No Name Fan
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| Synonyms: | Small Name Fan |
| See also: | Big Name Fan, Middle Name Fan |
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No Name Fan or NNF is the opposite of a Big Name Fan: a fan who is unknown or unimportant in their fandom (a microscopic fish in a small pond).
The abbreviation NNF is commonly used on anon memes like Fail_Fandomanon in the 2010s, but predates LiveJournal. For example, in the June 1989 issue of Horizon Newsletter, a Blake's 7 fan wrote,
I here has been much indignant correspondence lately on the subject to Slash fiction. Comments have ranged all through B7 fandom, from the lowliest NNF right up to Janet and Paul Darrow.