State of the Subreddit: Year End 2024

Another year is coming to an end and it was a pretty great one for the band and for this subreddit. Just wanted to touch base with all of you to recap and let you all know how things are looking for the future.

First of all, I want to start out by thanking each and every single one of you for being here. We reached a big milestone when we hit 1000 members earlier this year and we are still continuing to grow at a pretty nice pace. I want to welcome all new members and encourage you all to join in on the discussion (and if you’d prefer to just lurk, that’s fine too). Whether you’ve been here since the beginning, or for just one day I want you to know that I very much appreciate your support and I love coming on here every day to talk about the greatest band in the world with you all!

One of the biggest accomplishments this year was that we finally got our Discord server up and running. I know that some people may be hesitant to join us over there, and that’s okay, but I just wanted to reiterate that everyone is welcome to come check it out. We hold regular listening parties, have nice discussions about the band and anything else under the sun, and overall it’s a very laid back atmosphere. No obligation of course, but if you’re interested you can join our Discord server here

You may have noticed that there were some cosmetic changes to this subreddit as well. We have a new banner, courtesy of u/Illustrious_Task2089 (you can check out more of his work on Instagram, bats.c0m), which looks great and was a much needed updated. On top of that, I also updated the sidebar image and information, plus added post flairs. Also want to remind everyone that we have user flairs as well so feel free to assign one to yourself! If you don’t know how to do it, let me know and I’ll help you or assign one for you.

Also want to make a quick note about the weekly album tournament which has been very enjoyable for me and I hope for many of you as well. Less than 1% of the people here participate in them, which is okay, but I really do encourage you all to partake in them if you’re able to.

As for W.A.S.P. themselves, 2024 was a great year, especially considering how bad 2023 was for them. The Album One Alive tour did very well and gave us all something to look forward to/enjoy. I really loved seeing all of your photos and hearing about your experiences, so thank you all for sharing with us and I hope that anyone who caught them on this tour had a good time. They’ll be hitting the road again in 2025 so things will be busy again and I’m looking forward to seeing how it all plays out.

I hope that 2025 will be just as good for the band, and for this subreddit as 2024 was. I say this every year, but I really would like to try and get an AMA with one of the band members (current or former), and I feel that we are at the point now where we can make it happen. I did try for one this past year, and for a minute it seemed like it would happen, but unfortunately it appears to have fallen through. It’s okay though. This band has had a lot of members over the years, so maybe one of them will be open to joining us for a bit.

So that’s about it. I tried to keep this short, but as you all know, I like to ramble on (I appreciate you bearing with me on that as well). I mostly just wanted to take the time to say thank you. I’m incredibly humbled by the fact that there are over 1000 other people here who love and care about W.A.S.P., and I’m even more grateful that you’ve all given me an outlet to talk about them.

And one final thing, any feedback that you can provide would be appreciated. How do you feel about the current state of r/WASP_Fans? Is there anything you’d like to see more of, or less of? Any suggestions that you have will help me to guide this subreddit in a better direction and make it more enjoyable for everyone. I’m open to any and all criticisms you may have. And don’t be afraid to be too harsh. I want to hear everything that you’ve got so that I can improve and continue to grow this great community.

I hope you all have a very happy new year and we’ll keep things going in 2025!