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Once again, I am sharing the best of my Live Journal entries about topics I write about here to connect the two blogs here   I have not included one I have linked  to or transferred here previously.  such as   My Misheard Lyrics post. 

Finding a blue part of a red ocean

The prominent Backstreet Boys blog, like Dark Side, What Happens on the Backstreet, and BSBfangirls are the primary reason I started writing again in late 2020. Backstreet Boys remains one of my most significant subjects. For that reason, I made it a focus of this blog. However, I have had strategic doubts about this. Anna Faustino of Blogging Fast Lane talks about a Blue ocean. That’s a marketing term for an unsaturated niche or market. It comes from the idea that competitors are like sharks going after prey. A blue ocean is not full of people going after the same audience. In contrast. an extremely crowded market or niche is s red sea. This is based on the idea of the figurative sharks bloodying the water.

The world of Backstreet fan accounts and blogs is crowded. The many abandoned fan accounts I have seen on Twitter and Facebook prove that I thought I could never compete on the typical Backstreet Boys fandom posts with the more established bloggers. T also helps that BSBfangirls creator Karah Hancock is a professional marketer, though. She is the only one of the three who has a self-hosted site with a team of writers and now a site co-owner. Unfortunately, I am starting with zero formal knowledge of content marketing and SEO. Most of what I have learned is from observation and interacting with those in the field from Twitter chats.

I consider my more intellectual post t to be my blue section of a red ocean, which is why I like to emphasize them.

The Basis for my some of my Backstreet Boys fandom posts

I don’t consider myself the typical fan now as I had matured and have discovered other interests.. Despite that I have been more chill even When I was younger. I’d follow media appearance though I would have never been the type to chase though the connotation of the term has improved slightly, the word fangirl still brings up the idea of blind obsession to me. There are those who, as adults, will still engage in grossly obessesive behavior like this complaint that Dark Side author Rose wrote on her Vegas account.

PSA: It is NOT okay to jump on stage. NOR is it okay to grab AJ when he goes in the crowd to grab him and kiss him without a mask.

THAT CAN PUT THE BOYS IN DANGER! #TheAfterParty

Originally tweeted by BSB In Vegas (@BSBinVegas) on August 21, 2021.

Even before the pandemic, it was wrong. People misunderstand boundaries in the but with celebrities even more. Of course, they cater to that by telling us things we did not even need to know, like their lack of bathing habits. The quote tweet reactions I read show me some people think like me; I just have to find them.

This is why the average Backstreet fan cannot comprehend someone like Brian Littrell. He is one of the more private ones and mostly modest ones in the group. As a result, people have shamed him for it. They also criticized him for telling Britney Spears to be careful on social media because he did not publicly atone for his social media sins and those of his wife. I think he learned from and worked it out with groupmates PRIVATELY. People talk about accountability, but it is much more than social media ranting. Some of that so-called accountability came off as angry to me. The mainstream part of the Backstreet fandom doesn’t; understand that h e probably subscribes to the view stated in this quote.

The still angry contingent doesn’t speak for all fans. Some were not that angry, to begin with, or coming to terms despite past disagreements. Once I realized the futility of sharing my views, I stopped engaging with them. I saw their true colors when they resorted to personal attacks against me, especially the race card. It was just an emotional mess anyway. If being a stan is trying to take the middle road, then I wear that name proudly.

When I write my Backstreet Boy fandom critiques, my aim is to express my sometimes powerful feelings. I am not trying to be self-righteous or vengeful, nor am I trying to change behavior. I doubt they’d appeal to the people who need to read them anyway.

Now some of my stand-out Backstreet Boys Posts

I think these are views I share with the average fan, but I am probably the one who has written about them. However, maybe the only one who has written about this; I have the other Dad Roles and Pigeonholes about the age bias in related posts in the entry.

Stop the Anti-Group Think.: magaretnahmias — LiveJournal

I like to post about random videos I have watched, such as this one about the subway system in Tbilisi, Georgia. This is another one about an old Backstreet Boy appearance in Sweden. In this segment, they were talking about body image. That was an appropriate subject for them and their audience at the time.

Backstreet Boys on body image: magaretnahmias — LiveJournal

Another video-based post was about something I noticed in Brian’s voice. I learned it was part of dysphonia. I used it as a starting point to talk about essential tremor(ET), a little-known movement disorder often confused with Parkinson’s. First, I go to the article comparing voice tremors, an advanced symptom of ET with spasmodic dysphonia. Unfortunately, there is no internet link to the report. However, various websites talk about the difference between essential voice tremors and dysphonia. This was not meant to be intrusive as some claim but highlight a little-known condition.

Interesting Observation about Brian’s voice.: magaretnahmias — LiveJournal

While I have written the typical fan posts, these are examples that set me apart in this area.

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