What the

[Immenseman]

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=574280

Who the hell verified this? It isn't the first time I've had to make a complaint about this? Are the people actually looking what they approve :S

[jackass]

I'm sure it was just a mistake, as the posts/threads that need approving show up fairly small, and there are lots of them so moderators tend to do them in bulk.

[Immenseman]

well if anyone gets hacked or whatever i hope that (s)mod feels happy that it's entirely their fault :)

[Yoshimitsui]

I will own up and say that it was my mistake. I did not read the entire passage properly and mistook it to be an innocent post. As there are around 100 posts to be approved each time i go to approve posts it can be rather difficult considering no one else seems to be doing it.

[Immenseman]

At least you have the guts to own up, fair play for that. I doubt anyone else in your department would have done so. I understand there are a lot do but you can't be complacent when doing them because of idiots who post things like that.

About your point that nobody else is doing them. I've had two friends in the last week who I've got to sign up and have had to wait ages for their posts to be approved. I don't think nvrspk4 and other general management realise it really puts people off. I don't mind that the 15 post thing was implemented but it does put people off when it takes so damn long for them to be approved.

[Nixt]

+Rep Yoshi (need to spread!!) for standing up and admitting your mistake. It's a very easy one to make and to be fair I've made that mistake a couple of times. I am currently unable to see posts that need approving and I am not sure if the other SMods are having the same problem. It's been reported though and I know it's being looked into. I don't know if that's having a negative effect on the amount of posts being approved.
Personally, I think post approval is an effective way of stopping spam bots etc. However - it was dealt with before without post approval and I don't see a massive need for them. Although there could be a particular reason it was introduced that I am not aware of.

[leah]

Jake you're always there to point out mistakes :P but it's good cos it helps habbox improve. Well done to Yoshi for owning up tbh, not many would. :)

[Immenseman]

Jake you're always there to point out mistakes :P but it's good cos it helps habbox improve. Well done to Yoshi for owning up tbh, not many would. :)
I'd be here all day if I was to point out your mistakes :):8 Nah, your statement so isn't fair, I hardly ever complain about Habbox in general, usually individual users. There are so many idiots on here, it isn't all that hard.

[Alkaz]

Maybe there needs to be another dedicated post approver to solely do that. I know as a mod when I used to verify posts, if I felt that it wasnt appropriate I would put it as unappropriate then it would be left as un-moderated and then it would just end up being approved.

[Immenseman]

Yeah, ostinato was one. Think he resigned though. They just need someone active.

[Alkaz]

Active and trusted as they have moderator perms in every section to approve posts.

[Immenseman]

Yeah, someone like Kardan would be ideal.

[dirrty]

i always approve posts & i'd say i'm very active when it comes to doing so. but i think its just best to have moderators approving posts as there shouldn't be that many to approve considering how many there are of us. thats in theory though. also, considering now is exam-time and half term (well the end of it now anyway) the activity of some mods will decline. because of this, possibly a temp post approver could be useful to lighten the load, but permanetly, i'd say no.

[Immenseman]

but it isn't acceptable for people have to wait hours for their posts to be approved. management have to realise that it does put people off - i think it's the only solution because the standard of approving posts like yoshimitsui has confirmed isn't acceptable with hardly any of the (super) moderators pushing their weight.

[Alkaz]

Yeah when I created this account it took days to get my first 15 posts approved, some posts/threads took days to be approved and its much of an off-put but a nessacary step.

[dirrty]

yeah, i do have to agree there. even though some moderators do approve posts, to some extent it does seem that some neglect this, and thus the waiting time for the posts to be approved does increase. so i retract part of my previous post, and say that there should either be a post approver or moderators should be more active when it comes to approving posts - something which should be monitored.

lAscend is away until today i think so you should get a decent answer soon anyway.

[Dan2nd]

When I was new I learnt how 'not' to post by getting flamed, nothing teaches you how to change more than public humiliation! But yeah I understand it stops bots or w.e but meh if I was new to the forum now unless I had loads of friends already on here (which I did not at the time of my registration) I probably would give up or get annoyed having to wait for my posts to be approved :P

[Immenseman]

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=574504&page=2

happened again

[xxMATTGxx]

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=574504&page=2

happened again

Thanks for that, the post and user has been dealt with. :)

[The Professor]

i always approve posts & i'd say i'm very active when it comes to doing so. but i think its just best to have moderators approving posts as there shouldn't be that many to approve considering how many there are of us. thats in theory though. also, considering now is exam-time and half term (well the end of it now anyway) the activity of some mods will decline. because of this, possibly a temp post approver could be useful to lighten the load, but permanetly, i'd say no.

That's always good to hear but unless the situation has changed since I left moderators can only approve posts in their own sections, which means your contribution isn't really amounting to much in the grand scheme of things if everyone else isn't chipping in. Smods can approve posts everywhere but they have so much to do it isn't really fair or smart to rely on them.

Imo (and I spose I'm biased cos it was my idea) having a dedicated guy to approve the posts is the most effective way of dealing with the problem. When Ostinato was doing it there were no complaints at all about the system compared to before and after where they seem to be springing up again. It could even be tagged onto one of the moderators who's willing to do it so no more staff have to be hired, just give them limited perms in the other forums. It seems if its left down to the whole team to do it there's a "someone else will do it" mentality and it ends up with no-one doing it; I'm not bashing anyone thats just kinda the way people think.

[nvrspk4]

I should know the numbers but quite honestly I don't. However if each SMOD checks between 30 and 40 posts a day we can get a few hundred posts approved, plus that which Moderators approve.

I think we just need to place more emphasis on SMODS approving posts.