Pokimane slams claims that diehard Twitch \u201cstans\u201d are bad for streaming culture Twitch: PokimaneImane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys has come out swinging against suggestions diehard Twitch \u201cstans\u201d \u2014 ultra-loyal supporters and fans \u2014 are bad for streaming culture, instead claiming they\u2019ve mainly been a positive force online. With the gaming world producing more and more new-age internet celebrities over the past few years, stans (\u201czealous fans\u201d) have become a hot topic on Twitch, YouTube, and many online forums and channels. Many claim \u201cstans\u201d have no place online, especially when they\u2019re quick to retaliate against criticism, and often negatively impact other creators in a bid to defend their own favorites. This has often been the case with high-profile fandoms like BTS Army, Dreams\u2019 Minecraft fans, and more. There are some that want to see them snubbed entirely. According to Pokimane, however, stans should not be shunned from streaming culture but instead praised for how they\u2019ve \u201cpositively\u201d shaped the budding scene. Pokimane waded into the ongoing conversation this week, sharing her thoughts on diehard streaming fans \u2014 self-appointed \u201cstans\u201d \u2014 on November 22. \u201cPeople have a lot of opinions on stans,\u201d the Twitch streamer said, \u201cbut it\u2019s undeniable they\u2019ve made the gaming sphere more inclusive for women, LGBTQ+ people, and people of color, and I\u2019m very grateful for that.\u201d The 25-year-old conceded that less \u201cobsessive\u201d fans had also played a major role, but explained that the true loyalists were the main driving force. \u201cI agree all new-age fans have helped a lot, but in my opinion, the particular dedicated and younger fanbase have been majorly influential.\u201d Pokimane also agreed with Aimsey: \u201c[Twitch\u2019s rise] proves fandom communities are just as important as streamers, because they are powerful.\u201d people have a lot of opinions on stans, but it\u2019s undeniable that they\u2019ve made the gaming & internet sphere more inclusive for women, lgbtq+ people, and POC. and i\u2019m v v v grateful for that \ud83e\udd72 \u2014 pokimane (@pokimanelol) November 22, 2021 The Twitch star\u2019s stance on \u201cstans\u201d and their role in the streaming sphere that is ever-building doesn\u2019t mean she thinks the darkest corners of those same fandoms should be celebrated though, she added. Those fans, Anys said, have no place on Twitch or elsewhere. \u201cPlenty of fans refer to themselves as stans but don\u2019t exhibit obsessive or unhealthy behavior,\u201d she said. \u201cThose that do need to understand it\u2019s not okay.\u201d While Pokimane is all for \u201cstans\u201d in the streaming scene, she\u2019s been less eager to see parasocial relationship relations spring up in her Twitch chat recently. Just last week, the Moroccan-Canadian star called viewers who repetitively ask her questions about her private life \u201cweird and obsessive,\u201d and threatened to ban any viewers who did similarly. At one stage, Anys even roasted a fan she\u2019d had to suspend multiple times. \u201cIt\u2019s weird and obnoxious,\u201d she said. \u201cPlease stop trying to psychoanalyze or micro-manage my relationships with others. I live my private life off-stream.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pokimane slams claims that diehard Twitch \u201cstans\u201d are bad for streaming culture Twitch: PokimaneImane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys has come out swinging against suggestions diehard Twitch \u201cstans\u201d \u2014 ultra-loyal supporters and fans \u2014 are bad for streaming culture, instead claiming they\u2019ve mainly been a positive force online. With the gaming world producing more and more new-age internet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}