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spiderbraidsUna di Noi Winx
(March 29, 2009 - October 21, 2018)
Una di Noi Winx's final front page
The Facts
Founded by The Oblivious Prattler just before the world premiere of season 4 in Italy, this fan blog covered all sorts of Winx discussion: episode summary/reviews, news, various opinions of all things Winx, and debate about Roxy's status. At its peak, Una di Noi Winx even had Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and Twitter pages :-)
The Personal Connection
I have nothing but positive things to say about Una di Noi Winx :-) I followed the site regularly from... well, almost certainly before the time Nick got their hands on the franchise in 2011 (those sure were promising times eh?) I chatted with the Prattler by email a couple times, and I even managed to get a few shoutouts on the blog :-)
The Demise
The demise of the site is a bit complex: Near the end of December 2017, the owner announced she was leaving the fandom, but also added she was still open to posting guest submissions, and so that's what she did, before eventually making a gradual return a few months later. Things were okay for a while until early July, when she posted a second goodbye message. This time around, she was more serious about leaving, as she deleted her site's remaining social media offshoots, and changed her Twitter handle and decided to post about non-Winx things, a phase that only lasted a few months before she ended up shutting down her Twitter in September.
In late August, the Prattler decided to let the users select the topic for her next post from a poll, and although it initially seemed like her blog was heading in a new direction, just a few days later, she announced a shutdown date of October 21, citing hosting expenses among other things... The Prattler continued to accept and post guest submissions, until October 19, where she closed out her blog with a post on the winning topic: Enchantix.
Today marks the first anniversary of Una di Noi Winx's shutdown (which is why I started making these posts last week)
(March 29, 2009 - October 21, 2018)
Una di Noi Winx's final front page
The Facts
Founded by The Oblivious Prattler just before the world premiere of season 4 in Italy, this fan blog covered all sorts of Winx discussion: episode summary/reviews, news, various opinions of all things Winx, and debate about Roxy's status. At its peak, Una di Noi Winx even had Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and Twitter pages :-)
The Personal Connection
I have nothing but positive things to say about Una di Noi Winx :-) I followed the site regularly from... well, almost certainly before the time Nick got their hands on the franchise in 2011 (those sure were promising times eh?) I chatted with the Prattler by email a couple times, and I even managed to get a few shoutouts on the blog :-)
The Demise
The demise of the site is a bit complex: Near the end of December 2017, the owner announced she was leaving the fandom, but also added she was still open to posting guest submissions, and so that's what she did, before eventually making a gradual return a few months later. Things were okay for a while until early July, when she posted a second goodbye message. This time around, she was more serious about leaving, as she deleted her site's remaining social media offshoots, and changed her Twitter handle and decided to post about non-Winx things, a phase that only lasted a few months before she ended up shutting down her Twitter in September.
In late August, the Prattler decided to let the users select the topic for her next post from a poll, and although it initially seemed like her blog was heading in a new direction, just a few days later, she announced a shutdown date of October 21, citing hosting expenses among other things... The Prattler continued to accept and post guest submissions, until October 19, where she closed out her blog with a post on the winning topic: Enchantix.
Today marks the first anniversary of Una di Noi Winx's shutdown (which is why I started making these posts last week)
