Back to focusing on what's important, I have compiled the following (VERY ROUGH) observations.
Now, this is based on a general broad overview, and I haven't possibly seen every single Slenderman "vlog" yet, but this is what I've determined so far:
~The majority of the original video blogs were run by white males, middle class to upper middle class (as evidence by owning video cameras aside from cell phones, which are virtually ubiquitous everywhere these days, even among the lower class. The YouTube boom wouldn't have been possible without them) This is taken within the time frame of the first 6 months of the "phenomenon". There are females present in supporting roles, but they seem to disappear or die off.
~There is a slightly higher percentage of females in the written Slenderman blogs; and it is interesting to note that a lot of the original blogs seem to not have been active for the better part of a year and some change. Also, as noted in the "vlogs" (I will never get used to that word!), a LOT of the female characters have disappeared and are assumed dead. In fact, the only non-dead female blogger I can think of off the top of my head is Stephanie of Everyman Hybrid.
~There is a very high quotient of sharing and "crossover" among the blogs. This is interesting because a feature of Slenderman is to "infect" those that you are around so they become "haunted" as well. It does, by it's very nature, isolate you. I am unsure if it is simply a sense of community that causes them to share with one another between blogs like this, or if it is a conscious understanding that a character in that situation would need community. It would be far cooler if it were just a subconscious understanding and not the drive to be the social creatures we are, but I think it's a basic enough idea that when you're in trouble, you look for allies. Nothing subconscious about that. If you are infected, you go find other infected. Boom. Done. Loved ones stay safe.
~The initial Big Three as they are called originated in the eastern United States. Everyman Hybrid is in New Jersey, Tribe Twelve is in Florida somewhere, and Marble Hornets, godfather of the entire movement, is in the southeast somewhere. After that a few more appeared in the east as well. A secondary wave cropped up after that headed toward the Midwestern states of Indiana and Illinois, and there was an echo-boom of sorts in the UK. I cannot find an active UK blog at this time, but it's most likely just a matter of time before another crops up.
There is now an echo-echo-boom of vlogs popping up around New England, and I believe I saw one that is now defunct out of Oregon. West coast mostly fails to represent so far, however.
CompileTRUTH has been my greatest asset right now, in that he went so far as to summarize the blogs and "vlogs" in concise videos. I spent Thursday night living on his YouTube channel, linked here for proper citation and also props in general because he's really helped me out: CompileTRUTH on YouTube
Poor guy appears to be headed for some trouble currently, which is interesting. Rarely do you see these guys intentionally putting themselves in the role of bad guy.
Pardon everything in quotes, I'm still sussing out the terminology and keeping it separate in my head for now.
Also, please be aware that this is in no way a true cross-section from which citations can be made or data or meta-data can be drawn. I'm just pointing out stuff that was most obvious.
If you have any thoughts, leads, or information, all is welcome! Especially if I'm missing a really great slendervlog that discounts all of these observations.
Next up I'm going to do a rough compilation of "Slenderbehaviors" to quantify what has become agreed upon as signs, symptoms, etc. of this entire thing. I'm digging the hell out of this!
Thanks for reading!
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