So I was hanging out on my computer this evening, watching some Видео and browsing on Fanpop, when I noticed something that disturbed me. In not one, but two different spots. I discovered several examples of what I believe to be "Ghost Accounts".
"Ghost Accounts" are what I'm calling additional accounts created by an already existing Fanpop member to skew the results of a pick или an argument in their favor. I have read things Опубликовано by other Fanpoppers suggesting their existence in the past, but hadn't knowingly spotted any for myself. Tonight I believe I spotted three different people doing this.
The first example I discovered through a series of picks created by a user that I had never seen around before. I'm all for new users, so I answered the picks and made some comments. Within the Комментарий sections of these picks, I noticed two other users that I had never seen before. The thing is, the three users didn't always answer the same way, but their Комментарии were always similarly rude. I decided to compare all three users and I discovered that they had much in common. They had all joined Fanpop this month, none of them belonged to any spots, aside from their Иконки - their Fanpop user pages were all blank, and they had all answered picks from the exact same four spots, and only those four spots.
I found the секунда example within a pick that had been answered 444 times. This pick had three pages of comments, and on the секунда page, I saw the following: Three Комментарии that сказал(-а) the exact same thing, in a row. All three user names were different but fit the same pattern, Girls-first-name followed immediately by a two digit number. An example of what they looked like is "Mary25". And all three belonged to users that had no icons, contributions, или information to speak of. Not to mention they didn't belong to a single spot.
The third, and luckily, final example I noticed was within the exact same pick as the секунда example. As I mentioned, this particular pick had three pages of comments. After Чтение through them, I went back to check the results of the pick. I found the option that came in секунда place particularly odd because in those three pages of comments, I hadn't seen a single one in support of it. This option had been added to the pick by a user other than the picks creator. I went ahead and clicked on the person who added this option only to discover, Ты guessed it, that their user page was blank! In fact, this was the only pick they had ever answered.
Obviously, I have no way of knowing if these are in fact "Ghost Accounts", but the coincidences seem overwhelmingly in favor of that being the case. Since I had never before noticed behavior such as this, and I noticed it three whole times today, I decided to think of three reasons that creating these accounts to answer picks is just plain silly. Without further ado:
#1 - Ты Know Better!
It's not a presidential election, Fanpop is for fun! There is no point in seeing your choice win if you know it isn't genuine. Do Ты really think that seeing your Избранное thing "win" a pick will have еще impact on someone than Чтение your well thought-out, well written Комментарии would?
#2 - It's disrespectful to Other Users
There are two main functions to posting a pick. One is that Ты get to share your opinions with others. The other is that Ты get to see what other people think. By tampering with the results of a pick, Ты deprive its maker of the latter by making сказал(-а) results inaccurate. I know that when I post a pick, what I most enjoy afterwards is Чтение the Комментарии that it spawned from others. It's great to make your opinion known, but use Комментарии to do so. I guarantee that they will be read.
#3 - Being in the Minority is OK
So what if your opinion is not the Популярное one. Take pride in the fact that you're an independent thinker или that Ты see something where few others do. или better yet, flex your Дебаты skills by trying to persuade others to see your point.
So those are my reasons. I know that most of Ты who are Чтение this are cool, respectful people who realize the idiocy of committing the aforementioned act. I was just annoyed with what I saw tonight so I had to release my irritation somewhere. Thanks for listening.
"Ghost Accounts" are what I'm calling additional accounts created by an already existing Fanpop member to skew the results of a pick или an argument in their favor. I have read things Опубликовано by other Fanpoppers suggesting their existence in the past, but hadn't knowingly spotted any for myself. Tonight I believe I spotted three different people doing this.
The first example I discovered through a series of picks created by a user that I had never seen around before. I'm all for new users, so I answered the picks and made some comments. Within the Комментарий sections of these picks, I noticed two other users that I had never seen before. The thing is, the three users didn't always answer the same way, but their Комментарии were always similarly rude. I decided to compare all three users and I discovered that they had much in common. They had all joined Fanpop this month, none of them belonged to any spots, aside from their Иконки - their Fanpop user pages were all blank, and they had all answered picks from the exact same four spots, and only those four spots.
I found the секунда example within a pick that had been answered 444 times. This pick had three pages of comments, and on the секунда page, I saw the following: Three Комментарии that сказал(-а) the exact same thing, in a row. All three user names were different but fit the same pattern, Girls-first-name followed immediately by a two digit number. An example of what they looked like is "Mary25". And all three belonged to users that had no icons, contributions, или information to speak of. Not to mention they didn't belong to a single spot.
The third, and luckily, final example I noticed was within the exact same pick as the секунда example. As I mentioned, this particular pick had three pages of comments. After Чтение through them, I went back to check the results of the pick. I found the option that came in секунда place particularly odd because in those three pages of comments, I hadn't seen a single one in support of it. This option had been added to the pick by a user other than the picks creator. I went ahead and clicked on the person who added this option only to discover, Ты guessed it, that their user page was blank! In fact, this was the only pick they had ever answered.
Obviously, I have no way of knowing if these are in fact "Ghost Accounts", but the coincidences seem overwhelmingly in favor of that being the case. Since I had never before noticed behavior such as this, and I noticed it three whole times today, I decided to think of three reasons that creating these accounts to answer picks is just plain silly. Without further ado:
#1 - Ты Know Better!
It's not a presidential election, Fanpop is for fun! There is no point in seeing your choice win if you know it isn't genuine. Do Ты really think that seeing your Избранное thing "win" a pick will have еще impact on someone than Чтение your well thought-out, well written Комментарии would?
#2 - It's disrespectful to Other Users
There are two main functions to posting a pick. One is that Ты get to share your opinions with others. The other is that Ты get to see what other people think. By tampering with the results of a pick, Ты deprive its maker of the latter by making сказал(-а) results inaccurate. I know that when I post a pick, what I most enjoy afterwards is Чтение the Комментарии that it spawned from others. It's great to make your opinion known, but use Комментарии to do so. I guarantee that they will be read.
#3 - Being in the Minority is OK
So what if your opinion is not the Популярное one. Take pride in the fact that you're an independent thinker или that Ты see something where few others do. или better yet, flex your Дебаты skills by trying to persuade others to see your point.
So those are my reasons. I know that most of Ты who are Чтение this are cool, respectful people who realize the idiocy of committing the aforementioned act. I was just annoyed with what I saw tonight so I had to release my irritation somewhere. Thanks for listening.
I did it again.
I accidentally hit the "start chat" tab again.
And couldn't remember how make it go away.
I've had this problem a few times before and have to re-learn it every time.
For some reason, I'm always under the impression that the solution lies under my Профиль settings.
It does not.
So now there is an Статья to remind me, and anyone else who needs it, how to get rid of this dang thang.
Step 1: Under the "contacts" tab, click "I am online." The words, not the pencil. If Ты click the pencil, it will complicate things and you'll have to reload the page.
Step 2: Click "Log out."
It's not the most obvious way out, but it's easy once Ты finally remember how to do it, so I hope this helps cut down on some frustration. (If not for you, at least for me Далее time I accidentally open it and frantically Поиск for a solution. =P)
I accidentally hit the "start chat" tab again.
And couldn't remember how make it go away.
I've had this problem a few times before and have to re-learn it every time.
For some reason, I'm always under the impression that the solution lies under my Профиль settings.
It does not.
So now there is an Статья to remind me, and anyone else who needs it, how to get rid of this dang thang.
Step 1: Under the "contacts" tab, click "I am online." The words, not the pencil. If Ты click the pencil, it will complicate things and you'll have to reload the page.
Step 2: Click "Log out."
It's not the most obvious way out, but it's easy once Ты finally remember how to do it, so I hope this helps cut down on some frustration. (If not for you, at least for me Далее time I accidentally open it and frantically Поиск for a solution. =P)
Yeah, I know this is kinda lame, but this is all I could think up! :'(
Just go to an article, (or look the person who Ты want to message up) and click their name near the top. Fanpop will Показать Ты their Профиль page and scroll down until Ты find the "Message" tab. Click it and ...voila!
Just type your message and send it. If they message Ты back, your Входящие will tell you! Try it!
Sorry if this was lame! :(
But please remember to
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Be a Фан of this
Comment
And subscribe!
Have a great day!!!!!!
Just go to an article, (or look the person who Ты want to message up) and click their name near the top. Fanpop will Показать Ты their Профиль page and scroll down until Ты find the "Message" tab. Click it and ...voila!
Just type your message and send it. If they message Ты back, your Входящие will tell you! Try it!
Sorry if this was lame! :(
But please remember to
Like
Be a Фан of this
Comment
And subscribe!
Have a great day!!!!!!
By the way this is my first soapbox
Ok, I usually don't make user guides but this one needs to be made. I have seen a lot of picks and a lot of them are boring или annoying. Here is a Список of steps to help Ты out.
1. Try to have еще than three Ответы if possible. If the Вопрос is "Who should Jim be with?" Put, Karen and Pam, and then put an answer like neither или Katy.
2.Always have pictures for the Вопрос if it isn't a yes, no, или maybe question. Pictures bring in еще Фаны and make the picks еще interesting.
3. Try to ask Вопросы that people haven't already asked and Вопросы that people will be interested in. Don't make it boring.
Now these are the three golden steps to making a good, quality pick on fanpop. If Ты feel I need to add anything, then please leave it in the comments.
1. Try to have еще than three Ответы if possible. If the Вопрос is "Who should Jim be with?" Put, Karen and Pam, and then put an answer like neither или Katy.
2.Always have pictures for the Вопрос if it isn't a yes, no, или maybe question. Pictures bring in еще Фаны and make the picks еще interesting.
3. Try to ask Вопросы that people haven't already asked and Вопросы that people will be interested in. Don't make it boring.
Now these are the three golden steps to making a good, quality pick on fanpop. If Ты feel I need to add anything, then please leave it in the comments.
I'm guessing a lot of people have all ready have found this problem but if Ты don't understand then it's like this:
One день I decided to create a new club of something that didn't exist as a club yet but I couldn't find the 'Create a club' button. Trust me I looked high and low for the thing but couldn't find it. When I logged out of my account at last there I saw it, the 'Create a club button' so when I clicked on it they of course asked me to sign back in but when I did I was the same position I was in before clicking.
For some people this problem don't seem to happen but for people like me who want to create клубы but can't because the button is unavailable well it's frustrating. I've been looking abound for some kind of answer but the only thing that came up was a link link
this only leads to Ты having to sign in again. I don't know if it's the signing in thing that's the problem but it really shouldn't be.
Please fix this problem Fanpop!
One день I decided to create a new club of something that didn't exist as a club yet but I couldn't find the 'Create a club' button. Trust me I looked high and low for the thing but couldn't find it. When I logged out of my account at last there I saw it, the 'Create a club button' so when I clicked on it they of course asked me to sign back in but when I did I was the same position I was in before clicking.
For some people this problem don't seem to happen but for people like me who want to create клубы but can't because the button is unavailable well it's frustrating. I've been looking abound for some kind of answer but the only thing that came up was a link link
this only leads to Ты having to sign in again. I don't know if it's the signing in thing that's the problem but it really shouldn't be.
Please fix this problem Fanpop!