Staff Posting Competition

[AgnesIO]

Hey :)

I think (as most of you know) staff should post more than they do. So...

Why not have a staff posting competition, similar to the one running now, where the staff member who posts the most each week wins one month VIP? The same staff member would not be able to win with two weeks back to back, to encourage people to try the week after.

Managers would be excluded from the competition, since 1) if they are not posting in the first place something is going wrong. 2) They get VIP for being managers anyway :P

I know people who are not staff may disagree with this, but I think in terms of getting new members, people may want to join more if their FAVOURITE HABBOX STAFF MEMBERS POST AND THEY CAN TALK TO THEM!!! If you want to make sure on-staff members don't like it, set one up for them (maybe not so frequently..) - although I personally don't see why anyone would have a problem with it.

For all the staff members do for Habbox, I don't think a competition like this - as a sort of thank you, but also should up staff posting - would really do any harm.

Thoughts?

[Triz]

I have no objections, but we already have a sort of "competition" for posting in place.
But even if this was implemented, it wouldn't work any better. (on me anyway) VIP is only, what? £1 a month? In my eyes, posting vigorously throughout the month to save £1 is not worth it lol.

Plus staff members should be dedicated enough to post without reward. But as I said there is a "competition" for staff already in place to, in a sense help push staff members to post. I wouldn't call it a competition though as it's more or less weekly :)

[AgnesIO]

I have no objections, but we already have a sort of "competition" for posting in place.
But even if this was implemented, it wouldn't work any better. (on me anyway) VIP is only, what? £1 a month? In my eyes, posting vigorously throughout the month to save £1 is not worth it lol.

Plus staff members should be dedicated enough to post without reward. But as I said there is a "competition" for staff already in place to in a sense help push staff members to post. I wouldn't call it a competition though as it's more or less weekly :)

VIP is £1.50 and can only be bought at Christmas. Donator is the £1.50 a month.

VIP has more features (usertitles, bigger signatures, bigger avatars, rep points, ability to be invisible, 15 rep points per month) a fair amount of stuff really.

The problem is, staff members don't post regularly (well many do, but there are a fair few that don't :P). At the end of the day, all ths atff at Hx are volunteers, so I think it would be a good way to not only encourage posting, but also say thank you to them.

[Kyle]

A qualitative competition would be much better. I wouldn't like to see the staff going down the same route as some of the normal users and just posting boring threads that won't spark up any kind of discussion whatsoever. Perhaps there should be a staff poster of the month comp for each section, much like MoTM.

[myke]

btw we dont get vip for being manager

[AgnesIO]

A qualitative competition would be much better. I wouldn't like to see the staff going down the same route as some of the normal users and just posting boring threads that won't spark up any kind of discussion whatsoever. Perhaps there should be a staff poster of the month comp for each section, much like MoTM.

Yeah that would be a good idea. Only problem would be; who picks the best poster in each section? I think it would be a bit cruel to single out MODs from the competition. Mind you, Super MODs can have VIP over their red name anyway can they?

Anything that encourages staff to post would, in my opinion, be a benefit to Habbox.


btw we dont get vip for being manager

Oh I thought you did. You do when you leave though :P Don't you get VIP features or something? I swear IU read somewhere about managers and VIP :L

[Andy-]

I have no objections to this idea but some Staff Positions don't require you top post on forums as much like Help Desk and Rare Values as in RV the only time it will be necessary for me to post on forums are in the Staff Forums and in the Trading Section if someone needs help.

[rnix]

I don't feel like reading through all your replies but :P
Staff are asked to post around the forum, even the mods have a target to hit - But you can't force people too and it's their own choice if they want to post around the forum. I think thats why they got rid of the staff talk about anything so people post in the public forums more.

[Hecktix]

btw we dont get vip for being manager

Yes you do, Managers have VIP features (bar coloured name) within their management permissions and you are given normal VIP when you leave, this was agreed to by the managers as a better system than managers getting monthly VIP.

I ran a staff posting competition last year and I can't remember how well it worked, perhaps it did work I dont know but I have a feeling it was just the staff who already post, posting more. We shouldn't force staff to post on HabboxForum, for instance we don't force staff to listen to HabboxLive or use Habbox.com or visit Habbox events. Moderators are expected to post and are told this and assessed on it in their monthly reports, DJs are expected to listen to HxL etc but we can only expect people to do stuff in relation to their job. If they don't want to post on HabboxForum, as long as their job doesnt involve the public area of HabboxForum then they don't have to.

Of course I would rather it if more staff did post and stuff like the whole forum posting competition can make this happen, I've noticed a few in the top 10 are staff who haven't really posted before - so this is generally a good thing already, and may suggest that a staff posting competition may have similar responses.

[Triz]

ah well £1.. £1.50

Same thing lol.
But like I said.. Staff already have a means of motivating staff to post. I would tell you what it is, but not sure I am allowed :)
& I think what you get in return is enough to post and interact with the members of HXF.

[AgnesIO]

I have no objections to this idea but some Staff Positions don't require you top post on forums as much like Help Desk and Rare Values as in RV the only time it will be necessary for me to post on forums are in the Staff Forums and in the Trading Section if someone needs help.

I know they are not required to, but surely trying to encourage them to is only a good thing? I know for a fact, that when you are staff you tend to post less on the normal forums. I think this is sort of because all the staff forums are right at the top, so I didn't even bother scrolling down - since I could talk about whatever I liked right in the first four forums (or 7 at one stage)


I don't feel like reading through all your replies but :P
Staff are asked to post around the forum, even the mods have a target to hit - But you can't force people too and it's their own choice if they want to post around the forum. I think thats why they got rid of the staff talk about anything so people post in the public forums more.

I know you can't force them to - but is this forcing them to post?


Yes you do, Managers have VIP features (bar coloured name) within their management permissions and you are given normal VIP when you leave, this was agreed to by the managers as a better system than managers getting monthly VIP.

I ran a staff posting competition last year and I can't remember how well it worked, perhaps it did work I dont know but I have a feeling it was just the staff who already post, posting more. We shouldn't force staff to post on HabboxForum, for instance we don't force staff to listen to HabboxLive or use Habbox.com or visit Habbox events. Moderators are expected to post and are told this and assessed on it in their monthly reports, DJs are expected to listen to HxL etc but we can only expect people to do stuff in relation to their job. If they don't want to post on HabboxForum, as long as their job doesnt involve the public area of HabboxForum then they don't have to.

Of course I would rather it if more staff did post and stuff like the whole forum posting competition can make this happen, I've noticed a few in the top 10 are staff who haven't really posted before - so this is generally a good thing already, and may suggest that a staff posting competition may have similar responses.

Of course you cannot force them - and forcing them would, in hindsight, hurt Habbox. But you can encourage them :)

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ah well £1.. £1.50

Same thing lol.
But like I said.. Staff already have a means of motivating staff to post. I would tell you what it is, but not sure I am allowed :)
& I think what you get in return is enough to post and interact with the members of HXF.

I cannot see any harm in you saying.

I could simply become staff to find out then resign if I was that desperate though :P

[Triz]

I cannot see any harm in you saying.

I could simply become staff to find out then resign if I was that desperate though :P

Well actually I couldn't be bothered to go in the staff forums and find out! lmao!
I don't know them my heart because I don't really care of added benefits I get from posting, I post because I enjoy HXF.
That said, what I'm talking about is not for ALL staff, it's just for Moderators. As Hecktix said, other staff members don't HAVE to post. Although it would be nice.

I think it is something like 40 posts p/w = 20 rep points and 3 thread a week = 20 rep points

[AgnesIO]

Well actually I couldn't be bothered to go in the staff forums and find out! lmao!
I don't know them my heart because I don't really care of added benefits I get from posting, I post because I enjoy HXF.
That said, what I'm talking about is not for ALL staff, it's just for Moderators. As Hecktix said, other staff members don't HAVE to post. Although it would be nice.

I think it is something like 40 posts p/w = 20 rep points and 3 thread a week = 20 rep points

Why is it only moderators who are offered this? It sounds like a very good idea to me.

[Hecktix]

I put a lot of effort into encouraging staff posting and have as long as I've been involved in the management side of HabboxForum, managers are asked to encourage their staff to post and I know that a lot of managers do staff challenge kind of things in their departments to give their staff a bit of fun and I remember Jess making posting around the forum one of her staff challenges - we all know that DJs rarely post around the forum (not that it's a problem but it'd be nice to see more of them) and it worked quite well, so these kind of things are good.

Before Christmas I also removed the "Habbox Staff Only: Talk about anything" forum, which was basically a spam forum for staff and I thought that this shouldn't be the case and since it's removal we have seen more staff posting around the forum, particularly in spam.

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Why is it only moderators who are offered this? It sounds like a very good idea to me.

Because it's a system that Forum Management have introduced and moderators are the only staff members required to post. The rep offered there is from Forum Management's own rep power.

[AgnesIO]

I put a lot of effort into encouraging staff posting and have as long as I've been involved in the management side of HabboxForum, managers are asked to encourage their staff to post and I know that a lot of managers do staff challenge kind of things in their departments to give their staff a bit of fun and I remember Jess making posting around the forum one of her staff challenges - we all know that DJs rarely post around the forum (not that it's a problem but it'd be nice to see more of them) and it worked quite well, so these kind of things are good.

Before Christmas I also removed the "Habbox Staff Only: Talk about anything" forum, which was basically a spam forum for staff and I thought that this shouldn't be the case and since it's removal we have seen more staff posting around the forum, particularly in spam.

Yeah I remember the TAA forum, and I know I never posted outside the staff forums :P

I don't like targetting single departments, but yeah it is DJs who post the least in general I would say. I don't believe in forcing them to post, however the DJs are probably the most loved department on Habbo - so many users love them. So being able to talk to them easily and safely on HxF would be an incentive for most listeners to sign up.

[Hecktix]

Yeah I remember the TAA forum, and I know I never posted outside the staff forums :P

I don't like targetting single departments, but yeah it is DJs who post the least in general I would say. I don't believe in forcing them to post, however the DJs are probably the most loved department on Habbo - so many users love them. So being able to talk to them easily and safely on HxF would be an incentive for most listeners to sign up.

I think some DJs realise this, but then equally a lot of DJs don't recieve a very nice welcome on the Forum when they start posting around.

[AgnesIO]

I think some DJs realise this, but then equally a lot of DJs don't recieve a very nice welcome on the Forum when they start posting around.

Why not?

If this is an issue, then a resolution needs to be found - harsh punishments maybe - if what you are saying is what I think you mean.

[Hecktix]

Why not?

If this is an issue, then a resolution needs to be found - harsh punishments maybe - if what you are saying is what I think you mean.

You know full well we're harsh on people who are rude to newer members/staff posting :P It doesn't necessarily stop it though, it's improved however and this year in particular I think a lot more people posting are staff and it's good to see. As someone infamously said recently, we should rename spam to "HxHD Staff Spam". The person who said it said it in a negative way, but to me that's nothing but positive.

[Michael]

thats quite a good idea actually for the staff.

[AgnesIO]

You know full well we're harsh on people who are rude to newer members/staff posting :P It doesn't necessarily stop it though, it's improved however and this year in particular I think a lot more people posting are staff and it's good to see. As someone infamously said recently, we should rename spam to "HxHD Staff Spam". The person who said it said it in a negative way, but to me that's nothing but positive.

You should ban the members from the world :L Na, joking but anyway.

To be honest, I think the worst members for trolling/bullying have gone (well been banned)

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thats quite a good idea actually for the staff.

Since you want to win the posting competition so much, why don't you reply again and say why you think it is a good idea, and how it could be improved!! :rolleyes:

[Catzsy]

Mods are actually required to hit at least 40 posts a week as part of their dutiess and this has been in place for well over a year. I do think alll staff should have some sort of quota right to the very top. Let's face it if the staff don't do it then why expect anybody else too? The Rep system has only just been introduced for mods. Also I don't think the DJ explanation is plausible at all. Maybe one forum may not welcome them with open arms but there are plenty of others to post in. Why even be given a job on a forum when you cba to post virtually at all?

[AgnesIO]

Mods are actually required to hit at least 40 posts a week as part of their dutiess and this has been in place for well over a year. I do think alll staff should have some sort of quota right to the very top. Let's face it if the staff don't do it then why expect anybody else too? The Rep system has only just been introduced for mods.

The rep system sounds like a very good idea (DESPITE THE FACT I AM NOT GAINING FFS - joking). I don't think staff should be forced to post, as it will only make staff quit - which we don't want. However, rewards such as the rep system, could be put in place to encourage staff to post.

[Catzsy]

The rep system sounds like a very good idea (DESPITE THE FACT I AM NOT GAINING FFS - joking). I don't think staff should be forced to post, as it will only make staff quit - which we don't want. However, rewards such as the rep system, could be put in place to encourage staff to post.

Seriously if you want a job on a forum then you should be required to actively communicate with the members. This is a community website. Mods have targets? Why is it different for everybody else?

[RockyHorror]

Mods are actually required to hit at least 40 posts a week as part of their dutiess and this has been in place for well over a year.

But do you actually enforce that?

[Andy-]

Seriously if you want a job on a forum then you should be required to actively communicate with the members. This is a community website. Mods have targets? Why is it different for everybody else?

I agree with that if you are a Forum Mod you should at least post around in the section you moderate in.

[Catzsy]

But do you actually enforce that?

I don't enforce anything. LOL I have to do it too but it is enforced by the management.
When the staff had a spam thread there was never any shortage of staff posting which is why
I suggested in another thread that we have spam threads in every major section because it would liven up the forum and I feel make it more popular. @ Andy, there is no difference between us and other staff - if you want a job then you should contribute to the whole community not just stick to one role. :)

[Calvin]

I'm pretty sure the staff posting competition was tried before, can't remember if it had any good results or not though. I think the only people that would take part in the staff one is the usuals that already post around the forum and I'm sure they would have entered the one for everyone.

I never take part in the spamming competitions because I find it pretty pointless and boring tbh.

[Aidenn]

Think i've holded my say back for long enough.


But do you actually enforce that?
Management do enforce this without a doubt, see below.


I agree with that if you are a Forum Mod you should at least post around in the section you moderate in.
This is what we are always encouraged to do, after all why moderate a section if your not interacting with the users within it, i also find it helps you get-to-know other users, and generally their humour, when i was moved into a new section i was familiar with anyone and with these nicknames everyone made for each other i generally thought they was eing rude about specific user(s) until i got-to-know and knew they was nicknames for each other,

[AgnesIO]

Seriously if you want a job on a forum then you should be required to actively communicate with the members. This is a community website. Mods have targets? Why is it different for everybody else?

Rosie, I do agree with you - but after being flamed constantly for this view in the past, you have to look at the other side of the coin.

If the staff members were paid - it should be forced. But they aren't - so as long as they are doing their jobs fine, I don't think forcing them to post is really fair.

[RockyHorror]

LOL I have to do it too but it is enforced by the management.

So if you were not to post on a regular basis, and you kept not posting on a regular basis, would you lose your position?

[Triz]

Rosie, I do agree with you - but after being flamed constantly for this view in the past, you have to look at the other side of the coin.

If the staff members were paid - it should be forced. But they aren't - so as long as they are doing their jobs fine, I don't think forcing them to post is really fair.

That is fair enough, but we are asked to read and reply to the thread that states these "encouragements" in it. If we were/are unhappy about the posting requirements then we would just resign. I'm happy, 40 posts a week is not much.


So if you were not to post on a regular basis, and you kept not posting on a regular basis, would you lose your position?

If we miss our target once then we will recieve a first warning PM from Nicola, if we miss our target 2 weeks in a row then we will recieve an official warning.

[Nemo]

God no, there's enough annoying posts as it is with this posting competition.

[AgnesIO]

That is fair enough, but we are asked to read and reply to the thread that states these "encouragements" in it. If we were/are unhappy about the posting requirements then we would just resign. I'm happy, 40 posts a week is not much.

BANG. That is the problem. Do we really want people to have to resign (or get fired) for doing their jobs superbly, yet not posting? I think managers should be forced to post, or told to piss off to be honest - however, normal staff members who do a fantastic job should not be forced to resign, due to not posting 40 times a week.

CASE IN POINT: http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=74786

[Catzsy]

Rosie, I do agree with you - but after being flamed constantly for this view in the past, you have to look at the other side of the coin.

If the staff members were paid - it should be forced. But they aren't - so as long as they are doing their jobs fine, I don't think forcing them to post is really fair.

Well I disagree. I could say I only want to 'moderate' but only doing that would mean that I was not interested in the community, I feel. If part of the duties, as mods have, is to post around the forum , then that would be beneficial to all. There is never a shortage of members applying for posts so take those who are interested in being part of the community & posting rather than just having people who don't. This is my personal opinion. :)

[AgnesIO]

Well I disagree. I could say I only want to 'moderate' but only doing that would mean that I was not interested in the community, I feel. If part of the duties, as mods have, is to post around the forum , then that would be beneficial to all. There is never a shortage of members applying for posts so take those who are interested in being part of the community & posting rather than just having people who don't. This is my personal opinion. :)

But if a staff member does a really good job, forcing them to post should not happen. I think they should post, but forcing a certain amount is the wrong way to go.

[Aidenn]

BANG. That is the problem. Do we really want people to have to resign (or get fired) for doing their jobs superbly, yet not posting? I think managers should be forced to post, or told to piss off to be honest - however, normal staff members who do a fantastic job should not be forced to resign, due to not posting 40 times a week.

Personally i think if your moderating a thread/forum, it is relatively easy just to add a post at the end of a thread contributing to it, therefore the 40 posts a week minimum isnt actually a hard target to reach.

[Triz]

BANG. That is the problem. Do we really want people to have to resign (or get fired) for doing their jobs superbly, yet not posting? I think managers should be forced to post, or told to piss off to be honest - however, normal staff members who do a fantastic job should not be forced to resign, due to not posting 40 times a week.

CASE IN POINT: http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=74786

No because we are directed to that thread and are made aware of the posting requirements before I technically get the job.

[AgnesIO]

Personally i think if your moderating a thread/forum, it is relatively easy just to add a post at the end of a thread contributing to it, therefore the 40 posts a week minimum isnt actually a hard target to reach.

I am referring more to DJs, RV staff etc etc. I think th rep idea should be introduced for these departments, but forcing them to do it is not fair for volunteers.

The ARVM has posted once since becoming ARVM - which was 12 days ago..

[Catzsy]

But if a staff member does a really good job, forcing them to post should not happen. I think they should post, but forcing a certain amount is the wrong way to go.

So are you saying that mods shouldn't either? :P The quota does not have to be large, probably less than the mods, but when I see some with maybe 2/3 posts who have been here quite a long time I wonder whether they are bothered about wanting to belong to the Habbox Community which is why we are all here, surely. :)

[AgnesIO]

So are you saying that mods shouldn't either? :P The quota does not have to be large, probably less than the mods, but when I see some with maybe 2/3 posts who have been here quite a long time I wonder whether they are bothered about wanting to belong to the Habbox Community which is why we are all here, surely. :)

Of course - I think staff members should have to contribute to the community, but I don't believe firing them (assuming they are doing an exceptional job) is fair. However, if they are seen to literally not be posting at all they should not stay as staff, and certainly should not be made management.

[Catzsy]

Of course - I think staff members should have to contribute to the community, but I don't believe firing them (assuming they are doing an exceptional job) is fair. However, if they are seen to literally not be posting at all they should not stay as staff, and certainly should not be made management.

I don't think anybody has been fired for not posting. :) The ethos of the staff should just be altered and more emphasis placed upon overall contribution rather than individual job role and targets set within reason (Ours are not huge). It would then become just a matter of course for staff to post and nobody would even think to question it.

[RockyHorror]

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Edited by Catz (Forum Super Moderator): It is not allowed to target others in this way. Thanks

[Aidenn]

Its not very often that a mod becomes inactive, if they are then they are booked away, cant exactly post 40 times a week when away/ on limited activity surely?

[myke]

Seriously if you want a job on a forum then you should be required to actively communicate with the members. This is a community website. Mods have targets? Why is it different for everybody else?
Because your department revolves around the forum, my graphics department doesn't, as far as I'm concerned they volunteer for habbox.com - not habboxforum.com; the actual fansite is Habbox.com not HabboxForum and I think this is often forgotten. ;)

[scott]

Because your department revolves around the forum, my graphics department doesn't, as far as I'm concerned they volunteer for habbox.com - not habboxforum.com; the actual fansite is Habbox.com not HabboxForum and I think this is often forgotten. ;)

Totally agree. If we are going to go down the route that everyone staff member has to post so many times then we may as well say that they also need to tune into HabboxLive so many times it's the exact same and I don't see the latter happening.

[Inseriousity.]

Totally agree. If we are going to go down the route that everyone staff member has to post so many times then we may as well say that they also need to tune into HabboxLive so many times it's the exact same and I don't see the latter happening.

or enter 40 comps a month. now I think bout it mods, ever need an extra post, the comps forum is there ;) lolol jokes

Anyway, yes, I agree with myke/milestone etc. While in an ideal world, everyone would be posting and getting along great, the staff get recognition from doing their job, the members get recognition from posting. Add that to the fact that most Habbox jobs don't actually revolve around the forum (DJs, RVRs, gfx etc) and it's no wonder they hardly post. In fact, I think that the "Habbox community" that you talk about Rosie can be found just as much on Habbo which is where you can actively find most DJs and RVR staff. :)

[Catzsy]

Because your department revolves around the forum, my graphics department doesn't, as far as I'm concerned they volunteer for habbox.com - not habboxforum.com; the actual fansite is Habbox.com not HabboxForum and I think this is often forgotten. ;)


Totally agree. If we are going to go down the route that everyone staff member has to post so many times then we may as well say that they also need to tune into HabboxLive so many times it's the exact same and I don't see the latter happening.

But it is all Habbox at the end of day whether it is the site or forum but you both post regularly anyway. I just think it looks bad to them members for some staff to be here a long time and still in single figures with their post count. You have to question why they are actually here?

[Hecktix]

But it is all Habbox at the end of day whether it is the site or forum but you both post regularly anyway. I just think it looks bad to them members for some staff to be here a long time and still in single figures with their post count. You have to question why they are actually here?

They are here to benefit Habbox, the forum isn't Habbox in it's entirity. For instance if a HabboxLive DJ, DJ'd 20 times a week for a year and only posted on the forum three times in the same period - would you say they don't deserve their place as staff? I certainly wouldnt, their contributions to Habbox are elsewhere other than the forum.

[Catzsy]

They are here to benefit Habbox, the forum isn't Habbox in it's entirity. For instance if a HabboxLive DJ, DJ'd 20 times a week for a year and only posted on the forum three times in the same period - would you say they don't deserve their place as staff? I certainly wouldnt, their contributions to Habbox are elsewhere other than the forum.

I didn't say the forum is Habbox in it's entirity and I not saying that people should get fired I am saying it looks bad to members. That's all.

[Hecktix]

I didn't say the forum is Habbox in it's entirity and I not saying that people should get fired I am saying it looks bad to members. That's all.

It might look bad to members of the forum Rosie, but if they tuned into HabboxLive a few times a week and constantly heard the DJ then they'd know that they contribute to Habbox. Similarly HabboxLive's listener community may say the reverse about a DJ who posts more on the forum than DJs on HabboxLive.

[Catzsy]

It might look bad to members of the forum Rosie, but if they tuned into HabboxLive a few times a week and constantly heard the DJ then they'd know that they contribute to Habbox. Similarly HabboxLive's listener community may say the reverse about a DJ who posts more on the forum than DJs on HabboxLive.

They may do and I am not having a go at DJ's. You are looking for ways to improve the forum and more interaction by staff on the forum might be the way forward and certainly would benefit it. There was enough staff posting when there was the Habbox Staff spam thread and 'quotes' thread so why is that different to this? In fact you removed them to get more staff posting. If you did have more spam forums they may be encouraged to post more?

[Hecktix]

They may do and I am not having a go at DJ's. You are looking for ways to improve the forum and more interaction by staff on the forum might be the way forward and certainly would benefit it. There was enough staff posting when there was the Habbox Staff spam thread and 'quotes' thread so why is that different to this? In fact you removed them to get more staff posting. If you did have more spam forums they may be encouraged to post more?

Rosie, have you not read any of my previous replies? I am quite clearly in favour of encouraging staff posting, you however suggested that all staff should have a quota like moderators do. This, I disagree with as no other job involves interacting with the forum community.

[Catzsy]

Rosie, have you not read any of my previous replies? I am quite clearly in favour of encouraging staff posting, you however suggested that all staff should have a quota like moderators do. This, I disagree with as no other job involves interacting with the forum community.

Well a target at least to encourage? Something to aim for but no sanctions. If they are not told what is expected of them, then they are unlikely to achieve this. Also the mod department is not the only department who job involves interacting? Surely that is the whole purpose of the Community Department whether on Habbo or here? :P

[Hecktix]

Well a target at least to encourage? Something to aim for but no sanctions. If they are not told what is expected of them, then they are unlikely to achieve this. Also the mod department is not the only department who job involves interacting? Surely that is the whole purpose of the Community Department whether on Habbo or here? :P

The forum community isn't the Habbox community, it's part of it but it's not the Habbox community. Each community staff member will communicate with the community in the way they do it best and sometimes this isn't on the forum. To set a guideline for staff would be nothing but misleading, moderators are expected to post around the forum and interact with the forum community - if I started saying mods had to spend 4 or 5 hours on Habbo in HxHD each week they'd flip out. I agree with encouraging staff posting because the forum is a great way to interact with the community, but there are other methods of doing this and if some staff prefer those then they are entitled to do that.

[GirlNextDoor15]

Yes yes yes! I agree with that! I wanna win loads of credits lol. sry <<< But pls make one competition like that. :D

[AgnesIO]

Yes yes yes! I agree with that! I wanna win loads of credits lol. sry <<< But pls make one competition like that. :D

If you are going to make posts (spam ish) just to win a competition like this I don't think it would be worthwhile.

[Richie]

Once again I don't see why people should be bribed to post, if they don't want to post leave them be, jesus. It should be a criteria for staff to post around the forum on a day to day basis anyway.

[GirlNextDoor15]

If you are going to make posts (spam ish) just to win a competition like this I don't think it would be worthwhile.

eh no. I'm not gonna spam. Why would you think I'll spam? And it'll be worthwhile, I think

[AgnesIO]

Once again I don't see why people should be bribed to post, if they don't want to post leave them be, jesus. It should be a criteria for staff to post around the forum on a day to day basis anyway.

But it isn't, and since (A)GM's don't think it should be, you need to look at other way to encourage people to post.


eh no. I'm not gonna spam. Why would you think I'll spam? And it'll be worthwhile, I think

Because you didn't seem at all bothered by the benefits it will bring to the community, and more that you could get your furnizzzz

[GirlNextDoor15]

If I win the competition, I use it for my HXL shows. At least, it'll attract a lot of listeners to HXL. Awww. I'm sorry to say, Richie but that's how it works. It's reality. If you want to encourage ppl to post, it's real hard. But if you just want to see the number of posts they post each day increase, competitions will do. :) I mean we don't get any harm. Whoever wins it for eg. a HXL DJ usually use the prizes for their HXL shows. Its not that they are gonna waste it or whatever. We benefit it on the other hand. So, I think it's worth it.

[Inseriousity.]

Once again I don't see why people should be bribed to post, if they don't want to post leave them be, jesus. It should be a criteria for staff to post around the forum on a day to day basis anyway.

Lol those two sentences really contradicted each other there Richie. Leave them be but there should be criteria? :P

Anyway, yeah, I don't agree with a staff posting competition mainly because an attitude change is required and posting competitions just cover that up in the short-term.

[Richie]

Lol those two sentences really contradicted each other there Richie. Leave them be but there should be criteria? :P

Anyway, yeah, I don't agree with a staff posting competition mainly because an attitude change is required and posting competitions just cover that up in the short-term.

No lol I meant like, they shouldn't be bribed to post, if they want them to post make it a criteria :(

[Catzsy]

The forum community isn't the Habbox community, it's part of it but it's not the Habbox community. Each community staff member will communicate with the community in the way they do it best and sometimes this isn't on the forum. To set a guideline for staff would be nothing but misleading, moderators are expected to post around the forum and interact with the forum community - if I started saying mods had to spend 4 or 5 hours on Habbo in HxHD each week they'd flip out. I agree with encouraging staff posting because the forum is a great way to interact with the community, but there are other methods of doing this and if some staff prefer those then they are entitled to do that.

Nowhere did I say that 'The forum community isn't the Habbox community' but it is part of it.
I will await to see 'what other methods' are found because you are confusing their job roles with interaction with the community - two separate things. I dare say that staff would also
be pretty angry with being enforced to be signed on the forum very much more than 5/6 hours a week to do their work! :P Same thing applies. When I was Community AGM there was great emphasis on serving and relating to the members on the forum. It may be just a part but it is a very important part to the members we have along with the site and radio.

[Hecktix]

Nowhere did I say that 'The forum community isn't the Habbox community' but it is part of it.
I will await to see 'what other methods' are found because you are confusing their job roles with interaction with the community - two separate things. I dare say that staff would also
be pretty angry with being enforced to be signed on the forum very much more than 5/6 hours a week to do their work! :P Same thing applies. When I was Community AGM there was great emphasis on serving and relating to the members on the forum. It may be just a part but it is a very important part to the members we have along with the site and radio.

You don't seem to understand me, you seem to think the only way of interacting with the Habbox community is via HabboxForum and this isn't the case, there are staff who post on the fourm to interact but there are also staff who interact with the community in different ways and this isn't a problem, so whilst posting will be encouraged we won't be taking upon your suggestion of a quota.

[Catzsy]

You don't seem to understand me, you seem to think the only way of interacting with the Habbox community is via HabboxForum and this isn't the case, there are staff who post on the fourm to interact but there are also staff who interact with the community in different ways and this isn't a problem, so whilst posting will be encouraged we won't be taking upon your suggestion of a quota.

I did understand you and but your examples of HXHD being enforced to be on Habbo, or DJs doing their shows is essentially no different to mods being enforced to being signed on the forum probably for an awful lot longer on average. :P That's all - it was the reasoning behind you argument for the staff not posting more. Also I gave up on the suggestion of a quota many posts ago and suggested that it should just be an aim that they were aware of. Nothing more than that. I am guessing that the word 'encouraged' means just that. :)

[myke]

Yes yes yes! I agree with that! I wanna win loads of credits lol. sry <<< But pls make one competition like that. :D

and this my friends, is why a staff posting competition is bad.

rosie we're not EXPECTED to post on the forum. the only time we're expected to is if we have to reply to an important thread.

edit: ignore that bit only just got round to reading the last essay 'cus got bored halfway through the thread :rolleyes::rolleyes:

[Alex3213]

and this my friends, is why a staff posting competition is bad.

rosie we're not EXPECTED to post on the forum. the only time we're expected to is if we have to reply to an important thread.

I agree with this I'm afraid. There are 9 moderators and 2 super moderators on the forum. I see maybe 1 or 2 attending to a few events and I see about 6 in total visiting the Help Desk often, maybe 5. Following your logic, Rosie, if staff were forced to post say 10 times a week, doesn't that mean that moderators would have to visit the Help Desk for 2 hours a week and visit at least 4 Habbox events? Course not, it doesn't work like that. Staff are volunteers and like an ex-Competition Manager said, MissAlice, "It's not the quantity of the posts that matters, it's the quality!" Sure it's an old expression but also a valid one (with the exception of the er... posts part). The forum is a discussion board and used to be the centre of the site however I think that's now starting to move abouts with the new Habbox V6 BETA and as it's a BETA we can expect more from it anyway (hopefully!) As I said earlier, staff are volunteers. This means that they give up their time to do their role. Whether that's DJing, writing competitions or adding content to the site. A moderator is forced to post because they are moderators and should be known as they lie on the forum. Likewise, a Events Organiser is told to go to as many events as possible (and even the Help Desk) to make themselves known on the client, as that's where their area is. I see lots of DJs going to party rooms as that's their department. Do you get why I don't think it'd be a good idea to have a forced amount of posts a week?

Also a staff posting competition will get the same rubbish which has been posted before. "What's your favourite drink?" 2 months later "What's your favourite drink?" So no I don't think it'd be a good idea. Sure staff should be encouraged to post but if they need incentives to get it and in return the discussion board actually isn't discussing anything useful or genuine, there's no point having a competition.

[Catzsy]

and this my friends, is why a staff posting competition is bad.

rosie we're not EXPECTED to post on the forum. the only time we're expected to is if we have to reply to an important thread.

edit: ignore that bit only just got round to reading the last essay 'cus got bored halfway through the thread :rolleyes::rolleyes:

LOL :)


I agree with this I'm afraid. There are 9 moderators and 2 super moderators on the forum. I see maybe 1 or 2 attending to a few events and I see about 6 in total visiting the Help Desk often, maybe 5. Following your logic, Rosie, if staff were forced to post say 10 times a week, doesn't that mean that moderators would have to visit the Help Desk for 2 hours a week and visit at least 4 Habbox events? Course not, it doesn't work like that. Staff are volunteers and like an ex-Competition Manager said, MissAlice, "It's not the quantity of the posts that matters, it's the quality!" Sure it's an old expression but also a valid one (with the exception of the er... posts part). The forum is a discussion board and used to be the centre of the site however I think that's now starting to move abouts with the new Habbox V6 BETA and as it's a BETA we can expect more from it anyway (hopefully!) As I said earlier, staff are volunteers. This means that they give up their time to do their role. Whether that's DJing, writing competitions or adding content to the site. A moderator is forced to post because they are moderators and should be known as they lie on the forum. Likewise, a Events Organiser is told to go to as many events as possible (and even the Help Desk) to make themselves known on the client, as that's where their area is. I see lots of DJs going to party rooms as that's their department. Do you get why I don't think it'd be a good idea to have a forced amount of posts a week?

Also a staff posting competition will get the same rubbish which has been posted before. "What's your favourite drink?" 2 months later "What's your favourite drink?" So no I don't think it'd be a good idea. Sure staff should be encouraged to post but if they need incentives to get it and in return the discussion board actually isn't discussing anything useful or genuine, there's no point having a competition.

No I don't agree which is quite unusual as far as you are concerned as 'Moderating' is our main job and the posting is an added extra which none of the other staff have.If our main job was 'posting' I would agree with you as then it would only be fair. Also mods are volunteers as well. :P I think this has been resolved by me saying ages ago in this thread that if a quota was not fair then it should be an aim and with Hecktix saying that staff should be 'encouraged' to post and I totally agree with the MissAlice philosophy as I stated in another post. Having said that you were a valued member of staff for a long time and a very active poster so it can be done. :D

[AgnesIO]

LOL :)



No I don't agree which is quite unusual as far as you are concerned as 'Moderating' is our main job and the posting is an added extra which none of the other staff have.If our main job was 'posting' I would agree with you as then it would only be fair. Also mods are volunteers as well. :P I think this has been resolved by me saying ages ago in this thread that if a quota was not fair then it should be an aim and with Hecktix saying that staff should be 'encouraged' to post and I totally agree with the MissAlice philosophy as I stated in another post. Having said that you were a valued member of staff for a long time and a very active poster so it can be done. :D

I think managers should HAVE to post - a manager not posting is, in my eyes, a big fault.

Staff should post, and I genuinely believe if DJ's posted more, more newer members would stay. Hey, I might be wrong, but I think young habbo players would love to sign up and talk to their favourite DJ.

[Alex3213]

LOL :)



No I don't agree which is quite unusual as far as you are concerned as 'Moderating' is our main job and the posting is an added extra which none of the other staff have.If our main job was 'posting' I would agree with you as then it would only be fair. Also mods are volunteers as well. :P I think this has been resolved by me saying ages ago in this thread that if a quota was not fair then it should be an aim and with Hecktix saying that staff should be 'encouraged' to post and I totally agree with the MissAlice philosophy as I stated in another post. Having said that you were a valued member of staff for a long time and a very active poster so it can be done. :D

Of course moderators are volunteers (lol i nearly wrote VIPs :P) and they put in a hell of a lot of effort and all do a good job (and anyone who's reading this thread, let's not make some pointless "MODERATIN WAS BETTER BEFORE" thread :rolleyes:) however the way I see it is whilst you're browsing the forum, especially in your category, you can always add a little comment at the end. This means the members know you're a moderator of the section and you do browse it and you're active in it, meaning I think a quota is fair for the moderation department. :D As I said though, other departments are based elsewhere and that means the forum isn't their primary site, just like the client isn't the moderation department's! Like I said earlier, I think there might be a chance the actual Habbox site will become centre of attention in the upcoming months especially with the Habbox/HxL merge. Staff should post yes but we can't force them after all, whether it's a minimum which must be met or an aim. In my opinion, an aim will just be discarded and no one will pay attention as it does not need to be met.

P.S. I was never an active poster! My average posts is like 1.4 or something and that's probably because of all the CNBs :P


I think managers should HAVE to post - a manager not posting is, in my eyes, a big fault.

Staff should post, and I genuinely believe if DJ's posted more, more newer members would stay. Hey, I might be wrong, but I think young habbo players would love to sign up and talk to their favourite DJ.

Again I don't think they HAVE to post but I think it's important for them to do so. If they don't, it's their loss. Seeing "______ MANAGER" in their usertitle immediately promotes their department as well as their signature which is likely to promote their department. For example Mike's has a nice little image which can be clicked to show you all the comps, HOORAY, ADVERTISEMENT! If they don't want to it's OK imho as it'll only downgrade the amount of promotion the department could potentially receive. However, on the other hand, a post count in the double digits and in management is an entirely different matter and that is not acceptable.

[AgnesIO]

Of course moderators are volunteers (lol i nearly wrote VIPs :P) and they put in a hell of a lot of effort and all do a good job (and anyone who's reading this thread, let's not make some pointless "MODERATIN WAS BETTER BEFORE" thread :rolleyes:) however the way I see it is whilst you're browsing the forum, especially in your category, you can always add a little comment at the end. This means the members know you're a moderator of the section and you do browse it and you're active in it, meaning I think a quota is fair for the moderation department. :D As I said though, other departments are based elsewhere and that means the forum isn't their primary site, just like the client isn't the moderation department's! Like I said earlier, I think there might be a chance the actual Habbox site will become centre of attention in the upcoming months especially with the Habbox/HxL merge. Staff should post yes but we can't force them after all, whether it's a minimum which must be met or an aim. In my opinion, an aim will just be discarded and no one will pay attention as it does not need to be met.

P.S. I was never an active poster! My average posts is like 1.4 or something and that's probably because of all the CNBs :P



Again I don't think they HAVE to post but I think it's important for them to do so. If they don't, it's their loss. Seeing "______ MANAGER" in their usertitle immediately promotes their department as well as their signature which is likely to promote their department. For example Mike's has a nice little image which can be clicked to show you all the comps, HOORAY, ADVERTISEMENT! If they don't want to it's OK imho as it'll only downgrade the amount of promotion the department could potentially receive. However, on the other hand, a post count in the double digits and in management is an entirely different matter and that is not acceptable.

But Alex, it isn't their loss. It is Habbox's loss. If the managers don't post, why on earth would a new younger member feel inclined to?

I know when I first joined, I used to love seeing managers and stuff post around the forum.

[Hecktix]

But Alex, it isn't their loss. It is Habbox's loss. If the managers don't post, why on earth would a new younger member feel inclined to?

I know when I first joined, I used to love seeing managers and stuff post around the forum.

With at least one manager in each department being an active poster, I don't think it's much of a loss to Habbox if two or three managers choose not to post as much as long as they are good at their job.

[Andii]

tbh i like this idea =] =] it lets staff communicate more with the users of the forum =] =] . . . and also lets the users get to know the staff a bit more :P :P so come on staff post post post :P

[Catzsy]

Of course moderators are volunteers (lol i nearly wrote VIPs :P) and they put in a hell of a lot of effort and all do a good job (and anyone who's reading this thread, let's not make some pointless "MODERATIN WAS BETTER BEFORE" thread :rolleyes:) however the way I see it is whilst you're browsing the forum, especially in your category, you can always add a little comment at the end. This means the members know you're a moderator of the section and you do browse it and you're active in it, meaning I think a quota is fair for the moderation department. :D As I said though, other departments are based elsewhere and that means the forum isn't their primary site, just like the client isn't the moderation department's! Like I said earlier, I think there might be a chance the actual Habbox site will become centre of attention in the upcoming months especially with the Habbox/HxL merge. Staff should post yes but we can't force them after all, whether it's a minimum which must be met or an aim. In my opinion, an aim will just be discarded and no one will pay attention as it does not need to be met.

P.S. I was never an active poster! My average posts is like 1.4 or something and that's probably because of all the CNBs :P

.

Well that average is huge compared to some and you were really well known but I get what you mean. :)

[Alex3213]

But Alex, it isn't their loss. It is Habbox's loss. If the managers don't post, why on earth would a new younger member feel inclined to?

I know when I first joined, I used to love seeing managers and stuff post around the forum.

I wouldn't be influenced by posting by anyone on this forum. Just 'cos Mr-Trainor is posting 20 times a week I'm not going to do that purely because of him. They'd feel inclined too because they signed up to a forum most likely to post, not to browse seeing as you can see everything but spam as a guest. They may have also joined just so they can become staff which is fair enough. Sure, if staff posted then it'd be helpful but at the end of the day I'd rather them do their jobs well than sacrificing it for endless posting. Like Oli said, there's only a few managers who don't post much (specially that HabboxComps guy, God when does he ever post) so it's not Habbox's loss if each department has someone who is posting, surely?


Well that average is huge compared to some and you were really well known but I get what you mean. :)

I was?! :P

[AgnesIO]

I wouldn't be influenced by posting by anyone on this forum. Just 'cos Mr-Trainor is posting 20 times a week I'm not going to do that purely because of him. They'd feel inclined too because they signed up to a forum most likely to post, not to browse seeing as you can see everything but spam as a guest. They may have also joined just so they can become staff which is fair enough. Sure, if staff posted then it'd be helpful but at the end of the day I'd rather them do their jobs well than sacrificing it for endless posting. Like Oli said, there's only a few managers who don't post much (specially that HabboxComps guy, God when does he ever post) so it's not Habbox's loss if each department has someone who is posting, surely?



I was?! :P

The managers are the key people, with all due respect to a normal Content Designer, no one gives two ***** who you are, or if you post. Don't get me wrong, I was a content designer, but nobody cres about that department.

However, if a DJ posts (or a manager) it changes. It is a bit like if a celebrity is seen in an area, people will want to go and get in contact with them. Similar concept, obviously on a much smaller scale.

Also, Alex you were basically famous with 1.4 posts per day - one of the current (A)M's has 0.09 :P

[Catzsy]

I wouldn't be influenced by posting by anyone on this forum. Just 'cos Mr-Trainor is posting 20 times a week I'm not going to do that purely because of him. They'd feel inclined too because they signed up to a forum most likely to post, not to browse seeing as you can see everything but spam as a guest. They may have also joined just so they can become staff which is fair enough. Sure, if staff posted then it'd be helpful but at the end of the day I'd rather them do their jobs well than sacrificing it for endless posting. Like Oli said, there's only a few managers who don't post much (specially that HabboxComps guy, God when does he ever post) so it's not Habbox's loss if each department has someone who is posting, surely?



I was?! :P

Yes, so P/R wise it was great for the forum. :)

[myke]

no i doubt that. i post regularly but no-one goes OMG GRAPHICS MANAGER POSTED LETS REPLY ASWELL.

nop. it doesn't happen, we're no different to anyone else and saying that we are is just kinda doing something that was complained about a while ago. we're just normal members like you guys we just have roles which keep the fansite going, nothing else, we're not anything special in all fairness.

[AgnesIO]

no i doubt that. i post regularly but no-one goes OMG GRAPHICS MANAGER POSTED LETS REPLY ASWELL.

nop. it doesn't happen, we're no different to anyone else and saying that we are is just kinda doing something that was complained about a while ago. we're just normal members like you guys we just have roles which keep the fansite going, nothing else, we're not anything special in all fairness.

Because nobody knows of the graphics department. I couldn't tell you who is in your department, or exactly what you guys make (I know you make awars and banners, do you make the skins?) Also you have no presence on Habbo. Whereas RV dept do, HxL do, Events do, HxHD do.

---------- Post added 22-04-2011 at 12:12 PM ----------

Sorry that may have came out as rude. It wasn't meant to, but it is true. The Graphics debt is tiny, and don't really have any presence in terms of being public - you don't get masses amounts of credit for your work, although it is really good (of what I know you make).

[myke]

Because nobody knows of the graphics department. I couldn't tell you who is in your department, or exactly what you guys make (I know you make awars and banners, do you make the skins?) Also you have no presence on Habbo. Whereas RV dept do, HxL do, Events do, HxHD do.

---------- Post added 22-04-2011 at 12:12 PM ----------

Sorry that may have came out as rude. It wasn't meant to, but it is true. The Graphics debt is tiny, and don't really have any presence in terms of being public - you don't get masses amounts of credit for your work, although it is really good (of what I know you make).

don't talk to me ever again.
thanks.

well maybe that's something that should be bought up some time if people dont even know who we are or what we do!!!!

[AgnesIO]

don't talk to me ever again.
thanks.

well maybe that's something that should be bought up some time if people dont even know who we are or what we do!!!!

Maybe it is. I genuinely believe you guys should be given more credit for what you do, but at the moment you are not exactly public - I know you are gfx manager, and rhyss has been in your dept at some stage, not sure if he still is.

[Richie]

no i doubt that. i post regularly but no-one goes OMG GRAPHICS MANAGER POSTED LETS REPLY ASWELL.

I do.


I say lets just shut down habbox, who's with me?!

[Sharon]

very professional from a manager, thanks for that.

I don't see the harm in actually setting a target for depts to post, everyones bigging up posting so much like it's a chore - it's really not? You just find sonething your interested in and post in that section. From time to time there's pretty simple threads too like mine "Do you like concentrated juice?" all you need to say yes and why. I find it ridiculous we need to tell them anyway. They come onto hxf for staff forums, it's sort of common sense to scroll down and get involved, otherwise you need to make it aware.

It's so silly when you see a new trialist with like 8 posts, anyone who really wanted that job would of actually bothered to post around for a bit.

[scott]

Because nobody knows of the graphics department. I couldn't tell you who is in your department, or exactly what you guys make (I know you make awars and banners, do you make the skins?) Also you have no presence on Habbo. Whereas RV dept do, HxL do, Events do, HxHD do.

---------- Post added 22-04-2011 at 12:12 PM ----------

Sorry that may have came out as rude. It wasn't meant to, but it is true. The Graphics debt is tiny, and don't really have any presence in terms of being public - you don't get masses amounts of credit for your work, although it is really good (of what I know you make).


The graphics department make most if not all of the images you see managers using around the sites or on the layouts. Like i made the easter logo and bunny for the site and iConz.. made the hx.com banner and we all made the habbox today images on hx.com. As well as most of the banners used in announcements and the awards!

I don't think a seperate staff post competition would be a good idea they could've and quite a lot have taken part in the current one :P



very professional from a manager, thanks for that.

I don't see the harm in actually setting a target for depts to post, everyones bigging up posting so much like it's a chore - it's really not? You just find sonething your interested in and post in that section. From time to time there's pretty simple threads too like mine "Do you like concentrated juice?" all you need to say yes and why. I find it ridiculous we need to tell them anyway. They come onto hxf for staff forums, it's sort of common sense to scroll down and get involved, otherwise you need to make it aware.

It's so silly when you see a new trialist with like 8 posts, anyone who really wanted that job would of actually bothered to post around for a bit.

Right so a really good DJ applies and we tell them no because they have 10 posts on the forum? No, if they are good or meet the requirements for a job on Habbox then they aren't exactly going to get turned away because they don't have a huge amount of posts.

They shouldn't need to post so many times they are voulenteering for Habbox and giving up their own free time to do so. Yes, I agree that moderators should be posting and someone said "Well they have the thread open anyway they can just reply easy" don't forget that most of them moderate 2 sections each which they have to read ALL the new posts that have been made in them and most of the forums are quite busy. It can become quite a lot if you don't stay on top of it :P

[Catzsy]

don't talk to me ever again.
thanks.

well maybe that's something that should be bought up some time if people dont even know who we are or what we do!!!!

That is a pretty good point maybe News and Graphics could have their own section here:
http://www.habboxforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=8
Members could then interact with the staff specifically to get advice such as how they get can a post etc.
Just a thought. :)

[Richie]

The graphics department make most if not all of the images you see managers using around the sites or on the layouts. Like i made the easter logo and bunny for the site and iConz.. made the hx.com banner and we all made the habbox today images on hx.com. As well as most of the banners used in announcements and the awards!

I don't think a seperate staff post competition would be a good idea they could've and quite a lot have taken part in the current one :P

Nice signature you have there scott its FAB-YOU-LAS


Shaz I agree and I don't agree, when I first applied for habboxlive the forum was a confusing strange place, I remember I tried to reply to jess but I posted on my own profile and wondered why she hadn't replied to me in about 2weeks :( if I did understand the forum I would of posted around more.

This is going to sound really silly but I think there should be a criteria, I don't like how anyone can apply if they haven't a clue about habbox. They should interact with the community and show they would make a good candidate. Just like how new moderators have to be registered 3 months and be active on the forum. For example, a dj should show they're active on habbo and good at interacting with others before there is even a discussion about a trial.

Maybe that's me just being selfish but if the criteria for moderators was removed, jesus christ we would all be screwed.

[Calvin]

The idea about a staff posting criteria is just too silly. Do you honestly expect departments like Content and Graphics to waste their time posting around the forum when they could be doing stuff relating to their department? If you want them to have a posting criteria then why don't you request a 5 hour minimum in the Help Desk, 8 hours minimum listening time on HabboxLive and a criteria for comments on Habbox.com too?

Like Oli said, not all departments are based around the forum and most departments have other ways of interacting with their main userbase. HabboxLive uses the radio and Habbo, Content, Graphics and News uses Habbox.com and Competitions, Events and HxHD use Habbo/HxHD.

[AgnesIO]

The idea about a staff posting criteria is just too silly. Do you honestly expect departments like Content and Graphics to waste their time posting around the forum when they could be doing stuff relating to their department? If you want them to have a posting criteria then why don't you request a 5 hour minimum in the Help Desk, 8 hours minimum listening time on HabboxLive and a criteria for comments on Habbox.com too?

Like Oli said, not all departments are based around the forum and most departments have other ways of interacting with their main userbase. HabboxLive uses the radio and Habbo, Content, Graphics and News uses Habbox.com and Competitions, Events and HxHD use Habbo/HxHD.

I don't necessarily agree with a posting criteria, however the difference is listening to HxL has NO CHANCE of helping promote Habbox. Making the forum active on the other hand, does.

[Inseriousity.]

I don't necessarily agree with a posting criteria, however the difference is listening to HxL has NO CHANCE of helping promote Habbox. Making the forum active on the other hand, does.

I disagree. Listening to HabboxLive is a great way of connecting with the HxL audience, who are unlikely to have even heard of the forum. It is, in my opinion, where promotion of Habbox should be the most.

[AgnesIO]

I disagree. Listening to HabboxLive is a great way of connecting with the HxL audience, who are unlikely to have even heard of the forum. It is, in my opinion, where promotion of Habbox should be the most.

How? I wouldn't know if Puffin was listening to HxL (unless it was an official visit or something), so how will I know if an Hx staff member is tuned in?

[Inseriousity.]

Well staff can send in shoutouts/requests, go the party rooms and advertise hxl if they wished. Today for example I sent in a shoutout to advertise competitions. It's a good way of promotion to the people who only tend to listen to HxL. Obviously HxL DJs are not tannoy systems but they help boost events/forum/comps if they are advertised so HxL has lots of chance to help promote Habbox.

[scott]

How? I wouldn't know if Puffin was listening to HxL (unless it was an official visit or something), so how will I know if an Hx staff member is tuned in?

Events/competitions/forum is all advertised on HabboxLive and the party rooms always tend to be busy which also promote habbox. I disagree when you said listening to HabboxLive wouldn't benefit habbox. If someone comes on habbox and sees there is 120 listeners compared to coming on seeing about 10 listeners they are more than likely to come back to the site!

[Zeptis]

I dont see the point of have the vip if your staff you already get alot of cool features like a green name more messages and many more things we should be happy with what we have and not flooding the forums while trying to when something that is worth 1 euro

[Calvin]

I don't necessarily agree with a posting criteria, however the difference is listening to HxL has NO CHANCE of helping promote Habbox. Making the forum active on the other hand, does.What Mike said, and you're also adding to the listener count. Of course there's not much of a way you can see if staff members are tuning into HabboxLive. I used that as an example because they're both silly ideas and not needed at all.

If a staff member that has no relation to the forum whatsoever wants to post on the forum then they will, they don't need to be forced into doing it.

@Zeptis, what do you mean? Staff don't get free VIP and if they do then they win it which is only fair.

[Conservative,]

Only read 1st post okay?

Anyway, I agree. I was probably at the time of being staff...one of about...5 active staff members who posted regularly in the main forums? Most of the staff I worked with had a post count of 1-100 and they only posted when they had to.

But I don't know what has been brought in since I uhm...yeah, but anyway if it's the same system as when I was here, I think this would be a good incentive. But things may have changed I guess.

[Eoin247]

Dan (Danube) had a posting comp for RV while he was manager there. I think it did encourage posting amongst staff that rarely use the forums.