Why do some... extreme.... stans discriminate against multis?

Superiority complex. Stanning one group doesn't make you better or more "loyal" to a group. You're just missing out on all the good music being released

it's ok to have more than one fave!!!!

i have many faves but i have one ult. fave which is Bangtan Sonyeondan but i support others.

But lately ppl can't let you be a multi-stan in peace

I have no idea. I just side eye and ignore, cause It's too cringe to even bother.

Maybe when they get older, they will be ashamed of what they wrote on the internet.

It scares me actually that they think this and takes it to such an extreme; and it says to me that they aren’t really standing for the music but something else. BTS is my ultimate in KPOP but I’ve listened to other musicians long before and will love other musicians after. Too many good music out there not to enjoy.

In my honest opinion multifans can be just as annoying as people who hate multis. For multiple reasons I won't get into rn

Long story short, fan culture is annoying, I often sometimes catch myself being annoyed at myself

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I normally would too, but it's hard to ignore when they openly attack you and others.

The day someone openly attacked me here for being a multi, I answered them with the chorus of Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero

As someone who went through this myself, and had two people later apologize to me, they all said similar things.

Either at first they didn't know it was wrong and just wanted to protect their group from fake fans, or they didn't know it was wrong to discriminate against multi's in that way and later apologized or just don't.

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multi's have it best...it IS okay to enjoy multiple groups and music. Anyone who harasses others for being a multi is just a disgusting, sheltered, sick Individual.

ahhh jenn with 50+ groups that you stan you must be a solo group stan's enemy no. 1!! lol

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Oh snap i got my battle sword ready

honestly though you seem to have social media

have you ever personally gotten into shit because of people who stan only one group?

A fan can stan a lot of groups and still be a fan just the same as someone who only stans one group. As long they are loyal and support that group's music, they are a fan. Some stans are just insecure and it makes their ego look stronger by belittling others. Bit sad imo but that's always been the K pop culture.

I only stan 1 kpop group tho, means i only focus on this one group activities, and spend my money for them. But it's not like I only listen to that one group songs for my whole life, what kind of stupidity is that. It's just music, why so serious like your identity depended on the group you stan or gatekeeping people to listen to other music. Fan culture indeed is weird

If I talk like patriotic stan to people in real life, they will be thinking I need therapy for sure.

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It's possible to love more than one group. Thinking that the fan is betraying their fave for enjoying more than just them is frankly insane. If you really love your fave and want them to thrive, wouldn't you want to welcome more people into the fandom? Wouldn't you want to spread their music far and wide?

I really truly don't understand some kpop stans. If you find yourself so emotional about your fave that you get angry and lash out at people FOR ENJOYING OTHER MUSIC, it might be time to step back from kpop. Instead of it being an enjoyable pastime, you're clearly using it as a crutch to avoid deeper emotional issues.

There is nothing wrong with being multistan, everyone can listen to whoever they want.

But they shouldn't bring their other favs into another fandom spaces. If you are watching one group live don't mention other groups on chat, if someone post to encourage voting - there will be again a lot of multis with their "I think X deserve it more". Like vote for whoever you want but it's disrespectful to leave such tweets.

And it's usually the multi fans that brings attention to toxic tweets and bring negativity. I am not in another group spaces so would not even see the toxic post if some multis and shooters didn't rt it on my feed.

^This. Multis are annoying as those die hard fans like if they stan so many groups good for them they are busy and do not have time being toxic but no mostly they are the cause of fanwars.

I’m a multi but honestly if I think about it, I get the logic or thinking behind the attitude, tho the crazy gatekeeping behavior and attitude that has become popular especially on places like Twitter is obviously too much but honestly characteristic of general insane Kpop fandom “mob” behavior.

Kpop is a very competitive industry and most Kpop fans know that. These fans know that all other Kpop groups are competition for each other. That includes their bias group. So some may view stanning other groups as “betrayal” because they view supporting other groups as taking away from the potential attention/popularity/success/money their faves could be having.

Think about it like this: most people only have limited financial resources for buying fan merch such as albums, which people use the sales of as an indicator of the Kpop groups’ success and “ranking” in who’s #1/#2/top or bottom-tier groups. If you’re a multi-stan and you have only enough money this month for one album, who will you choose? If you’re a multi-stan, you might spend that money on a different group, taking away from the potential sale a fandom’s bias group could’ve had if you only stanned them. This might make some fans view these other fans as “less loyal” than ones who stan only the specific fandom’s bias group, because those fans would definitely only spend this money on their one bias group, thus adding to their success and popularity that is honestly a very limited resource only allotted in large amounts to a chosen few. The free time people have for streaming songs on music platforms or videos on Youtube for views is also limited, which are other common metrics for a group’s popularity. People who only stan one group can fully devote their full time and attention to their one group, while multis will have to be selective and choose, and the other groups they choose to support who are promoting at the same time are their other bias groups’ competition.

The attitude & behavior’s honestly gone way too far at this point in Kpop’s lifespan w/how insanely oversaturated Kpop market has become by 4th gen and also caused by the spread of toxicity in internet culture, but the logic behind it does makes sense.

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I normally would too, but it's hard to ignore when they openly attack you and others.

I dont experience anyone attacking me. What forums do you guys all hang out to experience such things?

If i encounter fans of other groups its like 95% friendly and positive.

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Superiority complex. Stanning one group doesn't make you better or more "loyal" to a group. You're just missing out on all the good music being released

The best part about this, is the clown ass loyal idiots got clown🤡🤡🤡🤡 on them when the faves they stan are fans of a different group and a friends with others it's funny as fuck seeing them foaming at the mouth like some rabbid dog

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I strongly suspect this is because your fandom(s) isn't/aren't warring with any other.

True. We dont do that and if i see a toxic Fearless i remind it to raise its manners.

But why do other fandoms do this warring then? Aint there enough real wars out there in the world? They can go there anytime. Why bring war to a place thats supposed to be a refuge from war?

Of course If Brave Girls would ask me i would serve 2 more tours in the Balkans but only 1 in Afghanistan. But all the Idols allways tell us to behave peacefully. So fandoms being toxic betray their faves.

When i came into Kpop everyone and their moms told me that Orbits are the most toxic fandom (besite Army and blink because numbers) But actually i couldnt name a single fandom that is more friendly and supportive to us. I Wonder how all the other fandoms managed to get into fight with them.

I honestly wonder sometimes if its due to severe head injury, excess substance abuse from their parents or some kind of childhood oxygen deprivation that causes it.

Something I learnt from this forum is if you stan only 1 group you are a true fan and you only stan them for music but if you are a multi you are an annoying mofo that only wanna mess around aka fake fan...

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Peace is easier said than done. It requires tolerance on all sides and all it takes is one viral toxic comment to break it. So unless everyone participates, someone will be a shithead and make someone get angry and they'll be a shithead back since they feel - it's only fair, an eye for an eye right?

Yea, toxicity just ends up breeding more toxicity.

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you think Orbits have never been toxic towards Brave Girls?

Some wished our Girls a Car accident just so they cant attend a stupid music Show. So loona get a win for ptt.

We didnt attack loona back. It was just a few morons not a whole fandom or even their faves. We were busy celebrating our music show wins against twice and aespa in the previous week.

If people choose such actions as represention of a whole fandom they want that war too.

We prefer to remember the friendly actions that represent their fandom. Like an Orbit created some Selfmade albums for the loona and Brave Girls dance unit and gifted them to us. Or them trying to teach us how to vote on those Kpop apps.

Mental problems.

Or more specifically, insecurity.

Imagine being that deranged