Great Daria Fandom Implosion of 2007

The Great Daria Fandom Implosion of 2007 was a combination of events, many of them unrelated and previously announced as far back as the fall of 2006, that led to the loss of a number of long-time Daria fans and writers, and the loss or dormancy of various major websites supporting the fandom. (Dormancy here means the website was no longer updated.) Some of these events were benign; some were not. The only actual relationship that most shared was in their timing, through the spring and summer of 2007. Curiously, the Implosion took place slightly over ten years after Daria first aired.

Among the website casualties were:


 * Contrarian's Corner: outside contributions refused after 7/5/07
 * Daria Fandom Blog: dormant after 7/31/07, moved to new address (w/o Comments)
 * Glitter Berries: dormant after 12/14/06, moved to free-hosting site
 * Outpost Daria: dormant after 5/20/07, future uncertain

The Daria Shrine, The Green Sink, and The Sh33p's Fluff had not been undated in many months by this period, further limiting the options for posting new fanworks or reading new fandom-related material. Sick, Sad World is the lone exception to the trend, having updated for the first time since February 2006 on July 17, 2007. The Lawndale Sun-Herald continues to be updated on a more-or-less regular basis.

The lack of website updates provoked a movement to create a new Daria fandom supersite, Lawndale Online, now active. The Daria Fandom Blog was also created as a consequence.

Many long-time fans, writers, and website moderators announced during this period that they were leaving the fandom or significantly cutting back their time in fan-related activities. They included, in no particular order: Kara Wild, Kemical Reaxion, Martin J. Pollard, James Bowman (in his guises as CINCGREEN and Roentgen), Greybird, and E. A. Smith.