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12th December 2023 written 7th October 2020 -most stan accounts hide behind the person that they stan.They may have them as their profile picture.Individually they may not be capable of much however their collective power can be 'immense and overwhelming'-stans may become very aggressive when someones says something about the person they stan that they dont agree with -an example of this would be when Jillian Mapes gave Taylor Swifts album:folklore a rating of 8/10.Some stans harassed her. -Sometimes stans may be bitter to smaller artists as they only care about their favourite being successful. -Fans usually come from a place of love where as stans tend to come from jealousy and desperation. -Rose says that shes given up on trying to talk to fans and expressing her opinion because its not worth the stressand shes tired of being told that the way you love something doesnt give you the right to live. -Some fans are tired of being lumped in with their abusive peers and can be ash

8th Decemebr 2023 Stans-a fan that is overly obsessed with a celebrity Stan vs fan-fans may go to their concerts or have merch where as a stan may base their whole presonality off of a person and may be overly protective of the artist whilst not being able to be ahppy without the celebrity Parasocial relationship-a one sided bond where a person viwes another person as being their friend even though they dont actually need each other positives of stan culture-a place for people with similar interests to form a relationship together.The celebrity may also face positives of stan cultureas they can gain support and money to become more mainstream negatives of stan culture-May be hostile towards people who dont support the person they are a fan of ,they may also use cancel culture against others.There is a risk of forming parasocial reelationships. how to help stan behaviour-tell them that their actions are harmful to themselves and others.If the celebrity makes it clear that they dont acce