Account Deleted

Account Deleted?
Why was my account deleted? Did I lose my earnings?

Recently, I've seen posts from people that had their accounts deleted -- so they made new accounts, and are now crying about how their earnings disappeared.

If your account was recently deleted, and you find yourself starting from the beginning, with zero in your FanBox bank, zero friends and zero fans -- and your blogs are all gone - WITHOUT WARNING - here's why:

1) Were you in any way "marketing" any "Get rich quick" or money-making sites or schemes?
 FanBox members don't appreciate spam, and love to see you gone and your earnings returned to the pool for bloggers to enjoy.

2) Did you tag people in photos -- when those people were not actually in the photos?
 You thought you were so clever and original, when you thought you were getting away with it, didn't you?

3) Did you load nude photos -- or shirtless photos of children?
 You should be ashamed of yourself.

4) Are you under the age of 18?
 Sorry, we cannot legally have you here.

5) Are you attempting to "game the system"? IE: Are you attempting to defraud other bloggers and the earnings pool via unethical approaches?
  If so, even though you're probably not understanding that your attempts to cheat the system DO NOT WORK, we delete your account anyway. Read the Terms and Conditions. The FanBox community doesn't like dishonest people; even ignorant ones.

6) Did you do any of the above from a different FanBox account?
 FanBox can tell when you create multiple accounts -- and quietly connects them all together without you knowing -- so all your "clean" accounts are also marked for future deletion.

If you answered YES to any of the above, your account has been deleted, or -- trust me -- it will be (without warning).

Accounts flagged for deletion can take days, weeks or even months to be deleted -- to maximize the frustration of offenders -- and send them back to MySpace where they belong. So don't act surprised when your account suddenly disappears.

If you have done any of the above, is there anything you can do to not be deleted?
 The only hope for your account is to stop doing those things immediately; untag all photos; delete all Money-Making spam, and let me know by leaving a comment below. I won't promise that I will unmark your account, but I might if you seem sincere.  Don't send me a personal message, because I won't respond.

Thanks for your support in keeping FanBox a fun and rewarding community. And to those amazing FanBoxers who are here for the right reasons, have kept it positive and are spreading the love - you know who you are - I am truly sorry that you read this little bit of housekeeping.

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