Well, but there were the Tinhats. There were the Harmonians, whose grievances were with other fans but also with their canon. There was the Victoria Bitter saga with the hobbit-channeling element. The "greatest hits", as you will, seemed to have a substantial element where the relationship that was considered o_O was between fan and source material, even if it was wanky interaction that drew the community's attention. Your point is taken that without that element of wanky interaction, it really is just pointing and staring, though.