99% of আপনি are amazing fans! This is a guide on dealing with the 1%.
To summarize:
1. প্রতিবেদন ATTACKERS IMMEDIATELY. আপনি are doing the entire community a favor as they are probably attacking other members.
আপনি MUST PROVIDE AS MUCH EVIDENCE AS POSSIBLE IN THE প্রতিবেদন FIELD, including লিঙ্ক to the attacks.
Attacks are personal insults, threats, bigotry, etc. A person saying they don't like a contribution is NOT an attack. Having a বিতর্ক is also not an attack until insults/threats etc. are mixed in.
2. IGNORE THEM. DO NOT RESPOND BACK. If আপনি attack back, আপনি are probably giving the attacker/troll what they want. We won't dig through 20 pages of reports to find out who started it. In some cases, both people will be banned.
3. Reporting is not a weapon. People who fraudulently প্রতিবেদন enemies, do not provide details, and/or repeatedly প্রতিবেদন people without providing evidence may also be removed from Fanpop. Some weirdos প্রতিবেদন their own fake users. Seriously, আপনি are asking for it, and আপনি aren't fooling anyone.
4. CHEATERS WILL BE BANNED: DON'T SWITCH TO YOUR FAKE ACCOUNTS EVER AGAIN
Don't switch accounts to jack up your fans, props, মতামত votes, অথবা whatever. It's not fair to the honest fans. If আপনি have বন্ধু who do this, please send them this article.
ALL of your accounts will be banned for life if a moderator chooses, even if আপনি have amazing medals. I'm sure আপনি can think of some famous banned fans, so we are serious. Consider this the final warning.
If আপনি created multiple accounts for any reason, pick one, and do not ever log into the other accounts again. আপনি don't need to মোছা the old accounts, but do not use them. Excuses like "it's my brother/sister/dog's account" won't cut it.
Everyone is forgiven at this point. If you've cheated in the past, just don't do it again.
If আপনি get caught cheating after this প্রবন্ধ is published, আপনি are toast, and আপনি may lose your "main" account forever.
This is an প্রবন্ধ describing how and why bans happen. It's an updated প্রবন্ধ based on one we পোষ্ট হয়েছে in a troublesome club.
We've recently lifetime-banned several of the most troublesome users and deleted all of their content. In other words, there is no coming back for them. All their contributions are gone.
"But Fanpop, how can I avoid getting banned? I'm just a nice, honest, non-cheating fan!"
If someone picks a fight with you, DO NOT RESPOND, and immediately প্রতিবেদন it, and make sure আপনি link to অথবা quote the offending content. We absolutely need all the details. If আপনি simply প্রতিবেদন the user without providing evidence, no action will be taken against them.
Also, we're talking about personal attacks, not normal human interactions.
Example:
A অনুরাগী writes: "You suck and yo mamma sucks" ->You প্রতিবেদন them->Troll banned for life->You helped ফ্যানপপ terminate a troll and made ফ্যানপপ a better place!
Bad example:
Another অনুরাগী writes: "This was some interesting fanfic, but the first section is taken word-for-word from my work last week. Here's the link. Do আপনি mind changing it অথবা attributing it to me?"->They are NOT a Troll, NOT banned, আপনি should change your fanfic immediately, and আপনি just wasted everyone's time. That being said, if the অনুরাগী started the post with a slur অথবা insult, they would have a problem.
There's a saying that "you can get away with almost anything if আপনি do it nicely." While we're not necessarily encouraging people to try to get away with stuff, the "nicely" part is the key takeaway.
প্রদত্ত the volume of content and literally millions of fans, we cannot go and dig through a thousand মতামত to find out "who started it."
Think of it this way: if teachers and parents right now don't have time to figure out "who started it", imagine if one's parents had millions of children. Are they going to have time to sift through everything?
If আপনি do respond to ব্যক্ত troll and there is a ton of back and forth, with both sides cussing each other out, both of আপনি will be banned from ever joining ফ্যানপপ again. There is a good chance moderators will মোছা 100% of your content and strip your পদক and caps, as well.
If your buddy was banned, please do not bother to contact us. There was a very good reason, and saying "he was really nice to me" really means nothing. Even criminals are nice to some people. Giving a moderator attitude will be bad for everyone, and আপনি won't be helping your friend's case.
The good news is that 99% of the users here are great people and not causing problems. Be cool and courteous with one another, report trolls immediately, WITH LINKED EVIDENCE, and every time WITHOUT responding to them, and, together, we'll purge them from ফ্যানপপ once and for all.
To summarize:
1. প্রতিবেদন ATTACKERS IMMEDIATELY. আপনি are doing the entire community a favor as they are probably attacking other members.
আপনি MUST PROVIDE AS MUCH EVIDENCE AS POSSIBLE IN THE প্রতিবেদন FIELD, including লিঙ্ক to the attacks.
Attacks are personal insults, threats, bigotry, etc. A person saying they don't like a contribution is NOT an attack. Having a বিতর্ক is also not an attack until insults/threats etc. are mixed in.
2. IGNORE THEM. DO NOT RESPOND BACK. If আপনি attack back, আপনি are probably giving the attacker/troll what they want. We won't dig through 20 pages of reports to find out who started it. In some cases, both people will be banned.
3. Reporting is not a weapon. People who fraudulently প্রতিবেদন enemies, do not provide details, and/or repeatedly প্রতিবেদন people without providing evidence may also be removed from Fanpop. Some weirdos প্রতিবেদন their own fake users. Seriously, আপনি are asking for it, and আপনি aren't fooling anyone.
4. CHEATERS WILL BE BANNED: DON'T SWITCH TO YOUR FAKE ACCOUNTS EVER AGAIN
Don't switch accounts to jack up your fans, props, মতামত votes, অথবা whatever. It's not fair to the honest fans. If আপনি have বন্ধু who do this, please send them this article.
ALL of your accounts will be banned for life if a moderator chooses, even if আপনি have amazing medals. I'm sure আপনি can think of some famous banned fans, so we are serious. Consider this the final warning.
If আপনি created multiple accounts for any reason, pick one, and do not ever log into the other accounts again. আপনি don't need to মোছা the old accounts, but do not use them. Excuses like "it's my brother/sister/dog's account" won't cut it.
Everyone is forgiven at this point. If you've cheated in the past, just don't do it again.
If আপনি get caught cheating after this প্রবন্ধ is published, আপনি are toast, and আপনি may lose your "main" account forever.
This is an প্রবন্ধ describing how and why bans happen. It's an updated প্রবন্ধ based on one we পোষ্ট হয়েছে in a troublesome club.
We've recently lifetime-banned several of the most troublesome users and deleted all of their content. In other words, there is no coming back for them. All their contributions are gone.
"But Fanpop, how can I avoid getting banned? I'm just a nice, honest, non-cheating fan!"
If someone picks a fight with you, DO NOT RESPOND, and immediately প্রতিবেদন it, and make sure আপনি link to অথবা quote the offending content. We absolutely need all the details. If আপনি simply প্রতিবেদন the user without providing evidence, no action will be taken against them.
Also, we're talking about personal attacks, not normal human interactions.
Example:
A অনুরাগী writes: "You suck and yo mamma sucks" ->You প্রতিবেদন them->Troll banned for life->You helped ফ্যানপপ terminate a troll and made ফ্যানপপ a better place!
Bad example:
Another অনুরাগী writes: "This was some interesting fanfic, but the first section is taken word-for-word from my work last week. Here's the link. Do আপনি mind changing it অথবা attributing it to me?"->They are NOT a Troll, NOT banned, আপনি should change your fanfic immediately, and আপনি just wasted everyone's time. That being said, if the অনুরাগী started the post with a slur অথবা insult, they would have a problem.
There's a saying that "you can get away with almost anything if আপনি do it nicely." While we're not necessarily encouraging people to try to get away with stuff, the "nicely" part is the key takeaway.
প্রদত্ত the volume of content and literally millions of fans, we cannot go and dig through a thousand মতামত to find out "who started it."
Think of it this way: if teachers and parents right now don't have time to figure out "who started it", imagine if one's parents had millions of children. Are they going to have time to sift through everything?
If আপনি do respond to ব্যক্ত troll and there is a ton of back and forth, with both sides cussing each other out, both of আপনি will be banned from ever joining ফ্যানপপ again. There is a good chance moderators will মোছা 100% of your content and strip your পদক and caps, as well.
If your buddy was banned, please do not bother to contact us. There was a very good reason, and saying "he was really nice to me" really means nothing. Even criminals are nice to some people. Giving a moderator attitude will be bad for everyone, and আপনি won't be helping your friend's case.
The good news is that 99% of the users here are great people and not causing problems. Be cool and courteous with one another, report trolls immediately, WITH LINKED EVIDENCE, and every time WITHOUT responding to them, and, together, we'll purge them from ফ্যানপপ once and for all.
