99% of bạn are amazing fans! This is a guide on dealing with the 1%.

To summarize:

1. báo cáo ATTACKERS IMMEDIATELY. bạn are doing the entire community a favor as they are probably attacking other members.

bạn MUST PROVIDE AS MUCH EVIDENCE AS POSSIBLE IN THE báo cáo FIELD, including đường dẫn 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 thảo luận is also not an attack until insults/threats etc. are mixed in.

2. IGNORE THEM. DO NOT RESPOND BACK. If bạn attack back, bạn 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 báo cáo enemies, do not provide details, and/or repeatedly báo cáo people without providing evidence may also be removed from Fanpop. Some weirdos báo cáo their own fake users. Seriously, bạn are asking for it, and bạn 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, phiếu bầu votes, hoặc whatever. It's not fair to the honest fans. If bạn have Những người bạn who do this, please send them this article.

ALL of your accounts will be banned for life if a moderator chooses, even if bạn have amazing medals. I'm sure bạn can think of some famous banned fans, so we are serious. Consider this the final warning.

If bạn created multiple accounts for any reason, pick one, and do not ever log into the other accounts again. bạn don't need to xóa 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 bạn get caught cheating after this bài viết is published, bạn are toast, and bạn may lose your "main" account forever.


This is an bài viết describing how and why bans happen. It's an updated bài viết based on one we đã đăng 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 báo cáo it, and make sure bạn link to hoặc quote the offending content. We absolutely need all the details. If bạn simply báo cáo 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 người hâm mộ writes: "You suck and yo mamma sucks" ->You báo cáo them->Troll banned for life->You helped fanpop terminate a troll and made fanpop a better place!

Bad example:
Another người hâm mộ 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 bạn mind changing it hoặc attributing it to me?"->They are NOT a Troll, NOT banned, bạn should change your fanfic immediately, and bạn just wasted everyone's time. That being said, if the người hâm mộ started the post with a slur hoặc insult, they would have a problem.

There's a saying that "you can get away with almost anything if bạn do it nicely." While we're not necessarily encouraging people to try to get away with stuff, the "nicely" part is the key takeaway.

được trao the volume of content and literally millions of fans, we cannot go and dig through a thousand các bình luận 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 bạn do respond to đã đưa ý kiến troll and there is a ton of back and forth, with both sides cussing each other out, both of bạn will be banned from ever joining fanpop again. There is a good chance moderators will xóa 100% of your content and strip your huy chương 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 bạn 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 fanpop once and for all.