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by wrongsystem 2373 days ago
fandom always leads to these hollow hypes that end in dead projects. we do not need that in programming.
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Sure we do. The whole software industry is built on hype cycles. If we didn't have them, we'd get paid normal wages and couldn't claim we're eating the world
Replace the word fan with supporter, which is more in line what what I was thinking, and is certainly needed in programming.