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Yes, but .. there is no worse critic than a scorned fan. There's a lot of fandoms all around the world, and while they're mostly harmless fun the edges can get weird and dangerous. Or when fandoms collide.

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HanClinto a day ago | parent [-]

Not entirely sure what you mean. Care to expound?

Are you talking about people who act out on their fandom by criticizing others? "Oh I'm a fan of X, therefore I'm a vocal critic of Y". I agree that such things are toxic -- fandom doesn't need to be a polemic.

I want to cultivate the kind of fandom that builds up without feeling a need to tear down others.

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bombcar a day ago | parent | next [-]

They're referring to "anti fans". You see it with online personalities especially; the most rabid fans (often parasocial, think online streaming) are the ones who will become the biggest detractors or anti fans.

Most people are "oh that's fun to watch ok" and then when they don't like it anymore, they get bored and forget about it entirely.

The anti-fans continue to follow it, but rabidly hate it.

Think Syndrome from Incredibles. He's always been the biggest fan.

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lukan a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I rather think he or she means gamers for example, who send out death threats, because the developers introduced a new thing they don't like.

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ChrisMarshallNY a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Wasn't Selena killed by a scorned fan?

	▲	steve_b 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Not quite. She was killed by someone who started out as a fan but then became one of Selena’s employees, who was then caught embezzling.