xQc claims Minecraft stars \u2018abuse\u2019 stan culture: \u201cIt makes them feel empowered\u201d Twitch: xQc \/ MicrosoftFelix \u2018xQc\u2019 Lengyel claimed Minecraft streamers \u201cfeel empowered\u201d from their cult-like followings, implying that it could be the reason why they don\u2019t discourage fans from \u2018stanning\u2019 over them. The Minecraft YouTuber fandom has seen its fair share of criticism recently, whether it be Dream\u2019s or someone else\u2019s. Charlie \u2018MoistCr1TiKaL\u2019 White called out those stans for being \u201ctoxic\u201d and \u201cunhealthy\u201d after Minecraft streamer TommyInnit revealed he needed to seek therapy after fans attacked him on social media. However, that view didn\u2019t sit well with xQc. He disagreed with Cr1TiKaL\u2019s view that there are a \u201clot of things\u201d Minecraft streamers can do to discourage bad behavior from their fans, including a \u201cblanket statement\u201d telling them to stop \u201cstanning\u201d at all. Instead, he believes they ultimately don\u2019t want to because they \u201cfeel empowered\u201d from having a passionate and dedicated fanbase behind them, which he believes is the \u201creal problem\u201d. \u201cIt\u2019s not about their fandom or their admiration,\u201d said xQc. \u201cIt\u2019s about the feeling of power when they do something. It\u2019s about seeing the impact of what they do that actually causes something. Because whatever they do in real life\u2026 amounts to nothing, and they have no power.\u201d \u201c[For that reason,] whenever they tweet or they re-tweet [something and cause a stir], they can feel that they\u2019re moving pieces somewhere, somehow, and it makes them feel empowered. I think that\u2019s the real problem.\u201d For lack of a better term, \u2018stanning\u2019 \u2014 the practice of being an overzealous or obsessive fan \u2014 has been a hot topic for a while now. However, it appears to be more prevalent in the Minecraft scene, especially after #CancelDreamStans trended in March 2021, which prompted him to call out a small sect of \u201chorrible\u201d fans. There have been many other incidents involving Minecraft stans since then, too. So, while most people want streamers to play a more active role in stamping out the toxic behavior from their fans, xQc insists the real issue is keeping streamers\u2019 egos in check once they develop massive followings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
xQc claims Minecraft stars \u2018abuse\u2019 stan culture: \u201cIt makes them feel empowered\u201d Twitch: xQc \/ MicrosoftFelix \u2018xQc\u2019 Lengyel claimed Minecraft streamers \u201cfeel empowered\u201d from their cult-like followings, implying that it could be the reason why they don\u2019t discourage fans from \u2018stanning\u2019 over them. The Minecraft YouTuber fandom has seen its fair share of criticism recently, […]<\/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-65506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65506","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=65506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}