I'm not in fandom, so i can't make a comparison, but I do agree with you about child_lit and what-all is placed on Debbie's shoulders. She's not 100% alone either onlist (Jean Mendoza and Beverlet Slapin at the very least are vocally supportive) or offlist (I've emailed her offlist in support more than once, and I only mention that because if I'm doing it, someone else must be too).

But overall, as a general trend, there's certainly a whole lot more protestations in the form of bingo squares than there is support. When I say support, I mean not just answering DR's posts and agreeing or taking it further, but original initiations of posts on the same topics. I can think of several possible reasons, but I don't know which one or ones are the real ones, and I don't quite feel comfy listing my potential reasons right here at the moment. I'll think on that, and maybe come back.

THanks for bringing it up. It's a critical question. Even for me who's just looking at the child_lit side and not the comparison with fandom: still valuable.