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Minor Errors/Complaints I Have With Fanpop

posted by deathding

Alright, so I love Fanpop just as much as the next guy, but over the years, I've been constantly irritated by these small, yet non-practical things that should probably fixed. If you don't agree with me, fine. Just tell me in the comments of this article what you don't like. We good? Alright. :)

Nitpick #1: The Fanning System Bug

Alright, so if you're not familiar with this, then just hear me out. There's a glitch on the site that basically happens when you have fans on something, like an article, then edit whatever it was that had fans.

Seriously, edit ANYTHING with fans, and it goes back to...

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Ask another questions aboot MEDALS and a troll will eat your family!

posted by germany123

Now this is a little summary of all the questions asked aboot medals. YES i realise there is plenty of information on this site but it's scattered all over the pop so this is my attempt again to make a short summary of FAQs so I can reference this when the next "answer" is posted and then hit the report button!
If you don't know what a medal is golink.
The medal awarded will show on your profile in two ways: Underneath your spot mosaic complete with it's name and as a little coloured dot on the spot icon (or next to the spot name when you change to "list" viewing).
When contributing to a spot...

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Fanpop User Identification Guide Part 2: A Handy User-Friendly Guide to Medal Whores

posted by KateKicksAss

This chapter of the Fanpop user identification guide is all about Medal whores. Maybe you think you may have come across one a while back, or you’re just not sure how to classify the one you just met? Check out this handy guide!

The Spammer: Forget about actually helping a club, this user just wants their medal, and doesn’t give a rip how they get it. Have you guessed that this type of Medal Whore uploads tons of useless, similar, or identical contributions just to get a medal? If so, congratulations, you’re correct. Think pages and pages of picks with maybe just the choices flipped around,...

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Stop being so cruel when it comes to RATINGS!!!

posted by Lucia322

OK guys! Today we'll talk about ratings! Many of us contribute things to Fanpop and it's great!!! Because we are working on it! We are looking for images, videos, links to help other people! But it happens a lot that some people rate it low!!! You know it sucks when you've being searching for something, contributing it and HERE YOU ARE - you see one star rating for all you did!!! I don't understsand such people. If you don't like the content DON'T rate it at all!!!! Or at least leave comments!!! Here's the example I uploaded images on spot A. I did a great job looking for them! After I was waiting so they could upload on Fanpop. And in an hour I see one star rating which means garbage!!! It is so insulting! I'm sure you guys had the same situaions. We can do nothing about it. But people, APPRECIATE other Fanpoppers. Don't visit the spots you hate, don't hurt people you hate, DON'T RATE LOW! Please, Fanpop is one and there are a lot of us so let's live in peace:)

A List Of My Clubs

posted by Genevievebarbie

Here's a list of all the clubs that I made ever since I joined fanpop. You can join them if you are interested in it or want to expand it. Or, you can let others know!

1. link : The adorable pets of the barbie movies.
2. link : The prince charmings of the Barbie Movies (and kings) !👑🤴🏻
3. link : The Indian blockbuster Bollywood Dhoom Series starring Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra.

My personal club that my friend Jessowey made for me : link : This club is mostly for Princess Genevieve from Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses, but sometimes it is also for my birthday wishes (thank you...

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Handy Kristina McDandy: How to add a profile picture to your Fanpop account

posted by Kristina_Beauty

Hi everyone, this is Handy Kristina McDandy here to help you figure out how to are a sweet profile picture to your Fanpop account!!! It is very simple, even though it took me a few months to figure out how =|. Anyway, let's get started!

Log in to your Fanpop account and go to your profile. Click on "Photos" and upload a picture. Add a caption if you want, then submit the picture.

=-O ! Oh my goodness, I missed a step! 😬! If you want to make the picture you uploaded your profile picture, you have to check the box at the bottom <(^>^)>.

Have a great day, and remember to

Be a fan of this

Comment

Like

And follow me!

Have a great day, everyone!!! Love you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤

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How not to get banned for life, and how to punish trolls

posted by Fanpop

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

To summarize:

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

YOU MUST PROVIDE AS MUCH EVIDENCE AS POSSIBLE IN THE REPORT FIELD, including links 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. IGNORE THEM. DO NOT RESPOND BACK. If you attack back, you are probably giving the attacker/troll...

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All Growed Up

posted by PkmnTrainerJ

My first image on my profile, back in 2007

Hello, it's likely that unless you're a long time user of Fanpop, or one of it's founding four, you won't recognise my username.

I was a very prominent user, 2007 - 2009 probably, but as I was 19 when I joined back then, I was without many responsibilities, and had plenty of time to dedicate to Fanpop, and was proud to watch it grow, and change and develop.

I wasn't happy with all the changes, but I stood by those I was. I had a few arguments in my time, and saw users I'd known for a long time, such as kathiria82 leave, and eventually my quote from link would be used by Fanpop to sell link to...

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The Medal Test

posted by Olivine

Dear fellow fanpoppers,

fanpop is not pro-choice concerning medals.

Many of you will agree with me when I say that there are users among us who are a bit too motivated when it comes to collecting medals.
But few of us know that medals also follow us.

Fact is that these medals need us, they are longing for us as much as many of us are longing for them. The medal whore can not live without the medals and medals can not live without us. Probably they do even need us more then we need them and the common medal whore thinks she did a great job catching a medal when in reality the medal whore is the...

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Haunters on Fanpop

posted by xxxlolalolitaa

Well im here to speak bout some guys who use this page to catch girls. This is a site where there are too many youngs peeps, so there are bad people trying to get naked pics from girls.
I have some users names that do that: devin437 or 458, panthers17, christian11 or james1337/shayan_alii/raging_bull999/
Dont belive these guys.

Girls be careful this kind of men, stay apart.
If anyone got more names just put in comments so we can warn other girls. This is supposed to be a website for fans, not dangerous, so if thses guys bother u just report them and fanpop will remove them.

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"How do I ....?" picks and answers!

posted by germany123

Question 7..Where can I find the FAQs?

Basically this will be a collection of all the picks asking "HOW DO I- insert basic function here ?" (usually with the options IDK and PLZ tell me in commentz) and my short answer to these inquiries. Now that we have the new answers feature they are usually posted as an answer request but still repeated endlessly.
I usually report these kind of picks/answers and they get deleted as they are effectively spam. The drawback is: all information users leave in the comments is lost.

link seems to only be used by a limited number of fans and though I use it frequently I hate how all information is...

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The Importance of Good Spelling and Grammar

posted by dramallama56

Dictionaries are a handy tool.

One thing that's becoming more and more prominent as time goes on, is that people online don't feel the need to use good grammar and spelling. Now, despite the fact that when on IM or whatevs, it's really fine to use all of these little abbreviations like "jk" "lol" "atm" etc. etc. etc. Before I get any farther into this uncontrolled rant, let me just say that I do use some internet slang. Most of this, however, are words that I make up. So, whatevs, deelie, yuppers, wazhappenin, etc. etc. etc. I'm not one to use mainstream slang other than "lol" because there is NO replacement for LOL. No,...

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Cleanliness Is Next To Godliness

posted by Aussie_Koala

Ok, now I know that there are other articles out there about keeping Fanpop clean in terms of language and being appropriate but it is obviously not enough seeing as people continue to ignore it.

I am not by any means trying to be rude or bossy. I am not your mother. My goal in writing this is hopefully a common one among Fanpop users, to make Fanpop a joyful place for all users.

Topic 1: Language
I myself am very guilty of inappropriate language on Fanpop. I have said some things where if I think twice was not a good idea. I understand that some people say things out of habit and can do it without...

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Why i love fanpop!!!

posted by rookyboy

Why do i love fanpop, i just don't know i find i hard to figure out and o my god i can't think. It must be somthing but what. I can't get it out of my mind. Well my first idea was that is could be some of the funny and brilliant videos i watch, it could be. Was it the amazingly good soapbox's people take time to write, could be.

Hmmm i don't seem to be geting any further into understanding why i love fanpop, i still can't get it out of my mind. HELP!!! i keep thinking. Is it the funny and insightful comments people take time to write, could be. Is it the forum's that we all play game's and...

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STOP BEING MEAN TO ME!

posted by zanesaaomgfan

... or someone's way to scream at somebody.

Today's Fanpop has more people mean and sarcastic then others. I'm not against it, but I don't have to be.

For those "yelled" at constantly, that means you're doing something WRONG! And it only leads to disaster. What might you do wrong?
• Spamming
• Spelling names wrong
• Using incorrect grammar
• Posting miscategorized pictures, picks, questions(answers), etc. to a spot
• Hating on the person's spot
• Impersonating a celebrity
• Making a hate spot

If you do any of those things, you WILL be yelled at or sarcastically talked to. And don't be...

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Happy New Year To Fanpop And Everyone!

posted by fly

In the past few months, we've all received many different gifts. I've saved the best for last.

Happy New Year!

I sincerely hope the past holiday season was celebrated by you and those you love safely and happily.

My favorite gifts this time of year are the simple ones. Gifts that never go out of style and always fit right - friendship and love. the holidays have a way of reminding me I should be sharing these gifts, not only during these special times, but all year long.

It is within my power to make two persons happier in the next few minutes, simply by telephoning someone who has blessed and...

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Fan Pop how to edit stuff

posted by alex165

Alright so this is just for a laugh really, what you change isn't permanent anyway, only you cans ee it and when you refresh everything will change to normal again anyway so it s just for a laugh really so I'm going to teach you how to edit Fanpop clubs for your eyes only, you can have a bit of fun with things you hate or love!

First you will be needing:

- Google Chrome
- A Fanpop Account

Open up Chrome

Go to Fanpop and log in

Go to the club you want to edit (or maybe even someones profile, or yours)

Right click on something you want to change (For example, the fan count) and click Inspect Element...

if we wanted to change the fan count, let's say the fan count on the group we wanted to change was 200. Look for '200' in the inspect element database thingy...

Then edit it and press enter or f10 to save it

You can do this with pretty much anything (see my example)

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You know you're crazily-addicted to Fanpop when...

posted by AmyFitz

Okay, for the past two months I have steadily grown addicted to this website. Maybe it's all the free time I have these days, or maybe it's just I have an addictive personaily. It could of course be that this website is pure brilliance and I constantly think about it. Does that make me sad? No way! Because I can bet I'm not the only one. So here's a checklist of how to know when you've crossed the line between fanpop-addict, and totally-crazy. :)

1. You form an opinion on something and think "I'm going to immediately make a pick about this"...and then the rest of your plan for the day goes out...

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Happy Birthday Fanpop!

posted by dave

I can't believe it's been a whole year!

Today marks our 1-year anniversary of launching the Fanpop public beta! That's right folks, it was one year ago today that we pressed the button and unveiled Fanpop to the world wide web. And since then, we've had millions and millions of people come to the site. It's been great because we've gotten to know so many of you through the community. Whether it be in a fun forum game like A-Z in Heroes or a heat Picks debate about vanilla vs. chocolate, we've really bonded with our users over the past year.

The site has grown and changed so much in the past year. When we launched our spots we just...

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Reposting icons from livejournal

posted by Olivine

Hey everyone,

I felt like writing about the constant reposting of icons from livejournal, because I have become a very active lj user in the past months and I know of many lj people who are annoyed as hell to see their icons posted here.

First of all I'd like to say that I did it too. Yes, I took icons that were posted on livejournal and posted them here with credit.
Now you might say: Okay, but if people credit them, why is there a problem? It's not as if the lj people own the original pictures they icon.
This is of course true, but I think it is more about respect and being polite.

Imagine you...