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

    • M. Orange@beehaw.org
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      3 months ago

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

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      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.