George R.R. Martin calls Internet fan culture "toxic"

TheWrap

Martin discussed his nostalgia for the early days of fan culture, contrasting it with the social media age. "The internet is toxic in a way that old fanzine culture and fandoms … in those days, was not,” the Game of Thrones author said on the Maltin on Movies podcast. “There were disagreements. There were feuds, but nothing like the madness that you see on the internet.”