Bluesky Tips for ARMY

      With all of the Meta drama Zuckerburg has stirred up this past week or so by licking the boots of Trump and Musk, I thought it would be of help to some to hear my thoughts on Bluesky. I am going to stay on Threads and keep my Instagram for now, but if things get bad like they are on Twitter, I will leave. For those who don't know, Zuck basically came out with a statement saying that certain hate speech will be allowed in the name of free speech. He wants the Meta platforms to have more "masculine energy" whatever that means, they have changed DEI initiatives (they will be hiring less women, veterans, disabled, and non-white people) and they have changed their stance at Meta on political content and will be pushing more of it. Things are going to look a lot worse on Threads, particularly for US users because other countries have stricter protections and regulations for social media apps to protect users. I'm also concerned about what is going to happen when Threads gets ads because that was set to begin this month. I haven't heard anything else about it and with the current climate of the US politically and all of the celebrities and public figures caving to the dark side it could be bad. I know Twitter had right-wing organizations pushing fascist ads from right-wing churches and organizations and they made it so you couldn't block or report ads anymore unless you paid for Twitter Blue and I refused. I think that was the last thing that actually pushed me to delete my account.

     Before I deleted Twitter, I had already been on Threads for almost a year. I'm glad I had already set up an account and had made connections with ARMY on Threads because I had somewhere to go that made it a lot easier to dump Twitter. If you are unsure where to go from Threads if things go bad there I recommend setting up a Bluesky account as a backup. Here's some things to know about Bluesky. I'm not an expert but this is what I have learned since I have been using the app for the past few months.

     Bluesky looks a lot like Twitter because the founder is Jack Dorsey who started Twitter and was CEO before Elon Musk took over and ran it into the ground. The current CEO is Jay Graber. She has already said that she doesn't want to crowd the app with ads and that customization is what they want emphasize on Bluesky. I noticed how familiar the app looked when I joined and I like the butterfly icon more than the ugly X icon. 

     The homepage of Bluesky is where you will find your bio and tabs. Fill out your bio with as much information as you want other ARMY to know about you. I recommend putting no solos and no shippers because you will be blocked from groups where they frequent meaning you won't see as much of their drama if they block you first. It's a good thing. Pedos on the app also have groups where they block kpop fans who don't like shippers because a lot of the shipper fanfics cater to their specific type of kinks. Disgusting I know and I found this out early due to a so-called ARMY who followed me on Bluesky and blocked me right after using that blocklist so it's a good preventative thing to add this to your profile- no solos no shippers and if you don't like fanfic also put that. You may still see it but some will weed you out and you don't have to block them first. It helps keep your feeds cleaner.

    Clicking on your name or swiping right on your name opens up a side menu that has tabs for search, home, chat, notifications, feeds, lists, profile, and settings. Terms of service, feedback, and help are also on the bottom of this tab. Follower and following count are here as well. 

• Search-- the search tab is where you will find trending topics. You can make trending go away and only have the search tab show up here or keep the trending topics. As of right now it is still in Beta so it disappears from time to time (the trending topics). 
• Home--on the homepage you find your feeds.What I like most about Bluesky feeds is that you can customize them. Discover has everything like a "for you" page. If you don't want to see that then you just unpin it under the feeds tab in the drop down menu. To add feeds you just search them under the search topic and pin them under feeds. I searched BTS and added a few. Not all of them will necessarily be for you but you figure out as you go which ones you like most. I recommend BTS ARMY 101 because that tends to have informative posts under it and BTS Bangtan OT7 Feed as that is a little bit of everything. You automatically a feed that is "following" which is posts from everyone you are following and "popular with friends" or posts your followers or moots liked or responded to. You can pin and unpin and move these around.
• Chat--is the 3rd category on the side menu. Chat is built into Bluesky. You can turn it off so no one can message you. I keep mine open for those I follow only like I have on my IG. You can turn chat on or off using the settings that you can access using settings button on the top right of the chat page where it says "messages." You can start a new chat using the plus sign on the bottom right. Chat is beneficial to ARMY because if there is someone we need to block or a topic that we don't want to amplify we can chat privately about it and not discuss it out in the open where everyone will see it. If there are rumors that someone wants to know what others are talking about or if you see a suspect account and want to know if they should be added to a block list you can DM each other and ask about it instead of asking in the open. Too many rumors get spread on Threads because people post something then others go into the comments asking what's going on and end up spreading negativity by discussing rumors in the open in the feed though they don't mean to. With Threads DM being connected to IG you can't always message to ask or if someone messages you to ask it may not go through depending on their settings. At least on Bluesky it may be easier to connect inside of the one app.
• Notifications- you can access your notifications using this tab. It shows you all notifications and those where you are mentioned or tagged or replies directly to you. 
• Feeds--This is your chance to customize what you want and don't want to see here on Bluesky. With feeds you add what you want to see by searching topics and going to the tab that says feeds to see if there is a feed for it. On the feeds tab is where you find the feeds you subscribe to. You pin these and unpin the ones you don't want to see in your top tabs. Under "discover new feeds" there are suggested feeds. You add a feed to your tabs or skyline (what your feed is called on Bluesky) by clicking the plus sign next to it and you delete it from the skyline by clicking the push pin next to it on your feeds tab under "My Feeds" to unpin it. 
•  Profile-- takes you to your profile. Here you will be able to see your profile and edit it. Clicking the 3 dots next to edit profile brings up a pop up to share your profile or add it to lists. Under edit profile you can update your photos and bio. The tabs across the page show your posts and reshares, replies, media or photos and video you've shared, feeds, starter packs (lists of recommended you should add), and lists (usually blocklists). 
• Settings is where you customize everything else. Under account, you will find your email address, password, handle (screenname), and delete/deactivate options. Privacy and security is where you set up 2 factor authentication or 2FA so you are alerted anytime your account gets signed into and your passwords are there. You can also turn off visibility so accounts that aren't logged into Bluesky can't see your account. Moderation is where you can mute words and phrases. I highly recommend using this to block out any mention of other groups, fandoms, political things you don't want to see or anything else. Unlike Threads the muted words also apply to trending topics. Blocked and muted accounts also are listed under moderation. Moderation lists shows blocklists you use. There are also filters to get rid of adult sexually explicit content or allow it whichever you prefer. Content and media lets you control how you want to mange feeds and browser links.You can turn trending topics on or off here. Appearance lets you change modes to light and dark and change font size and font. Accessibility controls include haptic feedback and alt text you can turn off and on. Using alt text descriptions of photos is encouraged on Bluesky to help vision impaired or blind users. Languages, help, and about are self-explanatory and you log out on the tab at the bottom of the menu. 

         Some of you may remember blockchains on Twitter. This is how blocklists work on Threads. If you want to use a blocklist you just click on the list and go to the top right where you will see a button to subscribe and you will see block or unblock. Blocking will block everyone on that list at once. If you want to check them out before you block you can do so and block manually as you go down the list. I have done both depending on the list. I have seen the same conversations on Bluesky as on Threads when we started the Threads btsarmyblocklist hashtag, that people are concerned about being added to the list by accident and all I can say about that is that it is a chance you take. If people find that they added you by accident they can always unblock you. It's not that big of a deal really. I know that some people making blocklists for ARMY will ask that you email them accounts to add and they check out the accounts before they add them to make sure no one is being added just because someone has a grudge or to bully them. That being said, do your own research into each account you block if you want or make sure you trust who you get your blocklists from. 

     Starter packs let you add entire recommendations lists at the click of a button. I don't use these as much as blocklists but they can help fill your feed when you first join Bluesky. I recommend following someone from Threads who's on Bluesky (if that's where you are first) and then checking who they follow to see if you know anyone or if they seem like someone you want to follow. I did this and most of my Bluesky following/followers are people I know from Threads and their moots. You will also find accounts to follow from feeds you follow. 

     No site is perfect. We don't expect them to be but what I have noticed about Bluesky is the moderation is better. More options to mass block or mute mean you don't see as much offensive stuff. When you report bad behavior it seems to be deleted within 48 hours (from my personal experience at least). MAGA fascist public figures usually get banned on their first day on the app. There's still porn bots but I block them and there's still scammers. I report and block them too. The annoying thing is if someone follows you you can't remove them as a follower but you can block them. They can't see your posts and you can't see them but your followers count will still count them. Hopefully this is fixed soon.

      Bluesky doesn't have ads and according to Jay they won't get ads. She plans to add premium subscriptions eventually so they can make money but IG and Twitter both have this already as well as ads and it's possible to use both without a subscription. I suspect Bluesky will be the same only the free tiers wouldn't have ads on Bluesky. These apps are business after all and they're going to make their money either way. Right now there's no ads and no monetization so less attention seeking bait posts as well. 

      Overall I like Bluesky. It's nice to have a Twitter like site without the drama. It's a good backup alternative to Threads. If things get bad on Threads I'll leave but so far it seems ok to stay. I'll wait to see what happens when ads start on Threads. Bluesky is a good place to go to when Threads is a mess too.

6.29. 2026 update - I'm no longer using Bluesky. Jay Gruber left in March and there's a man acting as temporary CEO. Since then it seems the attitude has changed with their social media management. The current one went on Threads today and called Threads users "guinea pigs" of Meta and Zuckerberg in a snotty way and issued a wack apology that was a not really an apology. The whole thing was unprofessional and rude so I deleted my account. Instead of going to Threads to troll users they should have been marketing the app and running ads elsewhere. 

Casual ARMY vs Core ARMY controversy: Why it's not as serious as some are making it

      Disclaimer: Before I even get into this I'm going to say this is not just my opinion. This is how many other more seasoned/ experienced ARMY feel about voting and streaming. You don't have to agree. Do you and go be you but we're also going to do our thing and be us and you will eventually get over it if you don't like it. Don't come into my comments here or on Threads or any other social media overreacting or getting an attitude because I won't have it. You'll be blocked. This isn't meant to put anyone down or be "toxic" which is being overused now. It's just to clarify what was taken out of hand and twisted by some who don't get it. 

Edited: 11/23/24 Jimin won the daesang Visa Fan's Choice Award at the MAMA Awards which is fan voted and an award BTS has won as a group for the past several years in a row. His thank you letter to ARMY has been added at the end of this post.

     The other day on Threads an ARMY made a post about voting and streaming telling newer ARMY not to stress about it and that they don't have to worry about trying to keep up. I think her intentions initially were to get people to stop worrying about it so much. I don't typically see people stressing about either on my feed because we know it comes with the territory. Beginning intentions aside, she showed her true nature later when she snapped and posted this. 

    Now, no one cares how many concerts you attended or how many albums you have. That's not what makes you an ARMY. There are people who buy albums and get barricade at concerts and don't know a single lyric. I'm reminded of a Coldplayer post where a Coldplayer was at barricade next to a "fan" who didn't know the words to their songs that were 15 or 20 years old. The Coldplayer was just surprised this person had gotten great tickets but didn't know the songs when they were used to being in front with die-hard fans singing songs back to the band. Having merch and going to concerts just means you have money. Not even that really. You choose to spend what you do have on those things is how I'll put it, because what it really comes down to is priorities and opportunity. My priorities lie in making sure there's a roof over my head and my child is fed and clothed. If I have disposable income after that then fine. I'm not in a position where I can fly across the country to see concerts so I vote and stream to support all 7 and the group as a whole. That makes me ARMY.

     So this was probably in response to my comments on the post because I commented that there is nothing wrong with being a casual fan or casual ARMY. The terms casual ARMY and core ARMY were used in a recent Boracity Magazine YouTube video and I liked the way they explained it. 

     Let's back up a bit. This was all because there were people who responded to the Threads poster saying that they don't have time to stream, see streaming as "cheating the system" (I'm sorry what?!), and someone who said they don't participate in mob mentality type things and no one can make them do anything. No one is making them do anything! Core ARMY put out calls to vote and stream and that's what we've always done. We just had a comeback and we're still in tracking week 1 for that. Why would you make a post encouraging people not to stream or vote two days before a comeback and during end of the year voting season when daesangs and bonsangs are being awarded? 

     I explained my perspective which is similar to Boracity's that there are core ARMY who vote and stream and that's how BTS wins awards. Korean awards shows rely heavily on fan voting and if ARMY wants BTS to win we have to vote for them. When I was first ARMY I didn't know this and it's likely that others don't either. When we post calls to go vote a lot of times those posts are as much to remind each other to vote as they are to recruit new voters. If you don't vote keep scrolling. There's no need to comment or get defensive and angry about something that you've made clear does not concern you.

    There's nothing wrong with being a casual fan if you choose not to vote and stream or one or the other. The poster bragging about concerts... she streams. She puts out posts encouraging people to stream. She just doesn't vote. That's the funny thing. No one ever called her casual ARMY. I commented it in general in response to the rude comments throughout her Thread. She took casual ARMY as an insult. Being that she's gen X as am I, I assume she thinks casual ARMY means poser (fake fan posing as a real one for attention) and it does NOT. Casual ARMYs still contribute in the ways they choose to participate. Had she watched the Boracity video she would have understood that. 

Why We Stream

     The reason streaming is so important is because BTS does not get much airplay if any on US radio. I can only speak for the US because that's where I am but other International ARMY have also said BTS doesn't get much airplay on the radio where they live either.When I say airplay I'm not talking about satellite radio because that's a little different. I'm talking about terrestrial radio, AM and FM frequencies. There are a few messed up reasons for this but the main ones are payola and racism/xenophobia. Major labels pay radio stations to play their artists or make deals for artists to appear at events like I Heart Radio things if the stations play their artists. The same artists get played over and over in a rotation. That rotation is often set by the station and they don't try to deviate from that because they're being paid to stick to it. 

     In the US, Clear Channel, now I Heart Media, owns 860 or more radio stations. Clear Channel was a right-wing owned company. Clear Channel has been around since the 70's buying up stations and has faced financial hardship over the years because of it. They were bought out in 2008 and became I Heart Media in 2014. They are Republican based, headquarters is in TX, and they have censored and blacklisted artists before for speaking out against the Republican Party. I'm not going to go into detail here for the sake of space and time but The Chicks (formerly known as The Dixie Chicks) were blacklisted by Clear Channel when they spoke out against Republican President at the time George W. Bush. These same radio stations will play "Despacito" (the Justin Bieber version) but won't play BTS Korean songs and will barely play their English ones. If you know why you know why. 

    So ARMY streams. For those who don't know what streaming is--because these extreme reactions suggest that some people apparently don't--it is literally just listening to music. That's it! I stream everyday almost as soon as I wake up. I open Apple Music and I find a playlist or I put on an album and hit play. Do we have goals? Yes but that's just a guide so you know where we want to be collectively. I hope no one is looking at these streaming goals and thinking you need to hit those individually on your own. I mean I'm having trouble trying to figure out what the issue is and why people say things in my comment section like Texastish on Threads did this week regarding me writing this blog post, " You actually don't need to explain anything to anyone. People can be fans in the best way they are comfortable. You or nobody else has the right to try to dictate what makes someone "core ARMY." It's stuff like this that makes people view the fandom as toxic. You have time and energy to stream? Great! Not everyone does. It's fine." She went on and said a few more things I found ignorant because if she read for comprehension she would know that the first part of what she is saying is exactly what I am saying as well. ARMY how you ARMY but you don't need to bitch about not streaming. Sorry not sorry. She has time to do unboxing videos on her IG of the same name but not stream. Make it make sense. She also made comments intended to be digs at me about her having a career and not having time. Sweetheart we are all busy, time is what you make it. Streaming is literally putting on background music. You may need to eventually interact with your playlist but that's hitting pause or changing the playlist when it stops. It's not that hard. 

     One thousand five hundred streams is roughly the equivalent of one album sale. ARMY is known as monster streamers so this was an interesting stat for me knowing that BTS has numerous songs in the millions of streams. Streams are part of the criteria for winning Korean music shows which count towards end of the year awards as well. Streams take up some of the slack for us not having airplay needed to get onto Billboard charts too. So don't complain about not wanting to stream and then whine about the guys not making Billboard. You don't get to have it both ways. 

    Why We Vote

     Voting is to help BTS win awards. If you are the type of "ARMY" who says "BTS has enough awards" you're not ARMY to me. Not sorry. ARMY that knows the struggles BTS has been through in the past know that they deserve every single win, period. They give us their whole heart and blood, sweat, and tears, to make sure we are entertained and we love them for it. If you can be that casual about it then you're not one of us. Period. And about me not being able to say if you're ARMY or not, you can call yourself the Queen of England but that doesn't make it true.

     That being said, if you don't vote just because it isn't your thing then that's your business. You don't need to broadcast that on social media because you could be wrongly encouraging other newer ARMY not to vote. Maybe that's your plan anyway and in that case you have other issues.  If they want to vote then we can show them how. If you don't want to then you have the option of scrolling, muting, and blocking accounts that talk about voting and streaming and leaving the conversations up to those of us who want to do the work and those who want to learn how to do the work. Many times when we put out posts about voting it's to remind each other that voting has reset for the day because timeline differences can be tricky. Of course we put calls out for others to join in as well but if you don't want to, keeping quiet is free. Your opinion is not needed. 

     BTS has a long running legacy with the MAMA awards and I have linked this mini documentary done by the MAMA awards on their YouTube in comment sections only to be ignored. I will link all 3 parts in this post. Going back and watching early footage of them winning their first awards and reading about or watching videos about the hardships they went through with the company nearly going bankrupt, the bullying from antis (other groups and companies as well), the death threats they got when some were still minors (I mean death threats are horrible either way but they faced this as teenagers), and watching the clips of practices will let you know why we are so dedicated as core ARMY to helping them win whenever we can. I got more involved with voting as I saw how they were treated in the past and still are treated. Voting and trying to get them more and more wins is our love language with them. We can't go to concerts if they aren't touring. We still have 5 members enlisted till the end of June 2025 and it won't be till 2026 most likely that we get a concert so showing up and showing support in person is mostly out of the question. We don't all live in South Korea so when it comes to special stages international ARMY are left out of that. We show them that we are here through voting and winning awards for them. Given that most of these awards are fan voted we show up for them as a team and vote. 

     In conclusion, no one is saying at all that you aren't ARMY if you don't vote and stream. There are levels to this and I didn't come up with it. I'm just using terminology that was already there. Casual fans usually don't vote or stream. Are they still important? YES!  No one said you weren't, people assumed that. My issue lies with the people who are casual fans and will complain about the ones doing the work and act like we have all the time in the world to vote and stream while they have lives and can't. It's wrong first of all and just rude. Just saying you don't want to is sufficient. Better yet don't come into our comment sections complaining at all just keep scrolling. Better even just block me because you can't ever contribute to a conversation I'm having with anything I would want to hear. I'm here for BTS, to support BTS. I'm not here to amass a ton of followers and be popular so the ones trying to be snarky downers about the work we do as core ARMY can either join and help or shut up. 

 

Links

Streaming and voting info

MAMA mini doc on BTS's history with the MAMA awards

MAMA BTS Doc pt1

MAMA BTS Doc pt2

MAMA BTS doc pt 3

BtS wins AMA and thanks ARMY

BTS most streamed group on Spotify 5th most streamed artist

Jimin posted this letter on Weverse 11.23.24 after winning the daesang for Visa Fan's Choice. Go on Weverse to get the full letter. 

Intentional Misinformation is Not Promo

      There have been several rumors this past week that have gone around social media surrounding Jin's new album and single release. I've seen these things shared on Threads as if they were fact and the things shared on Threads were probably a lot tamer than what was on Twitter. I don't even want to know what went on over there. The clout chasing attention seeking annoys me. By this I mean people who post things to get attention. Some people seem to have this need to be first to share information and to seem like they are the ones with all the tea or info and they make things up or share fake pictures or leaks to get this attention. This is negative behavior to me and is to be avoided.

     The first rumor I saw was a post copied from Twitter saying that Anne Hathaway is going to be in Jin's video for the single, "I'll Be There." Well we know now that that wasn't true. I believed it at first but I don't think I shared it. It was presented as truth and not a joke. A lie isn't a joke to me. I did see well meaning people share it who just didn't know that it wasn't true. Don't spread lies. 

     The next rumor that went around was that Jin will be hosting the MAMA Awards in Nov. This one they actually made a fake clip from a fake article to support. Many people shared this one and I had to stop myself from commenting on every single one that came across my feed as fake news. I reverse searched the text in the fake article being shared and there was not a single hit that came back in search that went back to an actual article. Red flag #1. There should have been a news article that it went back to and there wasn't even a tabloid or K-media link to this. 

     Red flag #2 - not a single post included a link. As ARMY when sharing information we should never be posting news or clips without a link. We all do it from time to time but when there is major announcement information you should be sharing the original link so we can all see the source and read the full article or watch the full video. With video there is a lot that is taken out of context and even edited by some and shared to be made to look the way they want it to look. Context is important. If you post news please add a link from a valid source. Tabloids do not count as a valid source and neither do X/Twitter posts unless there's a link there in that post but it's better to post the actual link than the Twitter post link because those without X/Twitter have very limited access to see what is in Twitter post links. 

     Red flag #3 - The MAMA Awards posts daily on Instagram and they are promoting the tickets for the awards. They have posted the lists and clips of performers at both locations it is being held at this year, Japan and Los Angeles. They started posting presenters last night in 3 separate posts on IG. I don't know if hosts were included in the presenters lists but Jin is not mentioned at all. 

     This rumor is particularly annoying because they went as far as to fake a news report (not the first time someone has done this to lie about something BTS related and ARMY related and called it promo). News blogs in Asia picked it up and are writing articles about it but saying that it isn't confirmed. The fact that they are doing this spreads it. Like fake pictures, it gets put into the search system and pulls up when you search it. Google's AI was pulling it up as a fact on 10/23/24 when I searched it and saying that Jin has been selected as a host of the awards show. I submitted an AI feedback report and I no longer get the same message when I search. I guess they corrected Gemini after the correction in my report. I don't need to explain how bad this is that AI is taking rumors created by ARMY on Twitter and posting them as fact. I know some people shared it because they thought it was real but people may see it and think it's real and plan travel around it and buy tickets expecting him to be there and that's unfortunate. They should definitely fact check before spending money but they wouldn't even have to consider it if ARMY wasn't making up lies in the name of promo. Once again, I don't find lies for promo funny or cute.

**updated: MAMA announced the hosts on 10/29 and Kim Tae Ri will be hosting for the Japan site of the awards and Park Bo-Gum will be hosting on the US site. Jin is not a host of the MAMA awards for this year. **

     The third rumor I saw was just plain stupid. It may sound harsh but I tell it like it is. It was just a stupid post. The account posting it is trying to be a BTS update account on Threads and should have shown more maturity and should have used their platform with more responsibility. This post basically started saying that Jin had been hospitalized. All I needed to see was that and my anxiety kicked in. I was scared for him. Then the post goes on to say it was because he overheated or something cheesy and dumb related to him being hot in a physical attraction kind of way not a fever, temperature, medical emergency kind of way. It's not funny to scare people and even less so to put out there that someone we care about has been put in the hospital. This is putting negativity out there that could come back and actually hurt the person in my opinion. The less that's said that's negative about the guys, the better. This earned an immediate block for the account posting it. It's not ever going to be funny to joke about someone's health in a negative way.

     Apparently this is more crap that started on Twitter because someone got it into their heads that there wasn't enough promo for Jin's album. This is just solo and manti behavior. Why are people acting like this and having the audacity to call themselves ARMY? ARMY protects and supports BTS both as individual members and as seven together. They have told us time and time again that they control their promotions and set things up the way they want to. Not only do they tell us, they show us their process via Bangtan Bomb videos after things come out. How can anyone call themselves a fan and see the hard work they put into every aspect of creation and promotion of their albums, singles, eps, performances and then complain that it isn't enough or wasn't how they would have done it? Well you know what you're at home watching and no one asked you and most people complaining don't work in the industry or have business or marketing degrees so they have no idea how any of this works. There is absolutely no need for all this idiotic nonsense. Jin's promos have been great and just the way he wants them. We are getting clips, photos, schedules for things, in game promos on In The Seom etc every day almost. Why is ARMY acting like selfish solos? 

     This could backfire when it comes to general population or "locals" as we call them. The average person is not going to get that any of this is to get them to listen to a song or an album and if they watch a video expecting to see a beloved celebrity with Jin from BTS and that person is not there they are likely to see ARMY as liars not that it was a "prank." Locals won't stream an album or buy it all of a sudden because they heard Jin was hosting an awards show and they tuned in and he wasn't there. MAMA awards is also not for the weak (hi it's me, I'm the weak). This is one of the longer shows and the timezone differences can be brutal for international viewers. Buzz will be generated and people will be let down and once again see the fandom as a joke. 

     There are going to be people who say, "it's not that serious" or "it's just a joke" and as I said , I don't see it that way and many others don't either. When you have an account with over 20k followers and would rather post rumors than voting and streaming encouragement then you have a problem. Period. Unfortunately, the internet has changed journalism and fact checking has become a thing of the past. I linked an article written about Jin hosting the MAMA awards but there were several, all from Asian based publications. The media scrapes through Twitter and uses ARMY tweets as quotes (and solo too-maybe I'll cover that another time) and writes whole articles based on what is said. They angle their articles positive or negative depending on how much drama they can stir up. Instead of the kinds of articles where they talk to people personally via phone, email, or in person, they now use Twitter posts. Twitter of all places...used as pull quotes too. This is unprofessional to me and they don't even ask or get permission because the posts are public. Threads is now able to be indexed on Google meaning your Threads show up in search now just like Tweets do so I don't doubt they will be using Threads and Blue Sky posts as well soon so be careful what you share or engage with because you are amplifying it. 

     With all of the lies we fight from K-media and tabloids why would we condone ARMY putting out fake news and allowing our own community to be contaminated with it? People who fight misinformation are already tired of explaining to people that things put out there for attention and clicks are lies. It's exhausting. I will be blocking and muting people who continue to share these things. Jin's promotions are his choice and are great. If you can't trust that then you aren't ARMY to me. Don't like his promo or want to add to it? Make your own graphics- not lies but date/time/ name of album or song etc and put it out there. Share the ones already out that graphic designer / editor ARMY are putting out. Or how about just sharing your streaming or voting screenshots. That's better promo than lies. 

     Knowing how much Jin loves ARMY I couldn't imagine how upset he would be that people took it upon themselves to spread rumors as promo and that they call themselves ARMY but don't trust the marketing decisions made by the members for their individual projects. They are seven different men with distinctive tastes. Everyone's promo is not going to look the same nor should it. This is basic common sense. People need to learn to stay in their lane as fans and stop trying to control things the artists do. This looks like sabotage rather than promo and it makes the fandom look bad. Stop participating in this mess. 

What's With The Recent Mass Bullying in Kpop?

      About two months ago, we BTS ARMY were in the trenches fighting for Yoongi during the scooter incident. He dropped a scooter on its side, a kick board scooter with a seat like teens ride in the US. This was not a motorcycle or Vespa type but a lightweight little scooter. Not rehashing everything here but we ARMY fought Korean media who set out to destroy Yoongi's reputation with lies and misinformation (things I'm convinced they knew were lies but ran with anyway not anticipating the power of ARMY to call them out on it.) We fought and we protected Yoongi the best way we could and we did that alone.

   Other Kpop fandoms either went silent offering no sympathy or they participated in the hate train against him making things worse. You see, I haven't forgotten the malicious fake ARMY TikToks they did encouraging drunk driving and pretending it was ARMY posting them. I haven't forgotten the pictures taken from Pinterest and the hashtags they trended on Twitter creating a fake Suga challenge. When Yoongi was being bullied and having death threats and wreaths sent and having fake forums set up online with fake fans pushing for him to leave the group, they didn't reach out. They didn't band together to shout loud for us. They joined in and laughed in our faces. Like bullies do. 

     "ARMY only has BTS and BTS only has ARMY" we said as we re-charted Agust D songs and made block lists to keep negativity off the timeline. We did a K-media blackout and forced some agencies to apologize (however half-assed these so called apologies were). Banners of support were put in front of Hybe and all over from International ARMYs showing love and support for Yoongi. A few individual celebrities showed support and Coldplay's massive fanbase of Coldplayers offered support and encouragement as did Brazilian Beehive. We got nothing from kpoppies but we didn't expect anything anyway so it came as no surprise. One thing we did say was this bullying is a major issue and if it can happen to us (BTS/ARMY) it can happen to you too (other Kpop groups). 

     Fast forward to now. We're right back in the trenches again. A whole new wave of hate trains started and it feels like deja vu with a little 'I told you so' thrown in. A mass malicious campaign to kick Seunghan out of Riize took place and however things went down, he's no longer an official member of the group. The same thing haters and (probably paid) malicious actors tried to do to Yoongi happened to Riize. Seunghan didn't do anything wrong to be kicked out and neither did Yoongi for them to call for his dismissal. But this mass bullying "worked" because SM didn't stand behind their artist. 

    Riize fans have called for ARMY to help and ARMYs have shared petitions and shared hashtags in support. I made a comment the other day that I was staying silent though I agree he was treated unfairly and I wish the best for him in the future. Funny how ARMY is accused if being so toxic but when other fandoms need help some ARMY are willing to lend a hand despite not getting anything in return. I said I would stay in my lane and be quiet but something else happened to change my mind.

     As I watched the rest of Kpop support Riize, including some ARMY. The hate train shifted back to Yoongi. Why? It's been two months. His case is over. He paid an unfair fine and it's done. Well the haters figure they got rid of a Riize member so they're coming at BTS again. Well Hybe isn't SM and neither is Big Hit. BTS owns their company so Yoongi isn't going anywhere. ARMY is back in the trenches standing up for Yoongi as always. BTS is 7 and will ALWAYS be 7. 

     Haters sent funeral wreaths to intimidate Seunghan. This is a malicious practice of bullying that is somehow a trend in South Korea now where Kpop is concerned. Sending death wreaths as if to say 'you're dead' or 'your career is dead'is the way hate is expressed by cowardly bullies who hide their faces behind medical masks as they send giant funeral wreaths with taunting statements on them attached to ribbons adorning the flowers. These are floral arrangements meant for sending condolences to families of the deceased. They left the wreaths up so he could see them as he left the building. How this is allowed and tolerated in South Korean society, one that already has a high suicide rate, I have no idea. You would think this kind of intimidation and bullying would be punished. I mean you fall off a scooter and they call for your head on a silver platter but sending death threats in the form of funeral flowers is fine. God forbid you have a relationship as a Kpop idol but death threats in the form of funeral flowers is fine apparently. I saw a video where fans had left supportive messages for Seunghan and he got the chance to read them and that hit my heart some kind of way. I'm glad he was able to see that and I hope it drowns out all the hate. 

   The funeral wreath bullying came back to Hybe. The people who did it were caught on camera because they had the audacity to stay onsite at Hybe with the wreaths. They were boo'ed by International ARMYs as ARMY made sure to stand their ground and show love and support for all 7 of BTS particularly Yoongi who is the target of these haters. Food trucks and message trucks helped overshadow the negativity of the disgusting wreaths. ARMY wearing purple and carrying purple ribbons chanted the 7 members names known as a fan chant and calmly protested against haters in front of Hybe. ARMY on social media made memes and TikToks sharing support and thanks for ARMY that was available at Hybe to represent the fandom. They also shared the footage of the bullies so people will know somewhat who is behind this malicious behavior. Threads ARMY as well as Twitter ARMY reported as much as we could to the new Hybe portal. 

     As we went about reporting accounts we found out that there were other attacks supposedly planned against Enhyphen and Shinee. I don't listen to any of these other groups but at this point that is irrelevant. I'm ARMY only but the more I heard about this the angrier I got. I don't want to see anyone get hurt no matter what group they are from and this now feels like it is bigger than just a bunch of brainless antis. This seems like a coordinated attack and someone in the industry is behind it. Several lines have long since been crossed and exorbitant amounts of money have been shelled out for these very expensive funeral wreaths. They can go for about $4k each! There were multiple wreaths lined up side by side totaling possibly over $20k and up for a whole line of them. I don't think the average hater sitting behind a computer has that kind of money to flush down the toilet. I know they do some fundraising but, are there enough of them to have raised about $20k plus in a few days to pay for all these wreaths? I don't know. It's possible but in my opinion not as likely.

     I have a theory that seems to be one shared a bit certain social sites. My theory is that Min Hee-Jin or MHJ is behind this. It's just an opinion at this time, a theory. She is the former manager (who knows what is going on with that messy situation but as far as I know I will say former manager) of NewJeans who has beef with pretty much all of Kpop right now. She has several lawsuits going on with Hybe, Belift, and Source music. You can read all about it here because this article sums up the drama better than I could. She wants to destroy BTS because apparently she thinks Bang PD stole the idea for BTS from her. This is a pattern that will continue and sounds like narcissistic behavior to me. She has openly stated that she will use whatever she can to bring about their downfall and will use whatever media she can even if the stories are not true. This makes me speculate that the whole scooter incident was possibly a setup. It's not unfathomable that someone she hired tailed Yoongi after work when he went out with his colleagues in the service and this person knew he was drinking and called the police giving his location and saying that he had been drinking. He was followed by those cops as we see on the video. They didn't just appear out of thin air. 

   MHJ used to work for SM as a creative director. Both Riize and Shinee (ok just noticed the names, trying not to giggle because that's cute) are with SM Entertainment. I don't know the circumstances of her leaving SM but Google says burnout which seems a little bland to me. Not downplaying burnout because it is a real thing but I doubt that's why. Other rumors are that there was an issue with the concept she was planning for a girl group and her concept was rejected by higher ups and they decided to focus on developing NCT. This is just a rumor and not confirmed. But if this is the case then she may be trying to get revenge on SM's boy groups. Her thinking seems to be that she does no wrong and everyone else just takes from her.

     Riize was targeted by hate trains to get rid of Seunghan who was on "hiatus" for having had a girlfriend prior to becoming a member (as far as I know). Another dumb reason to kick someone out of a group. I mean to be real SM has a dirty history with how they treat their talent and they also have had criminals in their midst that have seen and hopefully will see jail time for actual crimes. To kick someone out for dating is just stupid. It may sound harsh but in the rest of the world, like Yoongi's scooter mishap, this wouldn't have even raised eyebrows. After the hate campaign, Seunghan was removed from the group. According to fans of Shinee they are the being targeted next on the list with haters going after Onew. I don't know the details of why the hate train is coming for him and Shinee but it doesn't even matter because none of this makes any sense. By that I mean it's all just hate for hate's sake and none of the reasons will make sense because none of these artists deserve this at all. There's no way to justify any of this at all.

     The targeted hate trains are going after Enhyphen as well. There are two members of Enhyphen they are planning to target to get them kicked out of their groups. I have no idea why they would want to kick them out either but Enhyphen is with Belift Labs which is the same company that Illit is with. Belift is suing MHJ due to her allegations of plagiarism against Illit. See the pattern now? Everyone according to her has stolen choreography or concepts or something or other from her. I hope all these other fandoms fight back and fight back hard and smart and I hope these other companies actually stand behind their artists and won't let haters win in their bullying. 

     MHJ's karma is coming. Whether she is behind this particular shit storm of events or not she has done enough. She made he bed and now she has to lie in it. Hybe will have their hands full dealing with what's to come with her and I hope they make all the right decisions there and don't try to be lenient with any punishments to her or anyone else involved with interfering, bullying, or attempted sabotage of other groups. 

     What can we do? There are petitions going around and they can be effective if used the right way. I will link the one I signed. The hope is that the media will see the petitions (I guess by scrolling through the site? ) and articles will be written and these causes will be brought to the attention of the people who need to see them. Ideally since this one is really gaining traction and has over 10k signatures now, someone on the South Korean side would take the petition and print it out with all of the signatures and comments. It needs to be formally presented to people who make laws so they can see that there is a global interest in ending the use of these funeral wreaths as a bullying tactic. They also need to know that this is an issue bringing negative attention to the country and how it is perceived globally. Allowing these people be bullied , publicly shamed, and sent death threats is wrong. Here is the link to the petition if anyone wants to sign. It can't hurt to try. 

     Idols are human beings and deserve to be treated with respect. If you don't like an artist it takes nothing to mind your own business and keep scrolling. Focus on what you do like without trashing other artists who are also working hard to make it in a difficult industry. I never understood hateful culture of anti-fans. Idols should be able to date in peace without being kicked out of the group for it or dropped by their label. A very minor mistake like Yoongi's riding on a scooter after having a few drinks (a little kick board scooter) should be forgiven and don't warrant calls to be forced out of the group. No one thinks of what this does to a person's self-esteem and mental health. Losing a career can be devastating and haters sitting behind a computer and hiding behind a mask shouldn't get to ruin people's lives while the public closes their eyes to bullying.

***Media: Check out this video starting at 9:24 for more info on the Min Hee Jin/ Belift/ Source Music drama 

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The Forbes Troll Is At It Again

      Haters come from everywhere and it's sad and very telling when haters or antis are grown (or supposedly grown) adults in "professional" positions. You would think they would know better and have better things to do, but since the internet has monetized everything and some people are ruled by money and attention, we deal with them. One of these trolls is none other than Hugh McIntyre of Forbes Magazine. He has a nasty history of writing about BTS both as a group and individually and his articles on their individual projects often read like a solo or anti (well solos are antis) wrote them. ARMY has him on a block list of journalists (and I use that term loosely where he is concerned) to avoid. He is the only one I definitely remembered from Twitter ARMY advising to avoid. I lost my bookmarks when I deleted my Twitter account but he was always a giant red flag.

     When the Yoongi scooter situation was going on, K-media took the direct route to negativity and became an absolute shits how on a daily basis. Western media started to follow K-media's lead and defame Yoongi at the same time. Hugh saw this and decided to go the opposite direction and write a bunch of positive articles about Yoongi. Well, my mama ain't raise no fools as we say. I saw through his plan as did other ARMY who ignored his articles and advised the rest of ARMY not to share his articles on Yoongi and not to get caught up in the fact that he was suddenly writing positive articles. He needed clicks and figured he would write the opposite of what the majority of the media was putting out at the time. He played with ARMY by figuring he would leverage ARMY attention by pulling the attention his way while we boycotted K-media, Western tabloids, and Billboard as well. I pulled past titles of his and posted screenshots of where he tried to come for Jimin for falling off the charts and articles where he tries to pit the guys against each other and highlight one's achievements over the other and say that this or that member is surpassing his brothers. Yeah, ARMY doesn't play that. It's OT7 or nothing. Still I saw moots share his articles and pump him up. If you want to do your research, Google or search using Firefox "Forbes Hugh McIntyre BTS" and go through his titles. You don't even need to read the articles to see what a hater he is and why we shouldn't be promoting anything he writes.  

     So this past Friday 10/11/24 at 12:29pm Eastern Time, Mr. McIntyre decided to write a ridiculous article and actually go to print with it when it should have stayed in his drafts. The title is "BTS Jin Blocked From Hitting #1 By Another South Korean Solo Superstar." Really? Because first of all how do you go to print with an article about charts halfway through release day? The day's not over yet and what charts is he talking about specifically because Billboard charts come out on Tuesdays. He's talking about Apple's iTunes charts and he's flat out wrong and wrote this for attention from both ARMY (rage bait) and to lick boots with the other fandom (which I am not mentioning because no free promo). 

   Let's break apart why this article is nothing but tabloid fodder because you can write an article and state facts and if those facts happen to go against BTS then so be it. Facts are facts BUT, the thing is, his aren't. People don't fact check anymore and unfortunately unprofessional members of the media know they can get over on people by saying something untrue and they can get away with it because all they want are the clicks. With the decline of print media, this is sadly where we are with digital media. I read the article so you don't have to.

     In the first paragraph he says that "Super Tuna" is not new. This version is new. It has a new verse as an extended version and even new instruments. By McIntyre's logic remixes don't count as new songs. A certain Western artist who re-released her full catalog pretty much wouldn't have any new songs either by his logic. None of the re-releases would count for sales because they were previously released despite potentially new elements to the songs.  He says fans purchased the song for the "second time." Still not differentiating the extended version of Super Tuna from the original which has been removed and replaced with the extended version. He doesn't seem to have done any research on the song before writing. This confirms for me that he doesn't listen to the music before he writes about it either.

     "Super Tuna settles at #2 on the iTunes chart...in the US as of Friday morning" he says. It's very unprofessional of him to even go to print at lunchtime (on the East Coast of the US) with this. It was just after 9:30 am on the West Coast, LA, NV and some people were just waking up. As a stan, I know we wait up till midnight for new music drops but not everyone does that. The iTunes chart flip flops all day long. By calling it like 12:30 pm is some end time or something is like calling a football game at halftime as soon as your team scores a touchdown and is ahead. If sports writers did this they would be fired. Could you imagine a sports writer calling a football game and running to print with B team beat A team only to have A demolish them later in the second half that the writer didn't bother to wait for. It's reminding me of when the media printed that those girls won an MTV award and they hadn't even announced the category yet. Everyone piggy backed off of one false article and ran to the internet with their articles and social media posts and looked like idiots when the winner was announced and it was BTS and not them. Totally unprofessional.

     As I am writing this, "Super Tuna" has been on the top of the charts on iTunes for 3 consecutive days now. Blocked where? It's sold over 100,000 copies in the US alone. "Super Tuna" dominated iTunes charts all weekend long. It has been #1 on Worldwide iTunes and European iTunes for days now. Keep in mind this is just a fun song Jin did for ARMY. 

    Hugh goes on to say, "The BTS member has been fairly quiet for some time." Jin just got out of an 18 month enlistment in the military. He has been out since mid-June. It is October. Where has Hugh been? Under a rock? Since his military discharge, Jin has been a very busy man and even that sounds like an understatement. Jin has been busy working on his new album that is due to be released by the end of the year, he carried the torch at the summer Olympics in Paris this past summer, he is global ambassador for Gucci, Laneige (where he is the first male beauty ambassador), and Fred Jewelry (where he is their first ambassador), and he has done several variety shows including his own called Run Jin which is on every Tuesday. He has been going seemingly non-stop since he was discharged from the military. He celebrated the 11th anniversary of BTS's debut by performing for ARMY and hugging 1000 lucky ARMY the day after he was discharged and has been producing content ever since. Quiet where? 

   After neglecting to mention this, Hugh tries to turn it around at the end of the article by briefly mentioning Jin's military service but it reads as to little to late and seems like an afterthought just added as filler to end the article. What he writes about the other artist is mediocre fluff and obviously placed as bait. This actually does her a disservice. All that hype in the title and barely 3 sentences and he doesn't discuss her achievements or give her comeback any real attention. Not a fan but as someone who's not a fan and sees this clearly, if I was a fan of hers I would be annoyed too. He could have gotten 2 really good articles out of this by just writing the facts about 2 different artists who had comebacks on the same day without trying to pit fandoms against each other and ultimately making himself look like an idiot with a half-ass article he rushed to get published. 

     His writing is nothing more than glorified tabloid journalism. He chooses to use clickbait and write like a BTS anti to get clicks and ARMY needs to stop giving him the time of day. Most of us have and when more knowledgeable ARMY ask that you stop spreading articles from certain journalists we hope you others will listen. He's a "pick me"as someone said the other day. He licks the boots of whomever he thinks he can get attention from and that's disgusting to me. If you are going to write and want me to take you seriously as a journalist you should write facts. Whether I like the groups or not facts are facts. He dragged Jimin in a comparison once with a boy group when he should have just written an article praising the boy group for their achievements and keeping Jimin out of it. Once again, not a fan of that group but reporting numbers as they are and facts is better than using BTS and ARMY in a title to be a jerk and then trash them in the process of promoting another group. Just promote the other group. You can do that without putting our guys out there as bait. But the reason he does it is because he knows ARMY will somewhat be right there to give him clicks either good or bad. So he praises Yoongi when it is convenient then tries to tear down Jin after he already came for Jimin. Block him on all platforms and stop giving him attention. He's not worth it. I don't care if he writes positive articles once in a blue moon or not. He's trying to get paid and he has no morals when it comes to how that happens. We don't need the media fanning the flames of fan wars. 

     

Beware of Blue Checks

      Blue checks used to mean something good on social media. I used to be a sign that you were on an official page for a celebrity or public figure and that what was posted was coming from that person or their team. For less famous people with blue checks it meant that they had achieved some kind of status symbol, clout, that meant that they had arrived somehow at being popular enough for a verified seal on their account confirming that that account was their official one. That was all cool until Elon Musk came to Twitter with his fascist views and unhinged unstable behavior causing advertisers and users to leave in droves. In order to try to keep users and advertisers on board and make back some of the money he was losing, he decided to charge for blue check verification as a subscription and open it up to anyone and everyone. To get a blue check all you had to do was subscribe to a monthly paid plan. This is when things started going way down hill and they haven't stopped tumbling yet.

     Because people bought the hype and started paying for Twitter and getting blue checks, there is no longer any real credibility on any social media sites for celebrity accounts. Impersonators use celebrity names in their display name and get blue check subscriptions on not only Twitter but Instagram,Threads, and Facebook now. Because Twitter started it and it worked, all of the other major social media sites followed suit and offered the same thing, paid verification. Public figures have to constantly put out notices advising users not to fall for scams using their names because now that anyone can use the name and put a blue check beside it, you don't really know if an account really is the celebrity you think it is. You can't even always go by how many followers they have now because if 1M people fall for the same fake account then that account has 1M followers despite being fake. Platforms don't really do much anymore when you report impersonators. I have reported more BTS impersonation accounts  on Threads/ Instagram than I can count and I don't think a single one was ever taken down. Hybe/Big Hit put out a statement recently on X/Twitter advising ARMY to beware of impersonation accounts. There are official lists made by ARMY on X/Twitter and Threads that point out the real BTS accounts. BTS doesn't have any individual accounts for members on X/Twitter (just a joint account and Big Hit official account) and none of the members nor Hybe nor Big Hit is on Threads at all as of the writing of this post. 

     Beyond just getting to seem like a celebrity, having a blue check provides you with incentives like supposed better customer service if your account gets hacked. Twitter offers longer posts to blue check holders by allowing them more characters, the ability to edit posts, supposedly a better reach meaning posts guaranteed to be shown to more people on the app and the most diabolical of all incentives- pay for play with regard to engagement. Now I'm not saying that creators, editors, shouldn't be paid for their content. People who use it for good are fine. The blue checked ARMY accounts who got checks to protect their accounts from hacking (if that even really works) or to get more characters so you can make longer posts without having to break them into several threads, that 's all understandable. They subscribe for valid reasons. I'm not knocking those choices because that'a a legit reason to get a blue check. The issue I have is the misuse due to monetization incentives.

     On Threads you can qualify for the Threads Bonus Program. I believe the criteria is you have to have 1000 followers or more on Instagram and decent engagement according to IG. Not sure how many you have to have on Threads to qualify. Once you get into the program you are paid based on posts on Threads as long as they stay within the guidelines of Threads, IG, Meta. This has led to the same thing with blue checked troll accounts on Threads seeking engagement through manipulative means like the ones on Twitter. On Twitter, BTS related posts get bombarded with troll spam comments from blue check trolls. You can tell they aren't ARMY because they often are footballer bro squad types with Ronaldo or some footballer as their profile picture or memes as their profile pic. They go under posts about BTS that are popular and say rude things in order to rile up ARMY into commenting back to them. The comment equals engagement and if they get enough of that - the comments , good or bad, they get paid. They will play the evil role of making hateful comments to make ARMY mad enough to comment back or some will pretend to be interested in BTS and will ask questions or make praising comments that are fake just so they can get ARMY to comment something positive back because all comments count towards their paycheck. In my opinion fake baiting positive comments are manipulative too so I steer clear if something looks fishy because I've seen people pander to ARMY to get attention then just when they have a ton of ARMY attention they turn on BTS and ARMY.  They get pulled into fan wars or get attention from other fandoms who want them to listen to and promote their guys. We've seen this happen with "reactors" on YouTube. 

     The other side of this is the blue check rage bait paid accounts. They make whole threads that are engagement bait hoping to get people angry so they will argue and the poster will get paid based on views and comments likes and shares. These are the people posting rude things like, "which fandom is the most toxic" and "which member of BTS is the hottest?" (seemingly innocent question but put out to make people argue about their looks and draw solos and visual stans into confrontation with OT7. ARMY is the largest most active fandom and these trolls know it. They use ARMY for engagement. The person posting the last question wasn't even ARMY and the first question was a set up to get fan wars started in their comment section. Trolls think that hiding their IG link will stop people from going to their IG to check them out. Well I will still go and sometimes that is the most telling of all. Asking questions to ARMY to get engagement when you stan another group and never mention BTS or don't follow them on IG is a giant red flag to me. Threads says they are looking at ways to combat engagement bait posts but I will believe it when I see it. 

   When you see posts like this it should be an instant block. I know I have caught myself responding before but I am reminding myself to stay focused and just block. Don't pay their bills by commenting. Don't quote to make a comment, don't re-share, don't screenshot to discuss because all of these things count as engagement. It's best to ignore. If you see a page that's claiming to be Big Hit, Hybe, or any member of BTS on Threads and it is blue checked, as of now it is fake. In the future always ask other ARMY or look for the official list (which I will post on the information page on this blog). If something seems suspect like you are suddenly seeing bait posts, swipe "not interested" and block. There are several accounts that don't have blue checks that still do the bait post for engagement thing hoping to get likes and follows. Just avoid it at all costs and resist the urge to comment. Trust me I know the urge to clap back is strong and I have fallen for it myself but taking a breath and not giving these accounts what they want is better than telling them to f -off. 

      

New Portal For Reporting Malicious Posts to Hybe/Big Hit

 Hybe announced today that there is a new portal for reporting things to their legal team. The link to this portal is protect.hybecorp.com. They are no longer using the protect@bighitmusic.co.kr email. Keep collecting all of your evidence the same way whenever you see malicious comments made against BTS members but use the new portal to report. I tried to update links in my posts with the new portal as well. Weverse notice on new report portal