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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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[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 11 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Honest quetion, what's a stan account?

[–] drwho@beehaw.org 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] halm@leminal.space 7 points 2 months 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.

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