Well, my initial guess was going to be "maybe they just mean real people inserted into existing fandoms that are not the ones they're associated with (e.g. random Taylor Lautner in a Harry Potter fic, say)?", but then I went and checked the original article that ONTD quoted from. Their entire sample: pulled from a site called WattPad, which, uh. Even apart from seeming to self-select a younger audience (based on current content and thus the people who'd read said current content, as well as the tone of their FAQ and content policy), there's a 'no porn' rule. Anyway, also from the general tone of the site, I rather doubt slash would be entirely welcome.
Dear People Who Wrote That Article: sample size and breadth fail.
(Incidentally, though, I had my LJ for something like three and a half years before I ever started reading fanfic, so... there are such people on LJ? I have no idea how you exist on LJ without ever having heard of it, though, or whatever.)
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Date: 2010-07-20 10:19 pm (UTC)Dear People Who Wrote That Article: sample size and breadth fail.
(Incidentally, though, I had my LJ for something like three and a half years before I ever started reading fanfic, so... there are such people on LJ? I have no idea how you exist on LJ without ever having heard of it, though, or whatever.)