How many glass noodles actually follow you on Twitter? In our part of the world, followers are the most important thing in influencer circles. In China, on the other hand, people collect 粉丝 fěnsī – literally „glass noodles“. Since the character combo sounds almost exactly like the English word „fans,“ it was unceremoniously turned into a loanword with a corresponding meaning. Thus the „fan noodle“ was born. And these are available in China in different thicknesses and shapes.