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 had links, forums and headlines. Now fans can write soapbox articles, upload videos and embed from almost any video site with thumbnails, create image galleries for icons, fan art, photos and wallpapers, and they can even create interactive polls that we like to call Picks. We had a facelift back in March with a wider layout and more colors. And to help pat all of you on the back and let you encourage one another, we rolled out fan props. We also created a bunch of tools to help you use Fanpop and spread the word like the "Invite a Friend" feature, Picks widget to embed on your MySpace, Xanga, or wherever, and the bookmarklet so you can easily bookmark sites and videos to your spots. It's been a long and crazy year and I want to thank Papa, Michael and Cliff for putting so much of themselves into making all of this happen.
We've really been encouraged by all of your messages and comments to the team. One of the biggest reasons we keep chugging along and working so hard on making Fanpop a great community site is because of your kind words. But what really bowled the team over was link soapbox article titled "link". Not only was it hilarious, but it made us believe that we must be doing something right when cool folks like Amy and other users comment about how much they love the site. I sometimes go back just to read the article and comments again to remind myself that you all are why we get excited about doing what we do each day (and then I grab my box of tissues because I get so choked up!). The community keeps growing and growing each month and if we keep getting users as awesome as the ones we have now (adding images, writing soapbox articles, uploading videos, giving props, starting forum games, etc.), then we're in for another really great year of Fanpopping! Thank you to all of you users who make the site so darn good.
The site has grown and changed so much in the past year. When we launched our spots we just had links, forums and headlines. Now fans can write soapbox articles, upload videos and embed from almost any video site with thumbnails, create image galleries for icons, fan art, photos and wallpapers, and they can even create interactive polls that we like to call Picks. We had a facelift back in March with a wider layout and more colors. And to help pat all of you on the back and let you encourage one another, we rolled out fan props. We also created a bunch of tools to help you use Fanpop and spread the word like the "Invite a Friend" feature, Picks widget to embed on your MySpace, Xanga, or wherever, and the bookmarklet so you can easily bookmark sites and videos to your spots. It's been a long and crazy year and I want to thank Papa, Michael and Cliff for putting so much of themselves into making all of this happen.
We've really been encouraged by all of your messages and comments to the team. One of the biggest reasons we keep chugging along and working so hard on making Fanpop a great community site is because of your kind words. But what really bowled the team over was link soapbox article titled "link". Not only was it hilarious, but it made us believe that we must be doing something right when cool folks like Amy and other users comment about how much they love the site. I sometimes go back just to read the article and comments again to remind myself that you all are why we get excited about doing what we do each day (and then I grab my box of tissues because I get so choked up!). The community keeps growing and growing each month and if we keep getting users as awesome as the ones we have now (adding images, writing soapbox articles, uploading videos, giving props, starting forum games, etc.), then we're in for another really great year of Fanpopping! Thank you to all of you users who make the site so darn good.
I am not here to lecture you yet again on photo crediting. I am done with that.
I am way past the lecturing and into downright grrrrrr-ville.
You already know full well that taking something you did not create and not giving full credit to the owner is theft. Your excuses mostly boil down to laziness at this point.
So.
This is my public notice that any and all images with no credit to the original owner of the image will be rated harshly no matter how great the picture is... or how much I normally like you.
Additionally, if there is a blatant Copyright notice right there on the damn picture and you still failed to credit the owner, I'm reporting it to Fanpop -and- notifying the owner of the image that you stole it.
Enough is enough.
I am way past the lecturing and into downright grrrrrr-ville.
You already know full well that taking something you did not create and not giving full credit to the owner is theft. Your excuses mostly boil down to laziness at this point.
So.
This is my public notice that any and all images with no credit to the original owner of the image will be rated harshly no matter how great the picture is... or how much I normally like you.
Additionally, if there is a blatant Copyright notice right there on the damn picture and you still failed to credit the owner, I'm reporting it to Fanpop -and- notifying the owner of the image that you stole it.
Enough is enough.
here are some motto's that i have either made or have gotten from things i've seen!
Anyone who's never made a mistake has never tried anything new! - Albert.A. Einstein
Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn. Then always be a unicorn!
Always be you, because eevryone else is taken - Anonymous
ill post more when i find more!!!
these are for eeryone to use so feel free to put them up, but plz put my username with them cuz i wanna get some credit for it plz!
im need to make this longer so heres some random stufff
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Anyone who's never made a mistake has never tried anything new! - Albert.A. Einstein
Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn. Then always be a unicorn!
Always be you, because eevryone else is taken - Anonymous
ill post more when i find more!!!
these are for eeryone to use so feel free to put them up, but plz put my username with them cuz i wanna get some credit for it plz!
im need to make this longer so heres some random stufff
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A few minutes ago I thought of a partial answer to the recent outbreak of internet trolls we've had over the last few moths.
Ladies and Gentlepoppers, I introduce to you:
The ATSOF (The Anti Troll Squad Of Fanpop)
This will be a society of fanpoppers who work together to justly rate any content which has (without reason) been rated low.
My plan is to make an ATSOF Spot; if a spot or particular piece of content has been rated low you can alert the ATSOF spot about this and some of the "fans" of the spot will head over to the content and rate the content fairly, therefore boosting the rating.
Please tell me what you think; I don't want to create a Ghost-Spot-to-be
Ladies and Gentlepoppers, I introduce to you:
The ATSOF (The Anti Troll Squad Of Fanpop)
This will be a society of fanpoppers who work together to justly rate any content which has (without reason) been rated low.
My plan is to make an ATSOF Spot; if a spot or particular piece of content has been rated low you can alert the ATSOF spot about this and some of the "fans" of the spot will head over to the content and rate the content fairly, therefore boosting the rating.
Please tell me what you think; I don't want to create a Ghost-Spot-to-be
If we make a new spot we want to make it popular. Recently I made a new spot so when I wanted to send a message to all my friends about it I got tired of typing individual messages so I quit. So we should be able to send one message to all our friends at the same time if necessary. Also there should be an area that says "new spots" on the home page so that people can see what has been recently created and if they want to join the particular spot. It would really make the people who created the spots happy because they could get some good publicity.
By the way I made a new spot about Kal Penn, the indian guy from the van wilder movies, Harold and Kumar go to white castle, and Epic Movie.
So if u like those movies check it out. all you have to do is type "Kal Penn" in the search engine" (obviously, I know)
Also this soapbox was ment for the fanpop spot
By the way I made a new spot about Kal Penn, the indian guy from the van wilder movies, Harold and Kumar go to white castle, and Epic Movie.
So if u like those movies check it out. all you have to do is type "Kal Penn" in the search engine" (obviously, I know)
Also this soapbox was ment for the fanpop spot
Hello to everyone,
my name is Inès, and I'm French.
As a lot of you know, Paris has been attacked yesterday by terrorists. The concert hall "Le Bataclan" has been attacked during a concert.
128 dead and more than 200 wounded are for now counted. This is a tragedy.
I was born and I've lived in Paris, and I often go there and to the Bataclan to attend concerts, and seeing this, is just awful. The whole country is shocked and desperate.
3 national days of mourning have been declared.
I invite you to leave a few words, thoughts for the victims of this disaster.
Thank you <3
my name is Inès, and I'm French.
As a lot of you know, Paris has been attacked yesterday by terrorists. The concert hall "Le Bataclan" has been attacked during a concert.
128 dead and more than 200 wounded are for now counted. This is a tragedy.
I was born and I've lived in Paris, and I often go there and to the Bataclan to attend concerts, and seeing this, is just awful. The whole country is shocked and desperate.
3 national days of mourning have been declared.
I invite you to leave a few words, thoughts for the victims of this disaster.
Thank you <3