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Originally Posted by beat yr own KID
Having a lot of fans can mean fan boys dude. Yr arguing over semantics. I'm just stating a point. I am a huge fan of prog and I think opeth are a pretty good band but fairly boring. That's just my opinion.
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I'm not arguing, just discussing, and it's not semantics IMO.
E.g. Band A has 100,000 fans and 1 in every 1000 is a fanboy. So we have 100 fanboys. Band B has 1000 fans and 80 in every 1000 is a fanboy. So we have 80 fans. This is relevant because it might seem like Opeth is particularly fanboy ridden, but it could be attributed to the simple fact that Opeth has a large fanbase. Another band might have a much higher ratio of fanboys amongst its fanbase, but its fanbase might be small, so there won't be that many.
I don't know which part you're saying is semantics, but IMO there's quite a difference between a fan and a fanboy. A fanboy tends to be biased towards the band and flouts them all the time. A fan is just a fan.
It's hard to say whether having a lot of band merchandise makes you a fanboy - it depends on your definition. You can have a lot of merchandise and still be practically impartial and judge fairly.