To summarize:

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

wewe MUST PROVIDE AS MUCH EVIDENCE AS POSSIBLE IN THE ripoti FIELD, including viungo 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 debate is also not an attack until insults/threats etc. are mixed in.

2. DO NOT ATTACK BACK. If wewe attack back, wewe are probably giving the attacker/troll what they want. We won't dig through 20 pages of reports to find out who started it. Most likely, both people will be banned.

3. Reporting is not a weapon. People who fraudulently ripoti enemies, do not provide details, and/or repeatedly ripoti people without providing evidence may also be removed from Fanpop.




Folks,

This club has caused zaidi problems here at fanpop HQ than all other klabu combined. That is not an exaggeration.

We've 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 A&O fan!"

Good question, my canine-loving friend.

If someone picks a fight with you, DO NOT RESPOND, and immediately ripoti it, and make sure wewe link to au quote the offending content. We absolutely need all the details. If wewe simply ripoti 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 shabiki writes: "You suck and yo mamma sucks" ->You ripoti them->Troll banned for life->You helped fanpop terminate a troll and made A&O a better place!

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

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

aliyopewa the volume of content and literally millions of fans, we cannot go and dig through a thousand maoni 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 wewe do respond to alisema troll and there is a ton of back and forth, with both sides cussing each other out, both of wewe will be banned from ever joining fanpop again. There is a good chance moderators will futa 100% of your content and strip your medali and caps, as well.

One final note: anyone posting explicit material will be banned for life without exception. The old, ugly kauli mbiu has been changed, but the standards are the same, if not stricter.

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 and every time WITHOUT responding to them, and, together, we'll purge them from fanpop once and for all.