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The following 1st image shows a screencap of a supposed notice put out by BTS's anti-fans, detailing the dates and times of the planned Twitter attacks. The anti-fans seem to be aiming for after BTS's 'HwaYangYeonHwa On Stage EPILOGUE' concert, taking place at Seoul's Olympic Park Gymnastics Arena.
The notice read,
"Please RT continuously.
[#CopyBoys and related hashtags, trending attack]
Time: 2016.05.07 ~7PM KST when BTS's Concert ends, 2016.05.08 ~7PM KST when the concert ends.
This weekend, BTS's concert takes place from 4PM KST for about 150 mins, so please begin about 30 mins after the concert ends.
Let's show them all of the fandoms' combined forces, let's show those cancerous girls (The Korean word for cancer phonetically sounds similar to the beginning of ARMY) our combined forces.
Just upload any hashtags and words related to Bangtan's copying/plagiarizing controversies.
After their concert ends, they will definitely go online to tell their boys good job, so let's show them."
In response, ARMY have also sent out a notice:
"Other fandoms are attacking us with trending hashtags claiming copying/plagiarism again.
We can't let BTS see those attacks.
We will tweet #GreatJobBangtan after their concert ends.
Time: After 7:30PM KST (May 7, May 8)"
Previously, various fandoms have stepped up to claim that BTS copied or plagiarized things from other groups.
What do you make of the recent controversies? Are anti-fans taking things too far?
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