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Another sign of resurgence in the fandom was the incredible diversity in the fanfiction nominations in the 2007 [[Daria Fanworks Awards]]; usually dominated by a small number of known fanfic writers, the nominations were a diverse representation of popular writers, established authors, and newcomers with an impressive display of talent. In effect, the Great Daria Fandom Implosion of 2007 may have been the jump-start ''Daria'' fandom required.
At the same time, some question whether the "implosion" was really an event to begin with. Many of the websites that closed down, such as the Contrarian's Corner, had already slowly begun to move away from accepting outside contributions. Outpost Daria's full closure never happened, and now it is back as though it were never gone in the first place. Popular continuums associated with the latter half of the first decade of 2000, like Richard Lobinske's [[Falling Into College]], actually began before the so-called implosion. Authors and websites heralded as "the next big thing," such as Lawndale Online, have since petered out.
Finally, this was one of many tumultuous fandom periods. Two of the earliest occurred between 1998 and 2000. In 1998, the then-mega site, [[Planet Daria]], closed down and everyone panicked until Outpost Daria opened. In late 1999, popular fanfic author [[C.E. Forman]] announced that he would stop writing and Michelle Klein-Hass chose to end [[Lawndale Commons]], the then-most popular fandom message board. Again, fans panicked until the Outpost Daria Message Board and the [[Paperpusher]] Message Board were established. Then there was the "foxing" of Outpost Daria, when the website was temporarily blocked out because someone at MTV accidentally concluded that Martin J. Pollard was up to illegal activity. Outpost Daria was restored, but Pollard decided to discontinue the message board. Fandom has always had periods of transition and change and tumult; to many fans, 2007 only seems like a big deal because they were not around for earlier "implosions."
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