Basketball fans "fight" to the entertainment fan circle. How to rationally examine the star-chasing culture?

Basketball     6:16pm, 23 August 2025
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Rational star-chasing means maintaining a proper sense of distance. Celebrities are the objects of worship, not the whole of life. A healthy fan culture should encourage fans to maintain their own independent living space and social relationships while appreciating their idols. Fans should realize that chasing stars is only part of life, not all. Over-investment not only affects personal life and study, but may also cause trouble to idols.

Rational star chasing also means respecting diverse voices. Different people can like different stars, and they can also have different evaluations of the same star. Fans should learn to accept criticism rather than blindly reject all dissent. Cyberspace should become a platform for rational communication, not a battlefield for the party to fight against differences. Only by inclusive and diverse voices can we form a healthy and active fan culture.

For celebrities themselves, they should also actively guide their fans to act rationally. Through public statements and behavioral demonstrations, celebrities can convey positive energy and resist extreme star-chasing phenomena. In fact, many sports and entertainment stars have publicly called on fans to remain rational and focus on the arena, works rather than private lives. This guidance is crucial to forming a healthy fan culture.

All sectors of society should also work together to create a healthy star-chasing environment. The media should avoid over-hyping the private lives of celebrities, schools should strengthen media literacy education, and families should pay attention to the emotional needs of teenagers. As the first person in charge of network management, the platform should actively cooperate with law enforcement and supervision, optimize governance measures and means, and actively deal with illegal content and accounts. The majority of netizens should improve their network literacy, speak rationally, not spread rumors, actively participate in supervision and reporting, and consciously maintain a good network ecology.

From individuals to society, from fans to celebrities, every subject can play an active role in guiding rational star chasing. Only by collaborating with multiple parties and forming a joint force can a healthy and rational star-chasing environment be built, so that star-chasing behavior can truly become a positive force to promote personal growth and social development.

On a summer night in Chongqing, drones outline Curry's iconic "good night" celebration in the sky. On the ground, the fans cheered one after another, and they saw the admiration and love for their idols. This emotion itself is beautiful, and it originates from human beings’ yearning for excellence and pursuit of beauty.

What we need to deny is not the star-chasing behavior itself, but the alienated and extreme expressions. Sports and entertainment stars are bright colors in the cultural picture, and they enrich our spiritual world in different ways. Only by breaking the boundaries of the field and abandoning the unnecessary chain of contempt can we better appreciate the value of every talent.

When chasing stars is no longer blind worship, but comes from rational appreciation; when fan culture is no longer the same party as the party, but an open and inclusive communication space - the star-chasing culture at that time can truly become a positive force to promote social progress.

In this star-studded era, each of us can look up at the stars, but more importantly, we are down-to-earth. While enjoying the light of your idol, don’t forget to light up the light of your life and become the best self. This may be the highest level of star chasing and the true meaning of idols.

source:7m cn mao cao