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The burning of the Library of Alexandria for fandoms (taylorlorenz.substack.com)

submitted 1 month ago by elfpie@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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I've never been on twitter, but I'm not that surprised so many of us here were driving engagement.

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[–] drwho@beehaw.org 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Originally it was a portmanteau of "stalker-fan." Think "super fan."

[–] miracleorange@beehaw.org 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It was actually a reference to Eminem's song "Stan" about an insane fan who murders his family or something.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 12 points 1 month ago

It has been suggested the name "Stan" is a portmanteau of the words "stalker" and "fan", though it is unknown if the name was chosen with that intention. The term "stan" has since become an internet slang term for an extremely obsessed fan of something or someone and is derived from the song's title.

Might be both!

[–] halm@leminal.space 7 points 1 month ago

Let's take that etymology one step further: "fan" comes from "fanatic", so a stan is a stalker fanatic. Which somehow has become a positive term in some circles.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month ago

Ooooooohhh! I never made that connection.