Fanpop Article: The PROPer use of PROPS!

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posted by Temptasia

Now, I love سہارا as much (or more) than the اگلے person and when I go to my page and see that someone has دیا me a سہارا I am in a happy little bubble for the rest of the day. I think this is a wonderful feature so that people can be recognized for their outstanding work. However, there is a etiquette that goes along with giving props. سہارا are something آپ should give if آپ feel that a person has contributed something funny, substantial, unique, outstanding, یا just plain awesome in your eyes. They are essentially a reward for hard work that آپ have done. They are like a virtual high five. They are not intended as venue for chatting with دوستوں یا saying hi to someone. It is also not fitting to سہارا back unless آپ are actually propping that person for something they did, and not just saying thanks to them for the سہارا they gave you. These are both things that can be done through a message. I personally love messages almost as much as props, especially if they would be out of place as a prop. One thing I love about Fanpop is that the people on here are so positive and sweet! Sometimes they are so positive that they are a little overzealous and give people سہارا without a reason یا just to say hi. I find it a little disconcerting that some people have 15 یا 20 have not contributed anything. I also commonly see people who have سہارا in categories that they have not contributed anything in. For example they have 7 سہارا for ویڈیوز and have not contributed any videos. Benji made this AWESOME فورم on the Being Nice spot called "The Hug Topic" which is to recognize people for things that are not "prop worthy' but still deserve recognition (here's the link: link). سے طرف کی the way, I am not writing this soapbox to upset anyone; that is absolutely the last thing that I would want to do, because آپ are all so awesome! However, I do think that it is important to use this and other features in the way they were intended to be used.

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Dominator Totally agree with you... If it does offend then "you must be an offender" :P

Crazy-Chica im sad to admit i have been doing that latley... so everyone CAN U FORGIVE ME? (i will NEVER do it again) =( plz forgive me!

Temptasia No forgiving needed hun! You are awesome! It is totally not even a huge deal. I just thought it was something that should be pointed out :)

tubby2002 awsome article

sunsweetheart39 I completely agree. A couple of days ago I got a prop for videos, yet hadn't contributes any!! (It's not a huge deal, but I am glad that you pointed it out) :)

maybeastarbucks Amen. I feel my fanpop profile would be scarred if I got a prop that I didn't rightly deserve.

johnminh Great soapbox, temptasia. Whenever I get a prop, I just send a thank you note via the message system. As much as I pimp myself out for props, I don't want to get one that I haven't earned. =)

knifewrench Up-High-For-Cyber-Article-High-Five! I do have a question though. On The Fable Spot I have been posting forum competitions. Whoever answers the Fable-related question correctly gets a comment prop. Do you think this is a correct use of props?

snoznoodle Yeah it sort of squishes that warm feeling if someone Props you to say Hi. Comment props I suppose are for any comments you think are useful so I suppose that would be fine knifewrench. But I guess getting it as a prize wouldn't exactly give the same feeling. When a prop just pops up out of no where it feels pretty cool. Although you might want to take someone else's advice. Temptasia would know a bit more about it than me.

hekissedmyhand :D

HillbilleeChick i love me some props! heheheh i i looove to give props.. and love recieving them, if any of yall know me, lol you know i ive gave props just to say hi sometimes, shhhh. i just like being nice. =P great post girl? i dont understnad though why it was rated a 4.0 though.. =( i gave it a five! and going to give ya a prop too! =P

dave I've seen some of you guys start some pretty cool forum threads like games and other really creative ideas...we may have to create a new forum prop! Good call knifewrench! Totally love the article Temptasia, I think a lot of users are more familiar with a Wall or Comments like on Facebook or Myspace, so they are used to writing random messages on a profile that way. But we intended props to be more of a way to appreciate other users and thank them for their contributions. Maybe a separate wall would be useful? Or it might just be confusing...use the messaging everyone! Now you can block users you don't like in your message inbox too! :)

Lila856 Great soapbox! Though yes i looooove props, everyone needs to be fair =P

waterlilybarb I totally agree with you, and love the article. I don't have many props, but the few I have, I think I earned. It does make you feel good to get a little recognition for the effort you took to find good links or videos, or for the thought put into comments. Not everything needs to be commented on extensively, but some things do. I would also have to agree with you that I'm just as happy to receive a random message. It brightens my day to see something in my "mailbox" other than a new fan (although those are nice too). I've met some very cool people here, and hope to continue to do so.

lovelotgirl NICE ARTICLE YOUR RIGHT ON THE SPOT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Temptasia Thanks for reading guys. This was a featured soapbox for 3 days!

Rockster See, i only recieved my first one about a month ago, i thought that was sensible due to that you need to put effort into some spots, im trying to get more props for comments in the pick by answering each one with a comment, Nice soapbox temptasia :D

ThinkPink20 Someone gave me props on my videos, and didn't explain anything. All they said was, "I just felt like giving you props." Then, later that week, they gave me props to explain the props, and that was no good. They're both bye-bye, because I didn't deserve them. Who wants to get something they didn't earn? It's not a good feeling!

Sappp I recently saw two users who got like 50 props from one users in all categories. With one user they all had a comment like 'happy birthday' and the other 'i'm sooooo sorry'. I'm more happy with the few props that I earned, than with 50 if that's how I've got them. (and it's confusing too because I thought the users must be really something to have so much props but they had not contributed all that much at all).

hooch-is-crazy I saw hulu's profile page not long ago, it's filled with props saying "please delete these videos" they're not even people saying hi, they're negative props

jedigal1990 great article i agree i only want a prop if someone really thought i deserve on not to say hi. but still i love getting props they make me very happy

User20392 I completely agree with you. To be honest, I've still given random props to people before and still do it, but they're okay with it. It's mostly so I won't seem rude. Some weeks ago I added in my profile a small comment that says that I would appreciate that people would give me props I actually deserve. After all, I got tired of seeing my prop list and realizing I don't deserve most of them, I mean, what's the point of that, right? I guess I can try not giving out random props myself. Great article! [Edited because I thought I could word my comment better than before.]

MikuChan Thanks for the article,now I've really got the idea and sense of props! :3 ('Cause I'm quite new here and always wondered what they're for..^^'') And besides that fact: I TOTALLY agree with you!^^(concerning when to give a prop and when not)

ImAnEasel I SO agree!! I always try and give props for things that the person has actually done, instead of just giving a random links or pop quiz prop with a 'thanks for the add' message.