Funny you should ask. I just learned about 'Stan culture' tonight on twitter. I guess its a thing.
Why The Normalization of Stan Culture is Unhealthy
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The way in which pop culture is consumed in the 2010s is unlike anything else we have witnessed since the dawn of pop culture itself. Social media has created a hyperreality wherein the distance between regular individuals and their idols is slowly shortening, or at least appearing to.
This is most obviously seen within ‘stan Twitter’, a section of Twitter dedicated to celebrities even to the most harmful lengths.
Apparently a 'Stan' is an obsessed fan of celebrities.
