“Having an updates account is a huge responsibility when you do it on your own and more with a huge count of followers,” she said. “It takes time and effort and dedication. I’ve had it for almost 3 years now … I know people who want to buy it and will make use of it.”
Another fan account accused her of being a fake fan. “You never really supported Sydney Sweeney,” they tweeted. “If you don’t like Sydney, delete the account, don’t profit and make money with that person.”
Is it so bad for fans to sell out, literally?
“People are being so weird about this tweet. They’re not obligated to run a stan account. Maybe the last few days were stressful for them so they quit. Y’all are weird, being a fan is not a job, if they want to quit twitter, then that’s their choice,” wrote @ruebennetsss.
“Making a fan account and selling it when they get cancelled is genius actually,” @riceballs tweeted.
Administrative changes within a niche account with influence can stir drama, especially when users have developed an attachment to the posts. Last week, a “meme war” ignited when other Chrisitan meme accounts assumed the admins had been pushed out of the @memesforjesus account.
K-pop stan account admins who no longer want to share content often tweet as little as “[closed]” and quietly stop posting. Last year, the BTS fandom in particular had a bizarre surprise, after a fan account closed and then reappeared under new management posting content about cryptocurrency and doing album and merchandise giveaways where fans were only eligible when they followed cryptocurrency Twitter users.
Perhaps hoedown-themed account takeovers will be next.
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/kelseyweekman/sydney-sweeneys-birthday-party-fan-account-drama
