I’ve only been around for a couple of months so wanted to ask if it has been always the case that the bloggers here have next to no direct interactions with the commenters? Was this ‘wall’ always so?
I’ve been here a few years now and it’s always been like this, admittedly I’m not really active on the various posts here only on the wall and even then rarely, from what I’ve seen most of the interactions are between the users.
Well, actually it wasn’t always like this. Dramabeans used to be run by the beloved overlords @javabeans and @girlfriday. They launched this new site in April 2017.
The staff and writers have changed since then, and GF and JB had to sell the site as it wasn’t providing enough revenue for them to well, live off. Since it changed hands, the interaction between Minions (Bean-staff) and Beans (us!) has got less, I would say. @mary used to be very active comparatively on comments and the wall, and she used to work for Dramabeans.
Back in 2017 you see a bit more of the minions posting or commenting as well.
back then, @javabeans and @girlfriday sometimes comment on recap threads. I wonder if they still here even after they sold this site
and you remind me that I havent seen @mary too
Mary stopped working for dB and hasn’t been active since really. Alas. @sailorjumun and @lollypip and others also occasionally interacted. @missvictrix sometimes comments on recaps now, as in actually interacting, but she’s the only one I’ve seen interacting with Beanies outside of like “introduce yourself” and “fix this edit pls”, I think? Someone else might’ve seen another recapper around though.
Hi back to our wonderful writer! You have given me a lot of joy as well as food for thought in the last two months! Thank you.
Please take care and keep safe.
DancingEmma!
Wow I didn’t know that they sold the site. I actually know DB from the old website but left after they switched to the new site and only came back here last year. I vaguely remember they had some activities with The Swoon (Netflix’s fan service) but not sure if they work/worked for Netflix though.
I feel so old here, having followed this site since 2007 when live-watching Coffee Prince and waiting fervently for Javabeans’ recap. She started the Dramabeans blog around 2006 and it had been her personal blog until it became so big and popular that GirlFriday came in together with others in the 2010s – notable bloggers including HeadsNo2 and Gummimochi (both of whom have quite different drama taste than JB and GF) and than later on, the lovely Mary.
In the hay days, there were DB face-to-face parties held at different cities in the US and that lasted few years. Over time, this site is a community of kdrama fans. After the site was sold to James Sun, JB and GF fade out and honestly, the family feel is no longer there. And I must say the attachment to bloggers is almost non-existent. It’s really the Beanies section that still draw me in as the news are often behind. Miky is always the first to report any casting news ahead the website. BUT, we should be grateful that this site is still run because it’s by and large a collegial haven for k-sharing.
DancingEmma
November 30, 2021 at 11:20 AM
I’ve only been around for a couple of months so wanted to ask if it has been always the case that the bloggers here have next to no direct interactions with the commenters? Was this ‘wall’ always so?
psycho 🍉
November 30, 2021 at 12:17 PM
I’ve been here a few years now and it’s always been like this, admittedly I’m not really active on the various posts here only on the wall and even then rarely, from what I’ve seen most of the interactions are between the users.
DancingEmma
November 30, 2021 at 12:27 PM
Thank you for letting me know. It is somewhat of a pity.
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
November 30, 2021 at 1:35 PM
Well, actually it wasn’t always like this. Dramabeans used to be run by the beloved overlords @javabeans and @girlfriday. They launched this new site in April 2017.
The staff and writers have changed since then, and GF and JB had to sell the site as it wasn’t providing enough revenue for them to well, live off. Since it changed hands, the interaction between Minions (Bean-staff) and Beans (us!) has got less, I would say.
@mary used to be very active comparatively on comments and the wall, and she used to work for Dramabeans.
Back in 2017 you see a bit more of the minions posting or commenting as well.
DancingEmma
November 30, 2021 at 1:56 PM
Thank you for being the institutional memory!
HANI
November 30, 2021 at 5:42 PM
back then, @javabeans and @girlfriday sometimes comment on recap threads. I wonder if they still here even after they sold this site
and you remind me that I havent seen @mary too
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
November 30, 2021 at 6:56 PM
Mary stopped working for dB and hasn’t been active since really. Alas.
@sailorjumun and @lollypip and others also occasionally interacted.
@missvictrix sometimes comments on recaps now, as in actually interacting, but she’s the only one I’ve seen interacting with Beanies outside of like “introduce yourself” and “fix this edit pls”, I think? Someone else might’ve seen another recapper around though.
missvictrix
November 30, 2021 at 7:51 PM
hi~~~
DancingEmma
November 30, 2021 at 8:32 PM
Hi back to our wonderful writer! You have given me a lot of joy as well as food for thought in the last two months! Thank you.
Please take care and keep safe.
DancingEmma!
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
November 30, 2021 at 10:31 PM
I manifested her. Nice. Helloooo!!!!! 😂😂💜💜
SailorJumun
December 1, 2021 at 4:52 AM
~lurky lurky~
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
December 1, 2021 at 3:10 PM
@sailorjumun 😮
purplefall
November 30, 2021 at 9:42 PM
Wow I didn’t know that they sold the site. I actually know DB from the old website but left after they switched to the new site and only came back here last year. I vaguely remember they had some activities with The Swoon (Netflix’s fan service) but not sure if they work/worked for Netflix though.
mugyuljoie is preciousss
December 1, 2021 at 3:37 AM
I miss Mary (and her sense of humor) sooooo much!
PYC
December 1, 2021 at 5:44 AM
I feel so old here, having followed this site since 2007 when live-watching Coffee Prince and waiting fervently for Javabeans’ recap. She started the Dramabeans blog around 2006 and it had been her personal blog until it became so big and popular that GirlFriday came in together with others in the 2010s – notable bloggers including HeadsNo2 and Gummimochi (both of whom have quite different drama taste than JB and GF) and than later on, the lovely Mary.
In the hay days, there were DB face-to-face parties held at different cities in the US and that lasted few years. Over time, this site is a community of kdrama fans. After the site was sold to James Sun, JB and GF fade out and honestly, the family feel is no longer there. And I must say the attachment to bloggers is almost non-existent. It’s really the Beanies section that still draw me in as the news are often behind. Miky is always the first to report any casting news ahead the website. BUT, we should be grateful that this site is still run because it’s by and large a collegial haven for k-sharing.
DancingEmma
December 1, 2021 at 6:42 AM
Thank you so much for taking the time to share the history.
velvetstuff
November 30, 2021 at 6:20 PM
Before the fanwall existed, they interacted quite a lot on drama episode recap comments section.
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
November 30, 2021 at 6:56 PM
Oh yeah! And then there was pre new site! Ahhh no notification days…