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

To summarize:

1. 신고 ATTACKERS IMMEDIATELY. 당신 are doing the entire community a favor as they are probably attacking other members.

당신 MUST PROVIDE AS MUCH EVIDENCE AS POSSIBLE IN THE 신고 FIELD, including 링그 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 토론 is also not an attack until insults/threats etc. are mixed in.

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

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

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


This is an 기사 describing how and why bans happen. It's an updated 기사 based on one we 게시됨 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 신고 it, and make sure 당신 link to 또는 quote the offending content. We absolutely need all the details. If 당신 simply 신고 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 팬 writes: "You suck and yo mamma sucks" ->You 신고 them->Troll banned for life->You helped 팬팝 terminate a troll and made 팬팝 a better place!

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

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

Given the volume of content and literally millions of fans, we cannot go and dig through a thousand 코멘트 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 당신 do respond to said troll and there is a ton of back and forth, with both sides cussing each other out, both of 당신 will be banned from ever joining 팬팝 again. There is a good chance moderators will 삭제 100% of your content and strip your medals 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 당신 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 팬팝 once and for all.