FanPlus 12+

Nice app except for the fact that some ads have 2 parts. The second part of those ads requires you to wait until the x appears. I would like for it to have the x be there so that I don’t have to wait for it. An example of of this is the Project Makeover ad. I would change my review if something is done about those ads.

If I were to say this app is bad, I’d only be stating the obvious. While that is definitely an accurate description of my experience with this app, it is more than just “bad”. It takes you to a place far beyond the realm of simply being “bad” and leaves you wondering if the team behind this is going out of their way to purposely create a miserable experience. If I had to pick a worst part about this app (a difficult task indeed as there are many), it would be the insult to the intelligence of its users by its belief that anyone would find this app entertaining or useful in the slightest.

Unsurprisingly, I am a person who does not believe that anyone or anything is 100% good or bad. My belief that people are complex and multifaceted and desire to examine all information from both sides of any given issue before judgment is what ultimately led me to downloading this app. It is also what caused my biggest conflict with its black and white view of the world, humanity, and complex, sensitive issues to begin with. But if anything at all could ever make me question this belief it is this app. It, and the team behind it, is the closest I have come by to something that is downright and irredeemably terrible.

This is a feat in and of itself! Unfortunately giving zero stars is not an option, so I will begrudgingly give you one. Congratulations!! You deserved it!

They held a competition on Twitter. The rules were stated and the competition began. When the first front runner became obvious, FanPlus changed the rules which resulted in the forerunner’s submission being excluded. That person then came up with a different submission with met all of the new rules. This new submission quickly took the first place position.

Yesterday the winner was announced. Based upon the rules (likes & retweets) the aforementioned new submission was the clear winner by several thousand likes & retweets. However, this submission was not declared the winner. Instead, the winner that was chosen not only had a few hundred likes & retweets, they broke another competition rule by using a copyrighted picture which was edited to remove one person in the picture.

So I ask, how can you declare a winner who clearly lost the popular vote AND broke competition rules?

This app and the people who run it deserve 0 stars, but since that’s not possible, one star it is.