I realised lately I was becoming a tad too whiny for my tastes about the little things on 팬팝 that bug me, maybe it's because I seemed to 가입하기 just in time to see 팬팝 at it's most awesome, then watch it's mild de-awesoming. The site still rocks, but there are some little things being done that I'm not crazy about, so in the spirit of self improvement (or a thinly veiled excuse to complain) I'm going to get them off my chest, as well as listing the solutions to these problems that my angry brain has been suggesting.
1. People making spots for themselves.
It's one thing when a 인기 user has a spot made for them 의해 someone else, because that's people showing their appreciation for someone they like, and it's also less pointless because when it's a 인기 user chances are 더 많이 than 3 people will actually 가입하기 and things will get posted, but when someone's like "Hey guys, I joined twenty 분 ago, and have spent that time creating the spot of me! Come join, and lets all talk about our favourite thing. ME!" I don't get it. Very few people ever 가입하기 these spots, and the few who do never seem to add anything (aside from the user who made themselves the spot).
My angry brain's solution:
We just make one spot called the egotists spot, and they can all 가입하기 that instead of making themselves a spot each. It's a quicker way to send the same message.
2. The rise of text speak.
This is not about spelling 또는 grammar mistakes, that I'm fine with, heavens knows I'm not exactly the quickest bunny in the hutch, so it would be hypocritical of me to get mad at errors. This is just about text speak. I hate text speak. The 더 많이 인기 it gets the 더 많이 I feel like a granny telling kids to get off her lawn when I complain about it. I just turned 21 and Text speak has turned me into a little old lady (and if those hypothetical kids don't get off my imaginary lawn I'm going to turn the sprinklers on). It's intentional stupidity as a trend, and every time I try to read it I feel my IQ drop a point. Besides, on a site like 팬팝 it's not just stupid, I also find it inconsiderate. Not everyone who uses the site speaks English as their first language, I can barely understand text speak and English is my first language, I can't imagine what it's like to decipher when it's not.
My angry brain's solution:
When people address me all in 'TXT spk' 연기 as if they have some terrible phobia of vowels, I should respond using only vowels. See, I can speak in code too! e o y a u i! (that's 'get of my lawn 당신 kids' in reverse text speak)
3. Twilight content leaking into unrelated spots.
There are lots of Twilight 팬 who are nice, mature and perfectly capable of accepting that not everyone on the planet wants to hear about Twilight 24/7. Unfortunately it's become easy to see them as an endangered species since they aren't as loud as the 팬 who 사랑 Twilight and want everyone in every spot to talk about it with them. If it's a pick relevant to the spot featuring Twilight I usually don't mind (though I am sick to death of being asked "do 당신 like ____ 또는 Twilight more?" I know Twilight is popular, but so are things like House yet there aren't "____ 또는 House?" picks on every spot) Twilight seems to have 더 많이 spots than anything on fanpop, so I just don't understand the need for it to spill out, and I'm out of ways to 암캐, 암 캐 about it. Seriously, I have nothing 더 많이 to add here because I have officially used up my whining on this.
My angry brain's solution:
Every single spot that is not related to Twilight has 'not Twilight' added to the end of it's 제목 as a gentle reminder. So this spot would be called "Fanpop users...not Twilight" Buffy would be "Buffy the vampire slayer...not Twilight" and so on :)
4. Bribing.
I've seen lots of people following requests with "I'll prop if 당신 do" and the reason it bothers me is that it sometimes actually makes me less likely to help someone. I don't need a bribe to help when I can, and when someone ends something like a 질문 on the 답변 feature with "I'll prop and 팬 you" I don't want to answer and seem like I'm prop fishing. Also, I don't want a prop someone felt obliged to give me, I'd rather no prop at all. 팬팝 is full of lovely people, 당신 don't need to offer to 'pay' with props to get help. As for the users who ask people to 팬 them in exchange for props, I don't understand that, I'd rather have one 팬 who actually wanted to 팬 me than a thousand who only did it for an easy prop.
My angry brain's solution:
The "I'll prop 당신 if 당신 help me" thing seems to solve itself, really. When people spend enough time on 팬팝 to see the users are nice enough to help without prop bribes they tend to stop. My solution for the 팬 proppers is we give them the ability to make their 프로필 say they have as many 팬 as they want. 당신 want it to look like 당신 have fifty thousand fans? Knock yourself out.
5. The medal obsession.
I don't get the medal thing at all. When they were simply seen as a nice acknowledgement of someone's work to add to the site I totally got it, but now they're so important to people I just don't get it. I'm not just talking about the people cheating for medals, because the people who moan about the cheats are contributing to the problem too in my eyes. Even if you're getting the medals the fair way if 당신 are letting having a little red dot on your 프로필 become so important to 당신 that it lessens the fun of the site, adds disappointment 또는 jealousy to your 팬팝 experience, then 당신 also contribute to the bad atmosphere the medals have been generating lately. Fanpop's a community, not a contest. If you're looking for a contest go enter a karaoke competition 또는 something, don't try to turn 팬팝 into a competition. 당신 should be adding content because 당신 think it will be enjoyed, not to be #1 또는 to have the most medals, so someone gets one they don't deserve? So what? them having that little red dot doesn't take away anything from you, and there's no reason it should make the site less fun if 당신 have your priorities right. In fact if people stopped treating the medals as so important there would probably be less cheating anyway, because it's only worth cheating for while we treat them like they are so precious.
My angry brain's solution:
The F4 should stop handing out solid gold porches with the red medals...wait...they don't do that? Ok, now I understand the competition even less.
There, I got my moaning out of the way, never to whine about these things again. Oh, who am I kidding, I'm not letting the text speak thing go. I know these things might not bother other people (I imagine the medals thing will probably have a fair few people who disagree), and my suggested solutions were not serious, but now I've got my complaining out of the way I can go back to enjoying the site whine free.
1. People making spots for themselves.
It's one thing when a 인기 user has a spot made for them 의해 someone else, because that's people showing their appreciation for someone they like, and it's also less pointless because when it's a 인기 user chances are 더 많이 than 3 people will actually 가입하기 and things will get posted, but when someone's like "Hey guys, I joined twenty 분 ago, and have spent that time creating the spot of me! Come join, and lets all talk about our favourite thing. ME!" I don't get it. Very few people ever 가입하기 these spots, and the few who do never seem to add anything (aside from the user who made themselves the spot).
My angry brain's solution:
We just make one spot called the egotists spot, and they can all 가입하기 that instead of making themselves a spot each. It's a quicker way to send the same message.
2. The rise of text speak.
This is not about spelling 또는 grammar mistakes, that I'm fine with, heavens knows I'm not exactly the quickest bunny in the hutch, so it would be hypocritical of me to get mad at errors. This is just about text speak. I hate text speak. The 더 많이 인기 it gets the 더 많이 I feel like a granny telling kids to get off her lawn when I complain about it. I just turned 21 and Text speak has turned me into a little old lady (and if those hypothetical kids don't get off my imaginary lawn I'm going to turn the sprinklers on). It's intentional stupidity as a trend, and every time I try to read it I feel my IQ drop a point. Besides, on a site like 팬팝 it's not just stupid, I also find it inconsiderate. Not everyone who uses the site speaks English as their first language, I can barely understand text speak and English is my first language, I can't imagine what it's like to decipher when it's not.
My angry brain's solution:
When people address me all in 'TXT spk' 연기 as if they have some terrible phobia of vowels, I should respond using only vowels. See, I can speak in code too! e o y a u i! (that's 'get of my lawn 당신 kids' in reverse text speak)
3. Twilight content leaking into unrelated spots.
There are lots of Twilight 팬 who are nice, mature and perfectly capable of accepting that not everyone on the planet wants to hear about Twilight 24/7. Unfortunately it's become easy to see them as an endangered species since they aren't as loud as the 팬 who 사랑 Twilight and want everyone in every spot to talk about it with them. If it's a pick relevant to the spot featuring Twilight I usually don't mind (though I am sick to death of being asked "do 당신 like ____ 또는 Twilight more?" I know Twilight is popular, but so are things like House yet there aren't "____ 또는 House?" picks on every spot) Twilight seems to have 더 많이 spots than anything on fanpop, so I just don't understand the need for it to spill out, and I'm out of ways to 암캐, 암 캐 about it. Seriously, I have nothing 더 많이 to add here because I have officially used up my whining on this.
My angry brain's solution:
Every single spot that is not related to Twilight has 'not Twilight' added to the end of it's 제목 as a gentle reminder. So this spot would be called "Fanpop users...not Twilight" Buffy would be "Buffy the vampire slayer...not Twilight" and so on :)
4. Bribing.
I've seen lots of people following requests with "I'll prop if 당신 do" and the reason it bothers me is that it sometimes actually makes me less likely to help someone. I don't need a bribe to help when I can, and when someone ends something like a 질문 on the 답변 feature with "I'll prop and 팬 you" I don't want to answer and seem like I'm prop fishing. Also, I don't want a prop someone felt obliged to give me, I'd rather no prop at all. 팬팝 is full of lovely people, 당신 don't need to offer to 'pay' with props to get help. As for the users who ask people to 팬 them in exchange for props, I don't understand that, I'd rather have one 팬 who actually wanted to 팬 me than a thousand who only did it for an easy prop.
My angry brain's solution:
The "I'll prop 당신 if 당신 help me" thing seems to solve itself, really. When people spend enough time on 팬팝 to see the users are nice enough to help without prop bribes they tend to stop. My solution for the 팬 proppers is we give them the ability to make their 프로필 say they have as many 팬 as they want. 당신 want it to look like 당신 have fifty thousand fans? Knock yourself out.
5. The medal obsession.
I don't get the medal thing at all. When they were simply seen as a nice acknowledgement of someone's work to add to the site I totally got it, but now they're so important to people I just don't get it. I'm not just talking about the people cheating for medals, because the people who moan about the cheats are contributing to the problem too in my eyes. Even if you're getting the medals the fair way if 당신 are letting having a little red dot on your 프로필 become so important to 당신 that it lessens the fun of the site, adds disappointment 또는 jealousy to your 팬팝 experience, then 당신 also contribute to the bad atmosphere the medals have been generating lately. Fanpop's a community, not a contest. If you're looking for a contest go enter a karaoke competition 또는 something, don't try to turn 팬팝 into a competition. 당신 should be adding content because 당신 think it will be enjoyed, not to be #1 또는 to have the most medals, so someone gets one they don't deserve? So what? them having that little red dot doesn't take away anything from you, and there's no reason it should make the site less fun if 당신 have your priorities right. In fact if people stopped treating the medals as so important there would probably be less cheating anyway, because it's only worth cheating for while we treat them like they are so precious.
My angry brain's solution:
The F4 should stop handing out solid gold porches with the red medals...wait...they don't do that? Ok, now I understand the competition even less.
There, I got my moaning out of the way, never to whine about these things again. Oh, who am I kidding, I'm not letting the text speak thing go. I know these things might not bother other people (I imagine the medals thing will probably have a fair few people who disagree), and my suggested solutions were not serious, but now I've got my complaining out of the way I can go back to enjoying the site whine free.
Bullys are vultures because like vultures a bully will only pick on those that appear weak.
A 무자비한 사람, 독수리 is really a cowardly creature that only goes after prey that is weak. A 무자비한 사람, 독수리 will never attack another animal that will fight back.
I'm not advocating violence because that just leads to 더 많이 problems. But I do think a person should give an appearance of strength to ward off
any bullys. A bully just wants to get a rise out of 당신 so don't give them want and go about your business. Always take the high road when being confronted 의해 a bully and don't sink to their leval of cruelty.
Like most of 당신 I was picked on when I was in school but I never gave into them 또는 resort to violence. I just ignored them and went on with my life because they were not worth fighting. A bully is nothing but a vuture looking for weak prey.
A 무자비한 사람, 독수리 is really a cowardly creature that only goes after prey that is weak. A 무자비한 사람, 독수리 will never attack another animal that will fight back.
I'm not advocating violence because that just leads to 더 많이 problems. But I do think a person should give an appearance of strength to ward off
any bullys. A bully just wants to get a rise out of 당신 so don't give them want and go about your business. Always take the high road when being confronted 의해 a bully and don't sink to their leval of cruelty.
Like most of 당신 I was picked on when I was in school but I never gave into them 또는 resort to violence. I just ignored them and went on with my life because they were not worth fighting. A bully is nothing but a vuture looking for weak prey.
It's almost 크리스마스 and I want to send out
season's greetings to everyone on my fanlist.
I would 사랑 to send greetings to 당신 all
individually but since my fanlist has swollen
to over 200 people that won't be pactical. So
I decided to take the shotgun approach and just
send a blanket season's greetings to everyone on
my fanlist.
In whatever manner 당신 celebrate the season in
your part of the world I hope 당신 all will have a
wonderful time with your families and friends. And that 당신 all be 안전한, 안전 during the holidays.
Here's hoping everyone has a grand time and that in the coming 년 당신 will all find peace and prosperity in your lives.
season's greetings to everyone on my fanlist.
I would 사랑 to send greetings to 당신 all
individually but since my fanlist has swollen
to over 200 people that won't be pactical. So
I decided to take the shotgun approach and just
send a blanket season's greetings to everyone on
my fanlist.
In whatever manner 당신 celebrate the season in
your part of the world I hope 당신 all will have a
wonderful time with your families and friends. And that 당신 all be 안전한, 안전 during the holidays.
Here's hoping everyone has a grand time and that in the coming 년 당신 will all find peace and prosperity in your lives.
Today December 8th at 7:50 pm a beautiful baby girl was born.... her name is Samantha Ann Wilson. We are all very excited to welcome this baby girl and I being one of many 아기 to mama on 팬팝 am proud to say I am a big sister now.=)
She came out about 6 pounds and 11 oz. Congradulations mamma to your new bundle of joy! To all that dont know Ciarra she is a great mother and a wonderful person. I give her all the luck in the world and hope to see samantha's picture soon!! Agian congrats and good luck with your new baby girl!!
She came out about 6 pounds and 11 oz. Congradulations mamma to your new bundle of joy! To all that dont know Ciarra she is a great mother and a wonderful person. I give her all the luck in the world and hope to see samantha's picture soon!! Agian congrats and good luck with your new baby girl!!