Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stan Twitter was the backbone of X. "I couldn't be a part of it anymore. I didn't want to be on a platform that uplifts right-wing ...

Brazil's move to suspend X has muted some of its fan communities. The thriving “stan” communities on X that have helped define modern fandom and culture are a little quieter these days. The backbone ...

Stan Twitter memes celebrating and mocking obsessive fandoms are as much a part of the social platform as the stans themselves. X, formerly Twitter, surely wouldn't be half of what it is today without ...

Virginia Woolf Bot wasn’t the only loss. Earlier this month, as Brazil suspended X across the country, fan accounts of all types seemed to blink out of existence. Feeds for Beyoncé, for Taylor Swift, ...

According to KnowYourMeme.com, X user @dawgpleasee is credited with first using the phrase in since-deleted tweets from early August 2023. He continued to use the phrase throughout his time on the ...

The thriving “stan” communities on X that have helped define modern fandom and culture are a little quieter these days. The backbone of stan Twitter has been almost entirely silenced, an unintended ...