Only rankings of movies and TV shows may remain, but with no stars mentioned, while the rankings should give less weight to online likes and comments and more to "professional evaluation," it said, adding that fans should not be provided with buttons to boost the rankings of their favorite celebrities.
Celebrity agents should also better moderate the behavior of fan club social media groups and accounts, and shut them down fan club if flame wars, rumor-mongering and personal abuse persist, the administration said. Fans shouldn't be ranked according to how much merchandise they have bought, and any other activities designed to stimulate fan consumption should be stopped, it said. The directive came as actresses Vicki Zhao and Zheng Shuang were barred from social media sites, which deleted any content linked to the pair.
