Would you enjoy the media you consume less if they were mainstream?
Oh, I thought this was one of those generic questions of the day.
I'm mostly disconnected from most places that negotiate what's mainstream and what isn't, so my reference point is rather vague. But I am somewhat of relative popularity within certain media or markets.
I don't really factor it into my enjoyment of things, though; in general, I keep me consuming certain media neatly separated from the discourse surrounding those media. It's just how I go about things. For that same reason, I don't recognize something being "overrated" or "underrated" as valid criticism of some certain thing; these are comments on its discourse.
So, yeah: My answer here is a "no".
I'm mostly disconnected from most places that negotiate what's mainstream and what isn't, so my reference point is rather vague. But I am somewhat of relative popularity within certain media or markets.
I don't really factor it into my enjoyment of things, though; in general, I keep me consuming certain media neatly separated from the discourse surrounding those media. It's just how I go about things. For that same reason, I don't recognize something being "overrated" or "underrated" as valid criticism of some certain thing; these are comments on its discourse.
So, yeah: My answer here is a "no".