Board Thread:Announcements of the Fanon Wiki/@comment-32676723-20170804195323/@comment-24947676-20170806062928

I believe threatening the thieves with things like death, rape, and robbery are going way too far.

However, I fail to see how just angrily yelling at the thief to make 'em stop stealing (as long as it doesnt involve threatening to do illegal things) makes us look like a bad, evil, hostile place.

'Cause like, victims of thievery have every right to yell at the thief, regardless of whether or not they're a troll. Art thievery and reposting often leads to artists being denied jobs because the higher-ups can't prove whether or not the artwork on the resume is really the artist's work. Obviously this does not apply to most of the things that get stolen from here, however, I believe some of our users here do make actual art, which obviously, ends up getting stolen.

Any sane person would be on our side (as long as we aren't threatening illegal shit), regardless of our tone - I'm pretty sure everyone knows by now that thievery is against the rules of most sites (including deviantart, where many people were found stealing from us), and can result in the original artists being unable to find jobs.

'''You, maybe: But Crystal! What if the thief is under the age of 13?? They don't know any better!'''

Well, first of all, they shouldn't have accounts on the internet in the first place, as most sites require you to be 13 or over to have an account on them. Second, if they don't know any better at that point, then clearly their parents didn't do their job and thus the kiddo needs to be taught a lesson. There is no excuse for thievery.

TLDR: I believe threatening to do illegal shit to thieves is awful, but telling us not to yell at the thieves is just dumb.