interests in terms of how we define the term, which is probably because even the term &quot;brony&quot; is already incredibly connotative. I don't align with the prospect of &quot;brony culture&quot; as an extension of the term &quot;brony&quot;, which as I discussed in my previous post is really more of a contrived identity complex than an actual method of engagement with media. I certainly agree with your sandpit analogy too, e100 was very clearly submissive to that prospect of &quot;brony culture&quot;, which has sort of become an entirely separate mentality of viewing the show. @<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/76\" class=\"url\" title=\"TOP BUB\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">thelastgherkin<\/span><\/a><\/span> made a great post here <a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3940825\" title=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3940825\" rel=\"nofollow external\">http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3940825<\/a> about demographic that I think really rings true for this conversation."}