The article discusses the issue of fan “sporking” as a phenomenon existing on the border of fanfiction, review and online hating. It focuses on the institutional dimension of Polish sporking websites and their input into the online circulation of Polish language fanfiction, exploring, in particular, the entertainment qualities of fan sporking, whose sources can be traced to a controlled use of elements of online hating. The reflections on the popularity of Polish sporking websites are then applied to online reception of criticism, as well as functioning of criticism within popular culture, where it has been transformed into another form of entertainment.
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