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	ekaterinv 2012-02-14 12:49 am UTC (link)
	Holy shit! The sad thing is, I've seen other web-based companies do similar things. What the heck is wrong with these people? (Reply to this)

librarianmouse
2012-02-14 03:33 am UTC (link)

That was a lesson in cognitive dissonance. I would be reading the post and getting angry about the way these people were being treated, but then I would get a glimpse of pretty, pretty Ben Barnes in the sidebar and feel all fluttery and happy.

But seriously, are the owners of Fanfusion 12 years old? It's really the only explanation I can come up with for why they think this behavior is okay.

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	come_love_sleep 2012-02-14 04:03 am UTC (link)
	Ew. (Reply to this)

	bobafeis 2012-02-14 04:09 am UTC (link)
	I read the description in the OP and wondered how bad it would have to be to get posted in uf_f and not f_w. Now I know (and kinda wish I didn't, because WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THEM?!) (Reply to this)

white_tean
2012-02-14 05:19 am UTC (link)

"Nothing has changed, it just means that the site would be hosted here forever"
Right, nothing's changed, it just means they want to grab your domain and hold it hostage if you ever want to change web-hosts. Parking a site in their domain with identifying information and the following campaign is horrifying. Legitimate webhosts a) would not do that and b) would not have the time to do that because they're to busy actually doing serious business.

I recommend buying a domain from Namecheap (their CEO doesn't hunt elephants and they don't create any other drama I know of), and then getting some free hosting from www.000webhost.com/ Their free service is pretty good, so they're worth looking into also for paid hosting.

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	sepiamagpie 2012-02-14 06:25 am UTC (link)
	Can I just say that a lot of their campaign seems really incomprehensible and weird? (Reply to this)

	cmdr_zoom 2012-02-14 06:25 am UTC (link)
	I was going to compare this to the impossibility of getting a wiki off of Wikia, but those screencaps... damn. That's taking things to a whole new (disgusting) level. (Reply to this)

	tehrin 2012-02-14 07:04 am UTC (link)
	What the fuck is wrong with some people? (Reply to this)

	puipui 2012-02-14 09:50 am UTC (link)
	Holy shit. Who the fuck even does that? (Reply to this)

moongazingfae
2012-02-14 12:46 pm UTC (link)

Bloody hell.

I went out of curiosity to the Fanfusion website. MY EYES. It's a brightly-coloured, painfully twee design.

They have an "adopt a website" section which I can only think must be the websites they kept of people who either abandoned them or wanted to shut them down but weren't prevented.

Whoever's running that thing is NOT a professional, which makes that harassment campaign only slightly less batshit than if it were a professional company.

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	moongazingfae 2012-02-14 12:48 pm UTC (link)
	*were prevented. Typing fail. Actually, that whole sentence is fail. They have an "adopt a website" section, which I can only think must be composed of the websites that were either abandoned, or the original owners wished to shut down but were prevented from doing so by Fanfusion. Slightly better. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	koufukuron 2012-02-17 03:18 pm UTC (link)
	The worst part is that they have a service where you PAY them to design garish hideous banners for at least 20 euros. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	back_in_black 2012-02-14 03:08 pm UTC (link)
	My god, that's horrific. Signal boosted. (Reply to this)

	napalmnacey 2012-02-14 03:18 pm UTC (link)
	That is some fucked up shit. Signal boosted. (Reply to this)

	jaythenerdkid 2012-02-15 01:30 am UTC (link)
	Not okay on just about every level. Reblogged. (Reply to this)

	rosehiptea 2012-02-15 02:12 am UTC (link)
	That is so bizarre and fucked up. Reblogged on Tumblr already. (Reply to this)

	silrana 2012-02-15 02:49 am UTC (link)
	I hope he checks into their state's cyberstalking laws. Because that is a violation if I ever saw one. (Reply to this)

	More on FanFusion pfeffermuse 2012-02-15 03:06 pm UTC (link)
	More on FanFusion from nonnie in Wank_Report. Apparently, this isn't the first time they've harassed, plagiarised and stolen copyrighted material from a user who wanted to leave their service. Harassing an owner of an urban-pop blog, and stealing her content.* *Warning: Some of the comments use mysoginstic language (even the supportive ones) to the articles. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: More on FanFusion anarchicq 2012-02-15 06:11 pm UTC (link)
	Added, thanks. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	octavia 2012-02-15 05:30 pm UTC (link)
	They have done it before. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	anarchicq 2012-02-15 06:11 pm UTC (link)
	Added. (Reply to this)(Parent)