On lesserafim's kfandom's reputation
I've been noticing for a while how some knetz react to posts bashing girlgroups on anon kforums by turning the comments section into a lesserafim roasting party, usually with the mentality of "this has to be written by a (male) fearnot". It bothers me mainly because the reaction to seeing women being bashed seems to be bashing more women in return, instead of collectively calling people out for being weirdos online.
I once brought this up with someone (not here on reddit and definitely not to a south korean), and they told me that kfearnots are (or were, I'm not sure) a real pain in the ass of a fandom. It left me genuinely confused because I've never been able to find much actual proof of that, while a lot of what iI've come across has given me pretty much the opposite impression.
I'm inclined to believe that if a fandom has a certain reputation, there is probably some reason behind it, and I don't want to assume people just made it up out of nowhere. At the same time, i do wonder how much these reputations can become a convenient justification for attacking a group people already dislike, especially on anon kforums where the discourse can get really toxic.
I'm not really interested in defending or attacking kfearnots (or any fandom in particular tbh) here. I'm more curious about where this particular reputation actually comes from, how widespread it was/is, and whether there is some context I'm missing. I'm also wondering how much of it is based on actual fandom behavior versus general fandom war rhetoric.
So i'm curious if anyone here has followed kside fandom spaces for a while, especially during lesserafim's earlier years, and has some perspective on this. I'd genuinely like to understand where the "kfearnots are terrible" reputation came from and whether there is substantial history behind it (and also, if it still somewhat persists, since i know a lot of them report having been banned from kforums since 2024 for, well, obvious reasons).
any input is welcome, just please be respectful to the group (or groups!), since they got nothing to do with any of that, truly. i'm mostly trying to make sense of the conflicting things i've come across rather than argue for or against them.