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

To summarize:

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

toi MUST PROVIDE AS MUCH EVIDENCE AS POSSIBLE IN THE rapporter FIELD, including liens 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 débats is also not an attack until insults/threats etc. are mixed in.

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

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

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


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

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

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

donné the volume of content and literally millions of fans, we cannot go and dig through a thousand commentaires 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 toi do respond to a dit troll and there is a ton of back and forth, with both sides cussing each other out, both of toi will be banned from ever joining fanpop again. There is a good chance moderators will supprimer 100% of your content and strip your médailles 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 toi 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.