Articles

[Mathew]

Just thought I'd say this is a pretty good idea and it will be interesting to see how it goes.

I think I might consider applying. I have no interest in reporting news but the articles "sub-dept" seems to have a lot more freedom and room for your own, personal work rather than just reeling off the latest stories.

One question. Will there be a set list of things which needs to be written about per week? Will you set tasks such as "review a movie".. "write a poem" - or will it be a matter of writing about whatever takes our fancy and then publishing when / where appropriate?

Cheers and best of luck with :) x
Matt

[Mr-Trainor]

I agree, I think it's a great idea and will be interesting to see how it goes :D.

[Conservative,]

I'd love to do articles...I like writing reviews and stuff but our main priority atm is habbo. I think having a sub-dept where 2 or 3 people specialise would be really good.

[Mathew]

I think having a sub-dept where 2 or 3 people specialise would be really good.

Good point. How big is the articles team proposed to be?

[Josh]

I'd love to do articles...I like writing reviews and stuff but our main priority atm is habbo. I think having a sub-dept where 2 or 3 people specialise would be really good.

May I ask why Habbo is priority?

[Inseriousity.]

May I ask why Habbo is priority?

Nothing at all to do with the Habbox name, I'm guessing.

I was in articles department when it closed so it'll be interesting to see how this pans out. Good luck :)

[Josh]

Nothing at all to do with the Habbox name, I'm guessing.

I was in articles department when it closed so it'll be interesting to see how this pans out. Good luck :)

All the big feedback threads (that get 10+ pages ish) say Habbox need somethign special and I think giving Habbo news the priority is a bad idea. Why? Because Sulake do their own news. Giving Habbo priority it wasting resources IMO but that's just my opinion. I'm not saying get rid of Habbo News (durr) but I don't agree with it being priority.

[Inseriousity.]

I agree that Habbox does need something special. Whether that means news or something else completely is a different matter. However, if the news department has decided to put Habbos as their target audience, it's logical to say that Habbo news would be the top priority. Tbh, it could be wrong, Robbie might have just said something wrong.

[Conservative,]

I agree that Habbox does need something special. Whether that means news or something else completely is a different matter. However, if the news department has decided to put Habbos as their target audience, it's logical to say that Habbo news would be the top priority. Tbh, it could be wrong, Robbie might have just said something wrong.

I'll quote charlie for you...

*REMOVED*

I don't like it as much as anyone else. I much prefer real life & reviews, interviews ect.

Edited by HotelUser (Forum Super Moderator): Do not divulge the content of personal conversations or from the staff forums, thanks.

[Samantha]

I really like the creative writing bit Charlie spoke about in the applications thread, I do love it, too bad I can't apply!
I think that the re making of the articles section will be really good; if not, at least he tried yeah? :)

[Toasten]

I think the expansion will allow Habbox to stand out from other fan sites by miles!

[Alkaz]

What Robbie has said has been taken out of context a little. What Nuxty said was about the NEWS team where Habbo reports take priority over real life reports as it is our obvious area of expertise. As for the articles team, that won’t necessarily be the case. We will obviously expect writers to come up with Habbo articles on a regular basis i.e. room reviews, however from past feedback it won’t be our top priority to pump out as many Habbo related articles as we can.

To the point Mathew made. There will be a list created of types of articles for writers to work around. Obviously we won’t expect them to keep within the lines of this list 100% of the time but it will give them an idea as to what sort of stuff we will be expecting from them as we don't want to end up with a load of articles which really no one is interested in. Also, if someone wishes to take on an article which needs to be reported every week then we will expect them to keep that up. If for instance someone was to start an article about the X Factor, we would expect them to continue this every week.

Hopefully there will be another, more detailed announcement about the department closer to the time as well.

[Josh]

What Robbie has said has been taken out of context a little. What Nuxty said was about the NEWS team where Habbo reports take priority over real life reports as it is our obvious area of expertise. As for the articles team, that won’t necessarily be the case. We will obviously expect writers to come up with Habbo articles on a regular basis i.e. room reviews, however from past feedback it won’t be our top priority to pump out as many Habbo related articles as we can.

To the point Mathew made. There will be a list created of types of articles for writers to work around. Obviously we won’t expect them to keep within the lines of this list 100% of the time but it will give them an idea as to what sort of stuff we will be expecting from them as we don't want to end up with a load of articles which really no one is interested in. Also, if someone wishes to take on an article which needs to be reported every week then we will expect them to keep that up. If for instance someone was to start an article about the X Factor, we would expect them to continue this every week.

Hopefully there will be another, more detailed announcement about the department closer to the time as well.

Okay that sounds a little better. Might apply.

[Mrs.McCall]

I truly think this will be a welcomed and fantastic development for Habbox. It's unique to fansites today, Habbo very rarely do anything like this anymore and it will really give people a reason to want to zip over to the site. So, so, so pleased Articles is returning.

[Ajthedragon]

I would never read them. So for me it's pointless. To those who do then it's cool.

[Suspective]

I think this is a fantastic idea, and a brilliant initiative. Habbox always leads the way, and as far as I am aware there is currently no other fansites which provide a similar 'service' similar to the one in which Habbox will be providing - high quality articles that are regularly posted.

I'm defiantly going to be applying, as this really fits what I am interested in.

Charlie is a brilliant manager, and always has fresh ideas which are a big success. I am pretty sure this will pan out great :)

[Judas]

definitely excited about this, i have applied and i cant wait to see how it pans out :)

[xxMATTGxx]

Hopefully it will turn out as a success, good luck to anyone who applies! :)

[smiffy70]

i love the idea because ive had this short story ( 6 pages long ) which i wrote for english and got level 6 on it and i want to see wt people think of it :P

and tbh its great coz it gives a lot more freedom like a magazine, where it has news, and other branches

[Mrs.McCall]

I am extremely excited for Articles coming back. :D

[Alkaz]

Unfortunately for news reporters they're not going to get the opportunity to work in the articles team as you can't technically work in the same department twice :(

[HotelUser]

Unfortunately for news reporters they're not going to get the opportunity to work in the articles team as you can't technically work in the same department twice :(

What! How silly :P

[Mrs.McCall]

Unfortunately for news reporters they're not going to get the opportunity to work in the articles team as you can't technically work in the same department twice :(

-glare-

-blink-

-sob-

:'(

[Alkaz]

-glare-

-blink-

-sob-

:'(
;) I'm only being mean lol.

[Tom]

Hopefully it will turn out as a success, good luck to anyone who applies! :)

Even if it doesn't, at least the manager is doing his job? I'm tottally for this idea, and I'm looking forward to it. But if it all doesn't go well, does it matter? He had an idea and put it to the test, it's what managers do :)

Good Luck to everyone whom apply

[Mrs.McCall]

;) I'm only being mean lol.

I know but it's like me telling you The Saturdays died in a bush crash :'(

[Inseriousity.]

I know but it's like me telling you The Saturdays died in a bush crash :'(

LOLOLOLOLOL, I bet he'd like to crash into their bush. keep dreaming joe keep dreaming.

What's the thread about again? Articles? Yeah sounds good. :)

[Alex3213]

I think that news reporters should be allowed the chance to apply, but if they get in they must leave their post as a news reporter.

Glad Charlie is already getting things sorted. :D

[Mrs.McCall]

Oh woopsie. I meant bus crash.

I don't think News reporters should HAVE to leave. It's like anybody who does two jobs like Assistant Manager and Event Organiser or something... haha :P. As long as they can do the work they should be ok.

And yeah I'm really pleased.

[xxMATTGxx]

Even if it doesn't, at least the manager is doing his job? I'm tottally for this idea, and I'm looking forward to it. But if it all doesn't go well, does it matter? He had an idea and put it to the test, it's what managers do :)

Good Luck to everyone whom apply

You are right that it doesn't really matter that much in a way. But even so I've made a deal with Charlie to blame Alkaz instead if anything goes wrong. Not saying it will after all! :P

[Hecktix]

Alkaz was only joking about news reporters not being able to apply, of course they can :)

[Casanova]

I wanted to apply when they came around but I won't be. Once again it looks like things aren't going the way I'd hoped (understandable, they're my opinions so of course I'm biased!) but to concentrate on Habbo, seems pointless? I actually think Martin would have been better and that takes me a lot to say that. At least he took peoples opinions on board.

I'd apply if I didn't have to do anything about habbo but I doubt there is that option. I think if you concentrate on Habbo then it'll be a failure. It brings nothing to habbox except longer news reports :).

[Martin]

I wanted to apply when they came around but I won't be. Once again it looks like things aren't going the way I'd hoped (understandable, they're my opinions so of course I'm biased!) but to concentrate on Habbo, seems pointless? I actually think Martin would have been better and that takes me a lot to say that. At least he took peoples opinions on board.

I'd apply if I didn't have to do anything about habbo but I doubt there is that option. I think if you concentrate on Habbo then it'll be a failure. It brings nothing to habbox except longer news reports :).


I don't think the main focus of articles is on Habbo at all (it may be now, but when the idea was first drafted it wasn't). The articles department would focus much more on real life stuff, and real issues surrounding human life etc. Things such as politics, analysis of news, jokey/funny stuff, poems, jokes, help/advice columns, analysis on tv/entertainment in more depth with personalised opinions and add ons, books/music/film reviews and basically stuff that would interest most types of people rather than just the standard Habbo player.

There would of course be some Habbo stuff in there too, however I don't think as an articles writer you would be required to write any Habbo content and could stick purely to the main bulky real life stuff. (this is of course up to Charlie and I'm not sure what direction this is going in). Basically the site needs stuff that will engage readers, entertain them and provide something which would keep them coming back to the site. As a fansite we need to offer something unique and work on ways in which we make sure Habbox offers something for everyone and with Articles there is a very wide scope to do this. I've had news reporters that have just focussed on the non habbo stuff before and I'm pretty sure articles will be the same. There may be people who are interested in writing Habbo based articles, and these would most likely have there own section and would be a suitable home for the interviews and room reviews/room of the week etc, which Habbox currently (or would have soon anyway) offered.

In short, I would wait for Charlie's reply, however I don't see why there would be an issue with you not wanting to do Habbo stuff, since I don't think it's one of the requirements of the new department and I certainly think that the bulk content in the department would be on real life stuff.

and Lol, I don't think I would be better at all. Charlie is doing a fantastic job, and will ofcourse take onboard anything that is suggested etc. It may be the case that this isn't an issue anyway.

[Grig]

I dunno what this is about as I haven't been involved in news for a good few months but I would like to see non-habbo music reviews as well, as I think it's more articles and news than a radio department and DJs doin them. When myself and martin managed, it was always meant to be done by news.

Room reviews are great. However, the articles dept was closed and myself and luckily people still in news like Joey have been here for a while and we know the reasons outlined for it's closure and we need to make sure those mistakes are not followed. Similarly to real life news, considering real life was removed for a reason.

This will be interesting but I have faith in Charlie and am sure he'll achieve it :).

[Inseriousity.]

I was in the articles department when it closed and I would say 98% of articles were non-Habbo based when it closed. Anyway, Robbie took the Habbo priority statement out of context. That wasn't the intention of the new articles sub-department.

[Tom]

You are right that it doesn't really matter that much in a way. But even so I've made a deal with Charlie to blame Alkaz instead if anything goes wrong. Not saying it will after all! :P

Your so mean! LOL. But it's true, he should take blame for everything! ;)

[Arron]

Someone just inform me why this appears to be a major development :P

[Mrs.McCall]

It's a major development because it's an exciting new department that should give the site a fresh outlook.

From what i've heard Habbo content isn't a priority but it isn't going to be frowned upon either. Yes, some weeks there may be more Room Reviews than stories but at the end of the day you can't please everyone. It's all about balance. What's different this time around is that no other fansite really offers this and it is something I think will really boost readership. As long as the articles engage and excite the readers I can't see it being anything but positive.

Right now, it's a good idea on paper. The sooner it's in action the better so I can't wait for when it swings around.

[Judas]

I wanted to apply when they came around but I won't be. Once again it looks like things aren't going the way I'd hoped (understandable, they're my opinions so of course I'm biased!) but to concentrate on Habbo, seems pointless? I actually think Martin would have been better and that takes me a lot to say that. At least he took peoples opinions on board.

I'd apply if I didn't have to do anything about habbo but I doubt there is that option. I think if you concentrate on Habbo then it'll be a failure. It brings nothing to habbox except longer news reports :).

yep, seems pointless to post habbo related content on a habbo fansite. i'm pretty sure no decisions have been made about the type of content that would be provided by this department, and what it focuses on, but you have absolutely no idea what the articles would be like so don't be so quick to criticise and judge charlie's decisions before you have even seen what they are.

[Alkaz]

The Articles Team will be here to write for your entertainment, they will focus around recurring articles such as original and creative writing, room reviews and interviews on Habbo, stories, poetry and much more! They will also provide you with one off articles such as TV, album and book reviews.

I don't know who said that the main focus of the Articles team would be Habbo. Of course, just like the News team report real life news there will be Habbo related articles but it will not be our main priority for Articles. There wont be many more (if any) Habbo related articles than the ones stated in the above quote from the original announcement.

[Toasten]

I'd rather do news over articles but ergh :l

[Alkaz]

The choice is yours, you apply for either news or articles.

[Hecktix]

The choice is yours, you apply for either news or articles.

Or both when news apps are open :P

[Mrs.McCall]

LMAO adding to the confusion.

I'm sure News apps will be open soon enough :P

[Alkaz]

Oops, that's what I meant (A)

[Mathew]

So can you be both a news reporter and an articles writer or not? Joe is saying one thing and everything else another.. :P!!

[Hecktix]

So can you be both a news reporter and an articles writer or not? Joe is saying one thing and everything else another.. :P!!

Joe was joking with a news reporter that they can't have both roles earlier, I believe :)

[Alkaz]

Joe was joking with a news reporter that they can't have both roles earlier, I believe :)
Yah, once again sorry about that haha. I was joking with Mrs.McCall as he really likes articles. If you can cope with the work load then of course you're more than welcome to work in both teams just like you are allowed to join more that one department. :)

[Mrs.McCall]

Lmao causing trouble Joe!

The work load would be 3 reports and 3 articles I think if you did both. Heavy work.

[Nuxty]

Hiya everyone,

I just spent about 15 minutes responding to all the questions using quotes and all but then Chrome decided to crash! So I thought I would write this quickly just to clear up a few bits and bobs!

Firstly, the main focus will not be on Habbo. We will just be including some Habbo content. The team will be built up of around 5 writers and a senior.


May I ask why Habbo is priority?

It isn't. I think people have just assumed this as after all we are a Habbo fansite and that is our main purpose as a site overall. Habbo articles will just be things like room reviews or interviews. Real life stuff could be absolutely anything! We're willing to give a lot of freedom about what can be written about but we will have rules/guidelines in place to ensure that everything the writers produce is appropriate and acceptable! :)


I wanted to apply when they came around but I won't be. Once again it looks like things aren't going the way I'd hoped (understandable, they're my opinions so of course I'm biased!) but to concentrate on Habbo, seems pointless? I actually think Martin would have been better and that takes me a lot to say that. At least he took peoples opinions on board.

I'd apply if I didn't have to do anything about habbo but I doubt there is that option. I think if you concentrate on Habbo then it'll be a failure. It brings nothing to habbox except longer news reports :).

Well, everyone is allowed their own opinion but things won't be based on Habbo. Articles will be a chance for people to write a lot more freely. If I am going to be honest with you I would prefer it if the Real Life articles took a "priority" as such but we've decided that the best thing to do would be to have the two sections and allow the writers to produce suitable and appropriate content for your entertainment! Thanks for your feedback though and if it helps then I am more than happy to listen to anyone's feedback regarding the news department. I've been in the job for two weeks so a chance would be nice! Thanks again. :)

A couple of people are also saying that the site needs something "new" and that it shouldn't be given to news. Why not? We are going to be expanding on the creative side. People don't want to read just news articles any more, we want to introduce things such as poems, reviews, creative writing (e.g. short stories). It just brings the content writing side of Habbox to life a little more!


Unfortunately for news reporters they're not going to get the opportunity to work in the articles team as you can't technically work in the same department twice :(

He lies! News Reporters can apply. They do however know that it would be treated as a separate job and that their workload would be increased.

Thanks everyone!

Sorry for the late reply, I've been away for the past few days and Christmas was just incredibly mad for me! Thanks for all your feedback and thank you to those who support this project. All I can say to those who don't then hopefully we can show you what we can do and maybe you just might like some of the stuff we produce!

Keep the feedback coming, let us know what you think etc! Create a thread, PM me, Visitor message me - any ideas, questions or overall comments I am more than happy to hear them!

Thanks again!

[Josh]

It isn't. I think people have just assumed this as after all we are a Habbo fansite and that is our main purpose as a site overall. Habbo articles will just be things like room reviews or interviews. Real life stuff could be absolutely anything! We're willing to give a lot of freedom about what can be written about but we will have rules/guidelines in place to ensure that everything the writers produce is appropriate and acceptable! :)


Yeah. I was referring to Robbie(G)'s post above mine. I look forward to it nonetheless.

[Nuxty]

Yeah. I was referring to Robbie(G)'s post above mine. I look forward to it nonetheless.

Yeah, I think he was slightly mislead with the information we'd given the news team regarding the changes. :)