- 1998 June 9, Grant Watson, “Re: Godzilla - What a Turkey”, in aus.sf, Usenet[1], message-ID 357d206b.15155455@news.iinet.net.au:
Your post is looking suspiciously like one of those litfan vs mediafan debates that are so incredibly stupid and pathetic and do nothing more than irritate people.
- 2000 August 24, Matt G. Leger, “Re: TV science fiction [was Re: Beware of Slanted Fedora Cons!]”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom, Usenet[2], message-ID B5CA7EDE.A18D%mattleger@SPAMSUX.earthlink.net:
And I do know the difference between actors and the characters they play, unlike the usual mediafan stereotype (see GALAXY QUEST among many others).
- 2006 April 5, Penney, Lloyd, “ChatBack”, in Vegas Fandom Weekly[3], volume 2, number 17 (whole number #71), page 20:
I've never been starstruck by some of the actors I've met over the years, unlike so many local mediafen who fawn and grovel.
- 2014 January, Williams, Neil, “Letters of Comment”, in Space Cadet[4], volume 12, number 1 (whole number #25), page 7:
Point is we weren't a pack of "mediafen barbarians", we were real, live, young litfans (かつ hardly any of us read any fantasy, were SF fans); but we were from the burbs and we were unfannish.