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The Internet is full of frequently mentioned laws. I wrote about that
[[id:2024-09-27-Internet-laws][in this article]]. For personal reference, I would like to coin some
common patterns for me as well. This is one of them. You might want to
refer to it when appropriate.

#+BEGIN_QUOTE
(Voit's) Law of Fanboy appearance: As an online discussion about any
topic grows longer, the probability of an appearance of an fanboy who
could not reached by arguments any more approaches 1.
#+END_QUOTE

For reference, please do use the hashtag: #LawOfFanboyAppearance

***** Source/Background

Oh boy, how many times did I observe that pattern?

In most cases, this is related to discussions around Apple. The term
"Apple Fanboy" did even make [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing_of_Apple_Inc.#Brand_loyalty][its appearance on Wikipedia]].

However, there are also other topics that do have high chances of
attracting some sort of fanboys: Tesla, $youcurrentpoliticalcrisis,
politics in general, and more.

When loyalty exceeds the acceptance of objective facts and counter
arguments, it turns into some kind of cult or religion. While [[id:2021-07-23-emacs-lock-in][I
consider myself as a member of some sort of cults myself]], I don't
ignore good arguments. Or at least I try to stay open minded and
self-reflected. ;-)

***** Similar Ideas

People who came across [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_law][Conway's law]] realize its similarity to this law
in principle and wording.