Fannish age and time-keeping: "When I first went to cons everyone was crazy about X", "I was only in fandom for two years when wank Y happened", "When I discovered online fandom everyone was still writing A/B, can you imagine?" *g*

That is an interesting part of fandom history :) I only discovered online fandom (of TV shows) years after BtVS was cancelled and I still learned a lot about it just by fannish osmosis. (Unfortunately this is also a reason why I'm not that eager to watch it: I already know a lot about what happens.)