Today marks our 1-year anniversary of launching the fanpop public beta! That's right folks, it was one año hace 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 tu through the community. Whether it be in a fun foros game like A-Z in heroes o 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, foros and headlines. Now fans can write soapbox articles, subir videos and embed from almost any video site with thumbnails, create image galleries for icons, fan art, fotos and wallpapers, and they can even create interactive encuestas that we like to call Picks. We had a facelift back in March with a wider layout and más colors. And to help pat all of tu on the back and let tu encourage one another, we rolled out fan props. We also created a bunch of tools to help tu use fanpop and spread the word like the "Invite a Friend" feature, Picks widget to embed on your MySpace, Xanga, o wherever, and the bookmarklet so tu can easily bookmark sites and videos to your spots. It's been a long and crazy año 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 por all of your messages and comentarios 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 articulo 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 comentario about how much they amor the site. I sometimes go back just to read the articulo and comentarios again to remind myself that tu all are why we get excited about doing what we do each día (and then I grab my box of tissues because I get so choked up!). The community keeps growing and growing each mes and if we keep getting users as awesome as the ones we have now (adding images, escritura soapbox articles, uploading videos, giving props, starting foros games, etc.), then we're in for another really great año of Fanpopping! Thank tu to all of tu 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, foros and headlines. Now fans can write soapbox articles, subir videos and embed from almost any video site with thumbnails, create image galleries for icons, fan art, fotos and wallpapers, and they can even create interactive encuestas that we like to call Picks. We had a facelift back in March with a wider layout and más colors. And to help pat all of tu on the back and let tu encourage one another, we rolled out fan props. We also created a bunch of tools to help tu use fanpop and spread the word like the "Invite a Friend" feature, Picks widget to embed on your MySpace, Xanga, o wherever, and the bookmarklet so tu can easily bookmark sites and videos to your spots. It's been a long and crazy año 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 por all of your messages and comentarios 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 articulo 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 comentario about how much they amor the site. I sometimes go back just to read the articulo and comentarios again to remind myself that tu all are why we get excited about doing what we do each día (and then I grab my box of tissues because I get so choked up!). The community keeps growing and growing each mes and if we keep getting users as awesome as the ones we have now (adding images, escritura soapbox articles, uploading videos, giving props, starting foros games, etc.), then we're in for another really great año of Fanpopping! Thank tu to all of tu users who make the site so darn good.
I am not here to lecture tu yet again on foto crediting. I am done with that.
I am way past the lecturing and into downright grrrrrr-ville.
tu already know full well that taking something tu 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 imágenes with no credit to the original owner of the image will be rated harshly no matter how great the picture is... o how much I normally like you.
Additionally, if there is a blatant Copyright notice right there on the damn picture and tu still failed to credit the owner, I'm reporting it to fanpop -and- notifying the owner of the image that tu estola it.
Enough is enough.
I am way past the lecturing and into downright grrrrrr-ville.
tu already know full well that taking something tu 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 imágenes with no credit to the original owner of the image will be rated harshly no matter how great the picture is... o how much I normally like you.
Additionally, if there is a blatant Copyright notice right there on the damn picture and tu still failed to credit the owner, I'm reporting it to fanpop -and- notifying the owner of the image that tu estola it.
Enough is enough.
here are some motto's that i have either made o 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 tu can be a unicorn. Then always be a unicorn!
Always be you, because eevryone else is taken - Anonymous
ill post más when i find more!!!
these are for eeryone to use so feel free to put them up, but plz put my nombre de usuario with them cuz i wanna get some credit for it plz!
im need to make this longer so heres some misceláneo stufff
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Anyone who's never made a mistake has never tried anything new! - Albert.A. Einstein
Always be yourself, unless tu can be a unicorn. Then always be a unicorn!
Always be you, because eevryone else is taken - Anonymous
ill post más when i find more!!!
these are for eeryone to use so feel free to put them up, but plz put my nombre de usuario with them cuz i wanna get some credit for it plz!
im need to make this longer so heres some misceláneo stufff
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A few minutos hace I thought of a partial answer to the reciente 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 o particular piece of content has been rated low tu 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 tu 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 o particular piece of content has been rated low tu 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 tu 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 inicial page so that people can see what has been recently created and if they want to registrarse the particular spot. It would really make the people who created the spots happy because they could get some good publicity.
por the way I made a new spot about Kal Penn, the indian guy from the camioneta, van wilder movies, Harold and Kumar go to white castle, and Epic Movie.
So if u like those cine check it out. all tu have to do is type "Kal Penn" in the buscar engine" (obviously, I know)
Also this soapbox was ment for the fanpop spot
por the way I made a new spot about Kal Penn, the indian guy from the camioneta, van wilder movies, Harold and Kumar go to white castle, and Epic Movie.
So if u like those cine check it out. all tu have to do is type "Kal Penn" in the buscar 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 tu know, Paris has been attacked yesterday por terrorists. The concierto hall "Le Bataclan" has been attacked during a concert.
128 dead and más 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 tu to leave a few words, thoughts for the victims of this disaster.
Thank tu <3
my name is Inès, and I'm French.
As a lot of tu know, Paris has been attacked yesterday por terrorists. The concierto hall "Le Bataclan" has been attacked during a concert.
128 dead and más 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 tu to leave a few words, thoughts for the victims of this disaster.
Thank tu <3