actifan

noun

1. (dated, slang)A person, particularly a fan of science fiction, involved in fanac or fan activity.

   “If you even read StF you'll do. You don't have to be an actifan, just so you read StF.”

   “Really, I seem to have reversed things a little by being a letter-hack after becoming an actifan.”

   “Actifans end up feeling they're being forced to pay for other people's "good time" and realize the mere attendance of these other-media fans means they will have to pay (through increased membership fees) for things SF Worldcons once got for free.”