Posting Competitions

[Stephen]

What's everyone's thoughts on them? Do you think it helps get users more active around the forum or do you think it encourages spamming?

Just pop this in here as an example:
http://c0848462.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/a8068e8f0fa83f59ad2b574429be57ea3f205af207.png

So yh whats your thoughts on them?

[Hecktix]

People who spam are treated with like they normally would be, they are also disqualified from the competition. I've instructed that moderation are extremely strict on spam when such competitions are occuring.

I think they have more positive effect, such as the girl that currently leads it having rarely posted on the forum before now has 100 posts and none of them are spam, this can only be a good thing.

[Neversoft]

Encourages spamming and healfhearted replies.

[matt$]

Most of the threads that have been made are quite pointless and it seems to be the same 2-3 people, but the replies to them have been somewhat detailed so it sorta evens it out and maybe they really are interested to find out if you've cried over a song...

[AgnesIO]

People who spam are treated with like they normally would be, they are also disqualified from the competition. I've instructed that moderation are extremely strict on spam when such competitions are occuring.

I think they have more positive effect, such as the girl that currently leads it having rarely posted on the forum before now has 100 posts and none of them are spam, this can only be a good thing.

Some of those threads which Stephen posted are slightly.. obvious though.

Who cares if you like cats? Really :P

[Catzsy]

What's everyone's thoughts on them? Do you think it helps get users more active around the forum or do you think it encourages spamming?

Just pop this in here as an example:
http://c0848462.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/a8068e8f0fa83f59ad2b574429be57ea3f205af207.png
So yh whats your thoughts on them?


It did seem to encourage one new member to spam and they have all been dealt with. Conversely it seems to have encouraged a few to post more but whether it will do anything, positively long term I am not sure. I have always agreed with the MissAlice philosophy that 'quality' of post is a lot more important than 'quantity'.

[Hecktix]

Some of those threads which Stephen posted are slightly.. obvious though.

Who cares if you like cats? Really :P

Most of that guys threads were moved out of the forum. He was dealt with accordingly by our Super Moderators.

[RockyHorror]

I think it's an awful idea, if you break it down you're basically paying people to post, the amount of drivel and spam being posting is ridiculous. It's ruining the experience of an intelligent discussion forum because people are just posting to increase their post count.

[AgnesIO]

Most of that guys threads were moved out of the forum. He was dealt with accordingly by our Super Moderators.

May I ask what you need to do to be banner from the competition?

Not saying he should be, but I know that Benj0 guy was - so what did he do - just wondering :P

[Hecktix]

Most of the threads that have been made are quite pointless and it seems to be the same 2-3 people, but the replies to them have been somewhat detailed so it sorta evens it out and maybe they really are interested to find out if you've cried over a song...

I think the song one was one of the only constructive threads really, that's an interesting question and could lead to good discussion. You clearly don't know the purpose of a forum :P

[Andy-]

I like posting competitions as they get me active around the forum as I rarely used to post as much but with something to gain as I am currently leading with 111 posts and being followed by 105 which tells me that I have to keep posting.

[AgnesIO]

I think it's an awful idea, if you break it down you're basically paying people to post, the amount of drivel and spam being posting is ridiculous. It's ruining the experience of an intelligent discussion forum because people are just posting to increase their post count.

As much as I dislike it, it is giving us more to reply to.. and newer younger members are more likely to post to easy, less complex threads - than go to Current Affairs for example.

[Hecktix]

May I ask what you need to do to be banner from the competition?

Not saying he should be, but I know that Benj0 guy was - so what did he do - just wondering :P

Make any attempt to cheat by breaking the rules, so like that - I imagine a moderator has contacted Nicola about that guy and she'll disqualify him when she gets online.

[Martin]

You can't really use an example of something which doesn't exist anymore :P You could do that with any amount of
rulebreaking/unacceptable posting around the forum etc before it's actually dealt with.

Yes, some people will take it too far and go crazy spamming places up etc, however from what I'm seeing the overall effect on posting has been
positive so far. I have seen a lot of replies which really do contribute to things, and looking at the posts made by the top few posters they
are all on topic and offer something positive to the discussions. It's early days yet, but I think things like this do work providing the moderation
is kept on top of and that the guidelines are adhered to.

[Hecktix]

I like posting competitions as they get me active around the forum as I rarely used to post as much but with something to gain as I am currently leading with 111 posts and being followed by 105 which tells me that I have to keep posting.

Will you keep posting afterwards though? Are you enjoying posting around HabboxForum?

[scott]

What's everyone's thoughts on them? Do you think it helps get users more active around the forum or do you think it encourages spamming?

Just pop this in here as an example:
http://c0848462.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/a8068e8f0fa83f59ad2b574429be57ea3f205af207.png

So yh whats your thoughts on them?

We have contacted him and sorted that situation out now!

Anyway I think that it is a good idea and does normally work. It makes the forum a lot more active (and gives moderators stuff to moderate! :dance:) If people do pointlessly post a lot then they will be dealt with the exact same as normal and we've already seen someone get disqualified from the competition :P Hopefully all the people who are taking part continue to post after the competition is done :)

[AgnesIO]

Make any attempt to cheat by breaking the rules, so like that - I imagine a moderator has contacted Nicola about that guy and she'll disqualify him when she gets online.

Ah fair enough.

I think the posting competition should help the forum if I am honest. Although you get more spam, it does encourage people to post more - which can only be a good thing - surely?

[Stephen]

Lol this thread has nothing to do with the guy that spammed the forum :P I just want to know everyone's thoughts on whether they think these comps encourage users to spam the forum or really get users active. Just used that picture as an example

[Andy-]

Will you keep posting afterwards though? Are you enjoying posting around HabboxForum?

I enjoy the forum and normally post in specific areas like Graphics and Habbo but now I have been posting around alot more around the whole forum but I will keep posting but maybe not to this extent.

[Hecktix]

Ah fair enough.

I think the posting competition should help the forum if I am honest. Although you get more spam, it does encourage people to post more - which can only be a good thing - surely?

There are always going to be muppets that try to spam around the forum, posting competition or not. We have a good moderation team that get these people dealt with pretty quickly, alright this westerny guy was left for a few hours but then again his little spam attack was at 5am :P (which will have also made it seem worse as he was probably the only one posting at that time).

I've been sad and checked the posts of the top 5 and they are all deserving top 5 places, I think with one of them I was quite surprised to the extent to which they have been posting, I just hope they realise that posting around HabboxForum is fun and continue doing it once the incentive is no longer there - this is the long term aim!

[matt$]

I've found myself going into the graphics section more often and they're some really talented people on this forum tbh.

[RockyHorror]

Will you keep posting afterwards though? Are you enjoying posting around HabboxForum?

If you look back through the last threads I've created, I have been trying to encourage posting by creating discussion points, which I think the staff members should be actively doing, the only staff member I have witnessed doing this is HotelUser.

I was enjoying posting before this competition, now I'm finding I'm less encouraged to post, because any posts I do make are drowned out by a plethora of unintelligent posts that add nothing to the thread.

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I enjoy the forum and normally post in specific areas like Graphics and Habbo but now I have been posting around alot more around the whole forum but I will keep posting but maybe not to this extent.

This just sums it up, really.

[Catzsy]

Make any attempt to cheat by breaking the rules, so like that - I imagine a moderator has contacted Nicola about that guy and she'll disqualify him when she gets online.

She already has Oli:
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695385&p=7076893#post7076893

[iflu.]

Well, I think it encourages both.
although spammer's are sure to get disqualified.
although I'm new to habbox, on other forum's
I'm usually fairly active, I post and reply a lot!
The possibility of winning 60 credits does encourage
me to post a lot more, soo for me it encourages activity
but for other's it may just be spam.

[Hecktix]

If you look back through the last threads I've created, I have been trying to encourage posting by creating discussion points, which I think the staff members should be actively doing, the only staff member I have witnessed doing this is HotelUser.

I was enjoying posting before this competition, now I'm finding I'm less encouraged to post, because any posts I do make are drowned out by a plethora of unintelligent posts that add nothing to the thread.

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This just sums it up, really.

You say it sums it up, but that's a positive thing - it's someone who didn't post around the forum as much before saying he will continue to post around the forum. Of course they won't post as much as they do when there's an incentive but it means someone who didn't post before will continue to post, this can only be a positive thing.

[RockyHorror]

I don't see how you can encourage posting for the sake of posting, that's the definition of spam. You say your happy with the quality of posts from the people at the top of the leader board, but if i single out posts made by the top two, and you can tell me if they in anyway add to the thread.

iAndy-;

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=606389&p=7079325#post7079325

Girlnextdoor15;

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695240&p=7078766#post7078766

I think if you continue this, it needs to be more hotly moderated, and posts like this shouldn't be allowed and should lead to disqualification.

[Hecktix]

I don't see how you can encourage posting for the sake of posting, that's the definition of spam. You say your happy with the quality of posts from the people at the top of the leader board, but if i single out posts made by the top two, and you can tell me if they in anyway add to the thread.

iAndy-;

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=606389&p=7079325#post7079325

Girlnextdoor15;

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695240&p=7078766#post7078766

I think if you continue this, it needs to be more hotly moderated, and posts like this shouldn't be allowed and should lead to disqualification.

There's nothing wrong with those posts they both contribute to the thread. This is a Habbo forum, if you're another of those posting Nazis that suggest posts should have a minimum word limit of about 15 then please don't... the dominant age on this forum nowadays is 14-16 and a lot of these kids don't want to be posting essays - those posts are absolutely fine. It's people like you making comments like that and suggesting moderation should be a lot stricter that have caused a lot of damage to this forum. Loosen up.

Thegirlnextdoor15's post contributes as she's sharing with the OP that she is also having the same problem - letting him know he isn't the only one.

Andy is replying to the thread, saying he knows a few words in Japanese, it's not the most constructive post in the world but it's replying to the thread and on topic and providing discussion, I could now reply asking Andy what words he knows...

[matt$]

Maybe deduct like 5-10 posts or something for every post someone makes that is pointless from there leaderboard score. maybe that'll help less spam posts, obv this is a job for the mods so have fun doing more work :P

[RockyHorror]

So your blaming me the user, for lack of activity on your forum? The reason posting fluctuates is because of your target audience, the vast majority of discussion points that encourage posting come from the more mature users, so you alienating ''us'' as the cause, is ridiculous.

[Stephen]

Tbh I don't think the competition causes proper posting activity. All the people trying to win the comp seem to post idontreallywanttobehere sort of replies.. You can just read their posts and instantly think oh they're trying to win the comp :P

[FlyingJesus]

Can I have like 50 posts counted per post I make because when I post in a thread I actually reply to people in the thread and expect discussion to come of it rather than just answer a title question and then never look at the thread again

Should be promoting active discussion, not just surveys

[AgnesIO]

Can I have like 50 posts counted per post I make because when I post in a thread I actually reply to people in the thread and expect discussion to come of it rather than just answer a title question and then never look at the thread again

Should be promoting active discussion, not just surveys

In that case I want 50 too.

I dislike people who constantly reply with posts that you can't then reply to, but you can't really force people to put in 15/20 words in every post.

[Inseriousity.]

I've never really been a fan of them either because long-term, I don't think it adds much. The majority of people in the competition now will go back to their inactive posting once it's ended. That being said, it does at least get people to interact more with the wider community rather than the forums they normally frequent which is a good thing. :)

[FlyingJesus]

It doesn't always take a lot of words to make discussion keep going though, and conversely I can use 30 words to tell someone that I like cats without it being of any use at all

There's also been a good bit of bumping old threads (although mostly not old enough for it to be infractible) that had no direction to start with anyway or have already been answered long ago

[Andy-]

I don't see how you can encourage posting for the sake of posting, that's the definition of spam. You say your happy with the quality of posts from the people at the top of the leader board, but if i single out posts made by the top two, and you can tell me if they in anyway add to the thread.

iAndy-;

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=606389&p=7079325#post7079325

Girlnextdoor15;

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695240&p=7078766#post7078766

I think if you continue this, it needs to be more hotly moderated, and posts like this shouldn't be allowed and should lead to disqualification.

My post didn't contribute to the thread as much but there is nothing wrong with it it's not against the forum rules and if there weren't a competition would they be anything wrong with it?

[Stephen]

if there wasn't a comp, the post wouldnt be there :L

[Andy-]

if there wasn't a comp, the post wouldnt be there :L

Yes it might not be there but if it was there would you have something against the post?

[Hecktix]

if there wasn't a comp, the post wouldnt be there :L

He's admitted that but he's also said after the competition it's likely he will post elsewhere than where he rarely posted before - this is good. Obviously they won't post as much as they post in the competition but if it makes a few users post more than they did before - it's a good result.

[FlyingJesus]

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695720&p=7079860#post7079860
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695663&p=7079863#post7079863
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695511&p=7079869#post7079869
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695111&p=7079870#post7079870
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695270&p=7079872#post7079872

Perfectly acceptable, right? I am after all responding to the questions and answering truthfully on topic

[AgnesIO]

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695720&p=7079860#post7079860
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695663&p=7079863#post7079863
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695511&p=7079869#post7079869
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695111&p=7079870#post7079870
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695270&p=7079872#post7079872

Perfectly acceptable, right? I am after all responding to the questions and answering truthfully on topic

That first one is just a piss take.

[dbgtz]

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695720&p=7079860#post7079860
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695663&p=7079863#post7079863
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695511&p=7079869#post7079869
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695111&p=7079870#post7079870
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695270&p=7079872#post7079872

Perfectly acceptable, right? I am after all responding to the questions and answering truthfully on topic

I loled at those
I think when you do this you should also do a quality post thing, I know member of the month is based on quality (pretty much anyway I guess?) but the prizes for those are like not huge. I lose the will to post when I post on a thread with a huge paragraph and then the next person posts "wow thats good".

[Catzsy]

It should all come down to what is postively constructive I feel.
My personal view is that when you post a thread you should ask a question but also give your views to start a discussion going. With an answer you should say why you agree/disagree/ like it/not like it/it frustrates them etc. As far as bumping is concerned - I do feel it is too lenient now and the old 14 day rule from the last post was fine. It is how rules are interpreted by management though that dictates the way we moderate.

[Zak]

I was actually going to write about this competition in a new thread but then I saw this!

I'm for the quality of posts produced, not the quantity. I was worried myself about the massive amounts of spam that would come of this, which I think the leader at the moment is a little guilty of. Constructive posts, which help others in need or encourage/trigger proper discussion is what I like.

[HotelUser]

The posting competition is very much so good natured fun. The moderation department for the most part has done a great job cracking down on users spamming posts.

It's fair enough to say it's going to cause spamming to a degree but that can be sorted. I've also noticed a surplus in reported posts from users who would typically not generally report posts but are now doing so likely because of the competition so it's all relative.

[Richie]

I have never agreed with it, people just spam up the forum, if people haven't posted before the competition they obviously just want to post for prizes not have have a general discussion. I'm pretty sure there was complaints about this before and a member of management said it wouldn't be happening again, I could be wrong :O

[-Danube-]

Everyone who has posted in here has a point.

But i mean come on guys, it's just a little bit of fun? Which will encourage new members to post and some older members that don't normally post, to post a little more.

Yeah there are a few people that spoil it but you always get that. Like Oli said, the person who was high up on the leaderboard was relatively new to the forum and didn't post much before, but has now started to post and her posts are quite constructive.

Yeah i agree that the whole concept of a Posting Competition isn't amazing, but like i said it's only a bit of fun. Yeah we'll get spam and half hearted posts during the competition from a few people, but once the competition is over we will have introduced some people to the wonders of posting around a forum and it should hopefully boost posting and posting quality for the future.

[lizzieTBH.]

The forum is a lot more active than it was a before, that's for sure, the question is will this end when the competition is over?

[Samantha]

I like posting competitions as I know I'm a frequent poster anyway I know I will continue posting afterwards but it's like the Gm team are awarding you for posting more. So I like them. :).

[RockyHorror]

The forum is a lot more active than it was a before, that's for sure, the question is will this end when the competition is over?

You tell us, you're a prime example of somebody who wasn't active, but have suddenly posted at any and every opportunity, are you going to stick around when there isn't an incentive?

[AgnesIO]

You tell us, you're a prime example of somebody who wasn't active, but have suddenly posted at any and every opportunity, are you going to stick around when there isn't an incentive?

Well, thanks for concluding that the posting competition is clearly working!

[Andy-]

The thing about this is if you their is no word limit and if their was a world limit per post for this competition it won't really be the same as once the competition is over it will allow members to post 1 sentence even though it may not go into depth.

[RockyHorror]

Well, thanks for concluding that the posting competition is clearly working!

I did nothing but ask a question, I could easily make an attack on her posts and point out why this competition is once again a backwards initiative, but it will only serve on me supposedly looking like a 'posting Nazi' as Hecktix so eloquently put it....

[AgnesIO]

I did nothing but ask a question, I could easily make an attack on her posts and point out why this competition is once again a backwards initiative, but it will only serve on me supposedly looking like a 'posting Nazi' as Hecktix so eloquently put it....


You tell us, you're a prime example of somebody who wasn't active, but have suddenly posted at any and every opportunity,

To me, that seems like you were attacking the user, not simply asking a question.


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If one user stays at Habbox thanks to this competition then that is one user we wouldn't have had otherwise.

[-Danube-]

I think this is a prime example of where the posting competition works. I really do think people like this WILL stick around. I mean if she cares enough to post in a Feedback thread about it, she obviously cares about the forum and finds it interesting.

Yeah it does look like they are being 'paid to post' but once you have introduced people to something due to an incentive, some will fully embrace it and will continue on in discussions afterwards. Tbh the prize isn't that amazing to go to so much hassle to post 100's of posts which are constructive, so to take part you must be getting some joy out of it. If they weren't atleast going to stick around after then they would have probably got board by now. This whole competition is just to introduce an incentive for people to start posting, and i think it will help posting in the future after the competition ends.

[Stephen]

Tbh I find it hard to believe that the people near the top of the leaderboard enjoy posting 50+ times a day. They probably just open about 10 threads in 10 different tabs and then go through them.

I wouldn't be surprised if they never post again lol

[AgnesIO]

Tbh I find it hard to believe that the people near the top of the leaderboard enjoy posting 50+ times a day. They probably just open about 10 threads in 10 different tabs and then go through them.

I wouldn't be surprised if they never post again lol

Obviously some of them don't.

[dbgtz]

Just add another prize of "best quality posts" in the posting competition and then everyone's happy.

[AgnesIO]

Just add another prize of "best quality posts" in the posting competition and then everyone's happy.

As if. People on this forum will never be happy. They would select a winner and then it would have been 'fixed'.

[lizzieTBH.]

You tell us, you're a prime example of somebody who wasn't active, but have suddenly posted at any and every opportunity, are you going to stick around when there isn't an incentive?

I agree, I am posting a lot due to the competition but I have found that a lot of the posts are actually interesting and although I wont be posting around 50 posts a day I think I shall definitely be posting more than I have in the past 2 years of being a member of the forum.

[-Danube-]

As if. People on this forum will never be happy. They would select a winner and then it would have been 'fixed'.

I have to agree with you here. We will never please the masses. If we don't do Forum Competitions/Events we get 'Nothing is being done on the forum, it's getting boring' so we do a competition and we get this :/ .

[lizzieTBH.]

Just add another prize of "best quality posts" in the posting competition and then everyone's happy.

People would probably make up a ton of ** about anything to win.
:)

[Stephen]

"And we get this"? This isn't a complaint thread, it's a feedback thread. Management need to stop thinking every bit of feedback is a complaint

[Hecktix]

I agree, I am posting a lot due to the competition but I have found that a lot of the posts are actually interesting and although I wont be posting around 50 posts a day I think I shall definitely be posting more than I have in the past 2 years of being a member of the forum.

Yet further evidence of the competition being a success. If you guys don't think things like the above quote are successes for the competition then do you actually care about htis forum? :P

[Richie]

One person so far for tones of spam, I know what side I'm on. Just saying. You shouldn't have to bribe people to post, if they don't feel the want to post without the reward, i'd rather they stayed away from the forum.

[Stephen]

These comps do look like a desperate attempt at getting people to post :P

[Hecktix]

One person so far for tones of spam, I know what side I'm on. Just saying. You shouldn't have to bribe people to post, if they don't feel the want to post without the reward, i'd rather they stayed away from the forum.

The point is richie not to bribe them to post, but to kick them off posting, I've spoken to several of the young members who have started posting more because of this competition and they have told me that they didn't realise that posting around HabboxForum was actually fun before. That's the point in it, to help them realise that posting on habbox is actually quite fun and yes, as I've said 100 times now, they won't post as much as they do when there's an incentive but they will post more than they did before - and that's excellent.

[RockyHorror]

Yet further evidence of the competition being a success. If you guys don't think things like the above quote are successes for the competition then do you actually care about htis forum? :P

Do you actually care about your users? You seem so focused on getting the forum more popular that you don't care about the impact it has on your existent users.

[Richie]

The point is richie not to bribe them to post, but to kick them off posting, I've spoken to several of the young members who have started posting more because of this competition and they have told me that they didn't realise that posting around HabboxForum was actually fun before. That's the point in it, to help them realise that posting on habbox is actually quite fun and yes, as I've said 100 times now, they won't post as much as they do when there's an incentive but they will post more than they did before - and that's excellent.

Fair enough, how I see it is you shouldn't have to baby spoon feed them to post. If they don't post because they want to, leave them be. I'm all for competitions and I'm not one too shoot down habbox, eminem once said "why would I destroy something I helped build". I have helped habbox out over the past few years with competition prizes, on air time and other things so that's definitely not the case.

What's the bets if you changed the competition to 1 month v.i.p most of them would give up, even at this stage of "liking it". Lets put it to the test Oli, if all those new members leave after the competition, can we put an end to this?

[Stephen]

Do you actually care about your users? You seem so focused on getting the forum more popular that you don't care about the impact it has on your existent users.

Of course he doesn't. That's why everyone wants to set the oil on fire

[Richie]

Do you actually care about your users? You seem so focused on getting the forum more popular that you don't care about the impact it has on your existent users.

If I was gay I'd love you.

[Jssy]

My opinion is I like it. I haven't been able to post for ages due to problems with my account but when there's posting competitions there are more users online and more active threads.

[Hecktix]

Do you actually care about your users? You seem so focused on getting the forum more popular that you don't care about the impact it has on your existent users.

You absolute fool, you don't care for HabboxForum you care for yourself, - you're selfish. The existent users wouldn't have a forum to post on if new members carried on being scared away and didn't enjoy posting on HabboxForum. I've been involved in the running of this forum for a very long time and I can safely say I know how it runs. As Milestone has said if one more user starts posting more because of this competition it's successful.

It has no effect on existent users it's just fools like you crying about it for the sake of it. If new users don't post then this forums done with... it's people like you who have nearly killed this forum.

[Richie]

You absolute fool, you don't care for HabboxForum you care for yourself, - you're selfish. The existent users wouldn't have a forum to post on if new members carried on being scared away and didn't enjoy posting on HabboxForum. I've been involved in the running of this forum for a very long time and I can safely say I know how it runs. As Milestone has said if one more user starts posting more because of this competition it's successful.

It has no effect on existent users it's just fools like you crying about it for the sake of it. If new users don't post then this forums done with... it's people like you who have nearly killed this forum.

Jesus Oli relax and you're wrong, people like myself enjoy replying to constructive threads and threads with meaning. As I said I'm all for new members, I'm just against the way that you're going about it.

P.s
If everyone went around the forum calling others fools or idiots they'd be banned for provoking arguments. Just saying.

[RockyHorror]

You absolute fool, you don't care for HabboxForum you care for yourself, - you're selfish. The existent users wouldn't have a forum to post on if new members carried on being scared away and didn't enjoy posting on HabboxForum. I've been involved in the running of this forum for a very long time and I can safely say I know how it runs. As Milestone has said if one more user starts posting more because of this competition it's successful.

It has no effect on existent users it's just fools like you crying about it for the sake of it. If new users don't post then this forums done with... it's people like you who have nearly killed this forum.

So I'm a 'posting nazi' a 'fool' and a 'bigot' (from your minus rep) because I don't share your opinion.


A1. Respect other forum members ~ Always respect other forum members, this means do not be rude towards them and respect their opinions. You should not bully or victimise other members for any reason and you should not behave in a negative manner excessively.

[Stephen]

Oli needs to calm the hell down sometimes. I dunno how he gets away with being rude to anyone who have negative opinions

[Richie]

Oli needs to calm the hell down sometimes. I dunno how he gets away with being rude to anyone who have negative opinions

Agreed I think it's just a "heat of the moment" thing lol

[Hecktix]

So I'm a 'posting nazi' a 'fool' and a 'bigot' (from your minus rep) because I don't share your opinion.

No, because you have no idea about running a forum or a fansite. At the end of the day people often point out that Habbox has too many members that don't post, so we set up a system to encourage them to post. The aim is to show them the benefits from posting on HabboxForum. I disagree with the principle of a posting competition in itself however I see the long term possible effects, ive spoken to 5 people in the top ten, one of whom posted 2 times in 2 months before this competition. She now has over 100 posts and all are of good quality (I checked). I asked her if she enjoyed posting and whether she would post as much after the competition and she said "Its shown me that the forum is quite fun, I didn't think it would be because it used to seem quite boring, I obviously won't post as much as I won't be trying to win but I'll definitely post more than before" - similarly the girl who posted above also said this.

At the end of the day my concern is this sites future and if new users don't start posting older ones (like you) will start disappearing and this forum will be left on it's arse. That's why we put focus on new users and don't give me bullcrap that older users don't get anything because I spent nearly 70% of my time as Forum Manager pleasing older users and I realised after too long that it's not the way forward and doesn't work. This competition doesn't effect how you post on HabboxForum, you are moaning for the sake of it. Numerous users have posted in this thread proving how this competition is nothing but beneficial to this forum, Milestone (who not gonna lie usually annoys the hell out of me in feedback) is quite against this competition in principle but he recognises that if it makes one person post more than they did before after the competition, it's good for HabboxForum.

Open your eyes, please.

Oh and those accusing me of being rude, calling someone a fool or foolish isn't against the HabboxForum rules, it's barely rude and is showing my opinion that he is acting unwisely.

[Calvin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etky4i_H7hE

Everybody relax and calm down.

[Richie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etky4i_H7hE

pmsl I remember when I made that thread in spam and people where getting stressed because I was acting like a religious freak LOL


A fool is just a nice alternative to idiot, it isn't justifiable.

[Stephen]

Tbh it's not about whether it's rude or not, it's about you being management and should be treating people's opinions with respect and not calling them fools or whatever

[myke]

No, because you have no idea about running a forum or a fansite. At the end of the day people often point out that Habbox has too many members that don't post, so we set up a system to encourage them to post. The aim is to show them the benefits from posting on HabboxForum. I disagree with the principle of a posting competition in itself however I see the long term possible effects, ive spoken to 5 people in the top ten, one of whom posted 2 times in 2 months before this competition. She now has over 100 posts and all are of good quality (I checked). I asked her if she enjoyed posting and whether she would post as much after the competition and she said "Its shown me that the forum is quite fun, I didn't think it would be because it used to seem quite boring, I obviously won't post as much as I won't be trying to win but I'll definitely post more than before" - similarly the girl who posted above also said this.

At the end of the day my concern is this sites future and if new users don't start posting older ones (like you) will start disappearing and this forum will be left on it's arse. That's why we put focus on new users and don't give me bullcrap that older users don't get anything because I spent nearly 70% of my time as Forum Manager pleasing older users and I realised after too long that it's not the way forward and doesn't work. This competition doesn't effect how you post on HabboxForum, you are moaning for the sake of it. Numerous users have posted in this thread proving how this competition is nothing but beneficial to this forum, Milestone (who not gonna lie usually annoys the hell out of me in feedback) is quite against this competition in principle but he recognises that if it makes one person post more than they did before after the competition, it's good for HabboxForum.

Open your eyes, please.

Oh and those accusing me of being rude, calling someone a fool or foolish isn't against the HabboxForum rules, it's barely rude and is showing my opinion that he is acting unwisely.


i think thats up for someone else to decide not you Oli

and just because he doesnt know how to run a fansite or whatever doesn't make his opinion invalid.

you've turned back into being rude again and it's not good and it's definitely going to put people off using the forum and especially giving feedback which could be essential.

[Hecktix]

Tbh it's not about whether it's rude or not, it's about you being management and should be treating people's opinions with respect and not calling them fools or whatever

If that's the case I apologise for calling RockyHorror a fool, although I do suggest he should see the reasoning behind this. Older users are not the future of HabboxForum, unfortunately and as Richie has said to me on MSN he sees that something needs to be done about newer members and as I said to him, this is one way of doing it and if it doesn't work we'll seek further alternatives.

[AgnesIO]

pmsl I remember when I made that thread in spam and people where getting stressed because I was acting like a religious freak LOL


A fool is just a nice alternative to idiot, it isn't justifiable.

Calling someone a fool is perfectly acceptable.

[RockyHorror]

No, because you have no idea about running a forum or a fansite. At the end of the day people often point out that Habbox has too many members that don't post, so we set up a system to encourage them to post. The aim is to show them the benefits from posting on HabboxForum. I disagree with the principle of a posting competition in itself however I see the long term possible effects, ive spoken to 5 people in the top ten, one of whom posted 2 times in 2 months before this competition. She now has over 100 posts and all are of good quality (I checked). I asked her if she enjoyed posting and whether she would post as much after the competition and she said "Its shown me that the forum is quite fun, I didn't think it would be because it used to seem quite boring, I obviously won't post as much as I won't be trying to win but I'll definitely post more than before" - similarly the girl who posted above also said this.

At the end of the day my concern is this sites future and if new users don't start posting older ones (like you) will start disappearing and this forum will be left on it's arse. That's why we put focus on new users and don't give me bullcrap that older users don't get anything because I spent nearly 70% of my time as Forum Manager pleasing older users and I realised after too long that it's not the way forward and doesn't work. This competition doesn't effect how you post on HabboxForum, you are moaning for the sake of it. Numerous users have posted in this thread proving how this competition is nothing but beneficial to this forum, Milestone (who not gonna lie usually annoys the hell out of me in feedback) is quite against this competition in principle but he recognises that if it makes one person post more than they did before after the competition, it's good for HabboxForum.

Open your eyes, please.

Oh and those accusing me of being rude, calling someone a fool or foolish isn't against the HabboxForum rules, it's barely rude and is showing my opinion that he is acting unwisely.

You know nothing about me, so please stop making judgements. I haven't once judged you without it having a direct relation to the point in case, which if you've forgotten is about a posting competition and not your apparent dislike of older users "like me".

You open your eyes, your suppose to be the voice of reason, yet your attacking me personally for my opinions.

[Hecktix]

Calling someone a fool is perfectly acceptable.

This isn't about whether it's acceptable though Dom, people read my post as rude and for that I can only apologise. I read RockyHorror's post as quite rude suggesting I don't care about existing members of this site - if I didn't do that I wouldn't slave my arse off day after day to ensure it's possible for the site to continue for a long time, but people don't see that.

I understand that people will not agree with everything we do, however either way more people need to start posting on this forum or when the older members leave (as we have seen recently a few prominent older members grow up and leave hxf) they simply won't be replaced, and the attitude that new members shouldn't be encouraged to post is one that I'd really like to wipe out.

I think people should start listening to you, Dom - because you are against the idea of a posting competition as much as the others but you have the ability to open your eyes and see the benefits it could have.

---------- Post added 20-04-2011 at 02:23 PM ----------


You know nothing about me, so please stop making judgements. I haven't once judged you without it having a direct relation to the point in case, which if you've forgotten is about a posting competition and not your apparent dislike of older users "like me".

You open your eyes, your suppose to be the voice of reason, yet your attacking me personally for my opinions.


Do you actually care about your users? You seem so focused on getting the forum more popular that you don't care about the impact it has on your existent users.

I would say that is judging me, so let's not go down that line eh?

[RockyHorror]

I understand that people will not agree with everything we do, however either way more people need to start posting on this forum or when the older members leave (as we have seen recently a few prominent older members grow up and leave hxf) they simply won't be replaced, and the attitude that new members shouldn't be encouraged to post is one that I'd really like to wipe out.

Don't you think it's a problem that people can "grow up and leave" there shouldn't be an age bracket on this forum just because it was primely set up as a Habbo fansite, there is a whole separate community that has nothing to do with Habbo.

There are millions of forums out there with users a lot older than that come on here, it's a reflection of how the forum is managed if you can't/won't look after older members.


I would say that is judging me, so let's not go down that line eh?

I was directly reacting to your comment above mine, we'll go down that line if you want because it's perfectly clear to anybody not afflicted to you, that you are overstepping the mark.

[Hecktix]

Don't you think it's a problem that people can "grow up and leave" there shouldn't be an age bracket on this forum just because it was primely set up as a Habbo fansite, there is a whole separate community that has nothing to do with Habbo.

There are millions of forums out there with users a lot older than that come on here, it's a reflection of how the forum is managed if you can't/won't look after older members.



I was directly reacting to your comment above mine, we'll go down that line if you want because it's perfectly clear to anybody not afflicted to you, that you are overstepping the mark.

Oh here we go, the "this forum doesnt have to be a habbo forum" again. Our target audience is 11-19 and this is the target audience we are going to work to, there are users older than this, I am nearing the end of this bracket myself and I don't mind this however I'm not going to focus on retaining older users because the older users are not the future of this site, people grow up, people leave the internet. You suggesting that people growing up and leaving HabboxForum being a bad thing is absolutely crazy, as you said there are forums that cater for older users. I have no problem with older users being here and a lot of people around when I was Forum Manager know that I will accomodate them here, but this site is primarily a Habbo forum and at the end of the day if the Habbo audience isn't coming over here this forum will die.

You may have the opinion that this forum could run fine without Habbo, but you couldn't be more wrong.

[HotelUser]

Don't you think it's a problem that people can "grow up and leave" there shouldn't be an age bracket on this forum just because it was primely set up as a Habbo fansite, there is a whole separate community that has nothing to do with Habbo.

There are millions of forums out there with users a lot older than that come on here, it's a reflection of how the forum is managed if you can't/won't look after older members.



I was directly reacting to your comment above mine, we'll go down that line if you want because it's perfectly clear to anybody not afflicted to you, that you are overstepping the mark.

Habbox is and always has been a Habbo fansite first. Our target audience is typically teenagers and young adults and that is not going to change. Our departments are oriented around Habbo. Habbo News, Rare Values, Help Desk and so on. I think yes you are right Habbox Forum is obviously at the heart of all this and it would be absolutely fantastic if we could attract users and have it be guaranteed that they will stay years and years and never leave even when they've completely grown, although if there's one thing you observe after having been here even a few years it is that nobody is ever here forever. We can't stop that fact unfortunately and I don't think we should neglect all Habbo aspects of our Habbo fansite to attempt to.

[Rozi]

I haven't read the whole thread cause quite frankly I cba but from what I've skimmed through people seem to be having an incredibly small minded approach towards this. Yes, at the moment some people's posting may be a bit annoying but imo posting competitions have a far reaching effect on the forum in the long term, past the end of the competition. It gets new users used to posting for a REASON.

I'm sure some of you remember when RobbieG joined the forum and started posting a lot, many people were annoyed because at that point he seemed to post SO MUCH and for no reason, which earned him a reputation of being a spammer, and therefore, fairly unliked by a few (yeah I know this wasn't the only reason :P). Therefore this comp allows new users, or those that only post in certain sections an 'excuse' to post and make a 'name' for themselves on the forum without negative attention and so they don't stand out too much.

Also, I am certainly posting more as there are more discussions and things to post about, and I'm not even attempting to take part in the competition. Despite the fact some of these threads are frankly a bit brain dead, not everyone is willing to post in debates and more thoughtful threads, either because they don't want to enter into someone trying to shove their political views down the their throats, or aren't old enough to have strong views on things.

Oh and another thing - even though post counts don't raise in spam, it's been far more active than it has recently so yeah thumbs up.

someone's probs said all this before but whatevs.

[Inseriousity.]

Don't you think it's a problem that people can "grow up and leave" there shouldn't be an age bracket on this forum just because it was primely set up as a Habbo fansite, there is a whole separate community that has nothing to do with Habbo.

There are millions of forums out there with users a lot older than that come on here, it's a reflection of how the forum is managed if you can't/won't look after older members.

I think this is slightly unfair on the forum departments, past and present. Sure the posting competitions are not directed at you. Everything generally has a market audience and the posting competitions are for the Habbo lurkers who lurk around the forum not actually posting. However, that does not mean that suddenly older members are being neglected.

Member of the Month. While new users are not excluded from winning this ofc, as it's an award based on constructive and quality posts, it is more likely that older members will win this prize.

Awards. Again, while new users are not excluded, the forum awards like '6000 posts' are geared towards the older member. The popularity of these is questionable but all the same, older members have the advantage.

Debates. The forum debates are very sophisicated and normally aimed towards the more politically active, which is generally the older members.

5 year anniversary VIP - While I personally hate the colour (although who'd say no to 3 months free vip woo), this is without a doubt for the older members!

So it isn't that Habbox can't/won't look after older members. There are plenty of things out there that are for the older members, it's just this thing that isn't. :)

[Stephen]

OMG STOP REPPING AND NOT REPLYING WITH REASONS FOR AGREEING. BE MORE ACTIVE ON THE FORUMS YOU NOOBS

Yeah can we keep the arguing and stuff down please :( I just wanted people's thoughts on these comps, no need to go mad arse bum sucker wucker on what people post (Y)

[Hecktix]

no need to go mad arse bum sucker wucker on what people post (Y)

What the hell, Stephen? :P

[Catzsy]

OMG STOP REPPING AND NOT REPLYING WITH REASONS FOR AGREEING. BE MORE ACTIVE ON THE FORUMS YOU NOOBS

Yeah can we keep the arguing and stuff down please :( I just wanted people's thoughts on these comps, no need to go mad arse bum sucker wucker on what people post (Y)

LOL! :D

Well I personally am not too much in favour as they are a 'quick fix' which doesn't last and the quality of posting does go down but good luck to those who wish to participate. Referral, word of mouth and maybe some attention to encouraging new members not just to register but post too maybe a better option. It's the same with 'giveaways' really. They sign up to get the furni then that's it, usually, whereas HXL and Events do bring in some quality members. :)

[AgnesIO]

LOL! :D

Well I personally am not too much in favour as they are a 'quick fix' which doesn't last and the quality of posting does go down but good luck to those who wish to participate. Referral, word of mouth and maybe some attention to encouraging new members not just to register but post too maybe a better option. It's the same with 'giveaways' really. They sign up to get the furni then that's it, usually, whereas HXL and Events do bring in some quality members. :)

It may be a quick fix but at least it is something. I see nothing wrong with referal competitions either though. Any competition that encourages people to post, to me is fantastic. Why not have it so once users have made x posts that do not break forum rules, gve them the chance to claim their piece of habbo furniture? It wouldn't be too expensive and would make them more inclined to post.

Here's an idea:

-- Referal Competition:
Get as many of your friends to sign up as possible
They must make X amount of posts
You now have one point in the referal competition

Whoever has the most points by the end, wins. That way people won't just get any random people to sign when they never post, but they contribute to the forum - even if they don't realise it.

There are HUGE amounts of competitions you could do to get new members, that wouldn't definitely be a quick fix.

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It is interesting how all the people moaning about this competition have no intention of trying to win it, and if they are so desperate for VIP virtually every single person who has moaned could have got their VIP in December

[FlyingJesus]

if new members carried on being scared away

I agree with most of what you're saying but why does this always get brought out? No-one's being run out of town, and anyone who's scared of the current lot here is likely to have a heart attack if they ever get quoted by someone. It's a very mild atmosphere across the board as far as I see, certainly far more tame and slow-witted than the years where (active) membership really boomed


Older users are not the future of HabboxForum

I AM

HXF 4EVA


OMG STOP REPPING AND NOT REPLYING WITH REASONS FOR AGREEING. BE MORE ACTIVE ON THE FORUMS YOU NOOBS

I actually thought this when I saw all the random +reps for people being ReBeLlIoUs by saying Oli's a big meanie pants. Ironic that in a thread that's turned into a discussion about the importance of quality posts people are using the absolute laziest expression of agreement :P btw that's probably the only time you'll ever see the word "ironic" used correctly on this forum if not the whole of the internet

[Mathew]

They sign up to get the furni then that's it, usually, whereas HXL and Events do bring in some quality members. :)
Must admit, all we have to do is go to www.habbox.com/easterscores and look at the amount of new members. I'd say 40% ish are completely new to the Habbox community and, combined with the posting competition, should hopefully encourage them to stay. While it may look like "paying users to post" at first, if you use a site for long enough it will become your second nature to just visit it and contribute (after all, how do you think we all got drawn in? :rolleyes:).

Oh and on another note, I am loving the name and shame here (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695385&p=7076893#post7076893) :P

[FlyingJesus]

What as if I've had less than 24 posts in the past few days what is this

[Recursion]

Cba t type a long post on my iPad but here's my main points

- SO MUCH SPAM
- Giving out way too many reputation points
- Great idea, bad execution

[AgnesIO]

Cba t type a long post on my iPad but here's my main points

- SO MUCH SPAM
- Giving out way too many reputation points
- Great idea, bad execution

Care you explain how it has been executed badly?

Also, the rep points in this thread, personally I think they should be removed - I don't care what reasons people give they are clearly lazy idiots trying to show their agreement with people without posting.

[Stephen]

Must admit, all we have to do is go to www.habbox.com/easterscores and look at the amount of new members. I'd say 40% ish are completely new to the Habbox community and, combined with the posting competition, should hopefully encourage them to stay. While it may look like "paying users to post" at first, if you use a site for long enough it will become your second nature to just visit it and contribute (after all, how do you think we all got drawn in? :rolleyes:).

Oh and on another note, I am loving the name and shame here (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=695385&p=7076893#post7076893) :P

ennit. I only want to win it so i get my name in an announcement. Might just get disqualified and then that's my job done

[Catzsy]

It may be a quick fix but at least it is something. I see nothing wrong with referal competitions either though. Any competition that encourages people to post, to me is fantastic. Why not have it so once users have made x posts that do not break forum rules, gve them the chance to claim their piece of habbo furniture? It wouldn't be too expensive and would make them more inclined to post.

Here's an idea:

-- Referal Competition:
Get as many of your friends to sign up as possible
They must make X amount of posts
You now have one point in the referal competition

Whoever has the most points by the end, wins. That way people won't just get any random people to sign when they never post, but they contribute to the forum - even if they don't realise it.

There are HUGE amounts of competitions you could do to get new members, that wouldn't definitely be a quick fix.

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It is interesting how all the people moaning about this competition have no intention of trying to win it, and if they are so desperate for VIP virtually every single person who has moaned could have got their VIP in December

How are they desperate for VIP? It's a choice whether you enter or not. I post quite a lot anyway but I am not going to up my rate for a competition as when I make a post I like it to be genuine and tbh I am not sure those posting at the top of the leader baord for the competition will say 'hands on heart' that their motivation is to interact more - it is too win the competition but good luck to them.:P

[AgnesIO]

How are they desperate for VIP? It's a choice whether you enter or not. I post quite a lot anyway but I am not going to up my rate for a competition as when I make a post I like it to be genuine and tbh I am not sure those posting at the top of the leader baord for the competition will say 'hands on heart' that their motivation is to interact more - it is too win the competition but good luck to them.:P

Well, if people are going to moan how the people at the top are cheating blah blah blah, clearly they want to win - or surely they wouldn't give a damn?

I am near the top and I haven't up'd my posting rate at all.

[Catzsy]

Well, if people are going to moan how the people at the top are cheating blah blah blah, clearly they want to win - or surely they wouldn't give a damn?

I am near the top and I haven't up'd my posting rate at all.

I don't think they are saying they are 'cheating' there is just disagreement on the definition of 'pointless' posting which could rage on throughout this century as it means something different to everybody. :P

[AgnesIO]

I don't think they are saying they are 'cheating' there is just disagreement on the definition of 'pointless' posting which could rage on throughout this century as it means something different to everybody. :P


point·less (pointls)
adj.
1. Lacking meaning; senseless.

So pointless posting is a post lacking meaning or is senseless.

So if a post is on topic it cannot possibly be pointless.

[Stephen]

It does get slightly annoying when people trying to win it forget they've posted in a thread already and post again with basically the same thing a couple of days later :| And when people post in places like for example a thread about a game or something and it's so obvious they dont even play the god damn game but they're still talking about how they enjoy playing it when they havent even played the ******* thing!!1111

[Hecktix]

It does get slightly annoying when people trying to win it forget they've posted in a thread already and post again with basically the same thing a couple of days later :| And when people post in places like for example a thread about a game or something and it's so obvious they dont even play the god damn game but they're still talking about how they enjoy playing it when they havent even played the ******* thing!!1111

Report button's there for a reason, Stephen.

[AgnesIO]

It does get slightly annoying when people trying to win it forget they've posted in a thread already and post again with basically the same thing a couple of days later :| And when people post in places like for example a thread about a game or something and it's so obvious they dont even play the god damn game but they're still talking about how they enjoy playing it when they havent even played the ******* thing!!1111

This is pointless posting.

For example the person who I think is the current leader posted in a thread saying he had never played the game (despite the fact that the thread never asked you to comment whether you had played it, and actually asked if you liked it) and then posted later 'oh, also is it laggy?' - that to me is obviously pointless and anyone caught doing this once should just be disqualified.

---------- Post added 21-04-2011 at 06:13 PM ----------

Before anyone asks, yes I did rport it. No, nothing happened.

Here we go :) http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=694336

---------- Post added 21-04-2011 at 06:15 PM ----------

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=694177&p=7083345#post7083345

I don't care if people don't write essays in their posts (I would prefer them not to), however when people write 250 odd 5 words replies which you can't even reply to for most of them it gets annoying.

[Catzsy]

This is pointless posting.

For example the person who I think is the current leader posted in a thread saying he had never played the game (despite the fact that the thread never asked you to comment whether you had played it, and actually asked if you liked it) and then posted later 'oh, also is it laggy?' - that to me is obviously pointless and anyone caught doing this once should just be disqualified.

---------- Post added 21-04-2011 at 06:13 PM ----------

Before anyone asks, yes I did rport it. No, nothing happened.

---------- Post added 21-04-2011 at 06:15 PM ----------

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=694177&p=7083345#post7083345

I don't care if people don't write essays in their posts (I would prefer them not to), however when people write 250 odd 5 words replies which you can't even reply to for most of them it gets annoying.
Here we go :) http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=694336


Well it is considered marginally on-topic with the present guidelines we have as far as I can see. You can say it is only done to get post count up but it's not spam so you take your choice. Tbh I hope you get something being a member who has regularly been a very active, constructive poster for a long time.

[AgnesIO]

Here we go :) http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=694336


Well it is considered marginally on-topic with the present guidelines we have as far as I can see. You can say it is only done to get post count up but it's not spam so you take your choice. Tbh I hope you get something being a member who has regularly been a very active, constructive poster for a long time.

See, I don't think his posts in the concerned thread are at all relevant, since he doesn't actually reply to the original post, nor any other posts in that thread - am I allowed to post in every single xBox thread about games and say 'Na, I don't play it :(' - I bet I am not allowed. Sorry it seems like I am telling you off Rosie, obviously you don't make the guidelines :P


I, and am sure other users who post a lot, do not expect anything in return for it. It is slightly annoying when people post without any interest in a subject though - I would rather those people didn't post at all. If someone posts frequently and really impacts a thread then great :)

[Stephen]

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?p=7077034#post7077034
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?p=7082757#post7082757

Is this allowed? I'm not sure if he forgot that he already replied but he basically just said the same thing but in a different way

[AgnesIO]

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?p=7077034#post7077034
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?p=7082757#post7082757

Is this allowed? I'm not sure if he forgot that he already replied but he basically just said the same thing but in a different way

You'd forget if you post 250 in 3 days, Stephen :P

[Stephen]

but if he entered the competition then he must of known that he already posted :P

[matt$]

yea ive sort of given up now cause top 3 get away with some quite bad posts.

[Catzsy]

See, I don't think his posts in the concerned thread are at all relevant, since he doesn't actually reply to the original post, nor any other posts in that thread - am I allowed to post in every single xBox thread about games and say 'Na, I don't play it :(' - I bet I am not allowed. Sorry it seems like I am telling you off Rosie, obviously you don't make the guidelines :P


I, and am sure other users who post a lot, do not expect anything in return for it. It is slightly annoying when people post without any interest in a subject though - I would rather those people didn't post at all. If someone posts frequently and really impacts a thread then great :)

No I don't make the guidelines I just moderate to them and I know you are not telling me off. :P :D It's a difficult one - if you C&P'd ''Na, I don't play it' in several threads in a short space of time you would be picked up on it as the obvious intention would be to get your post count up as their is no genuine thought behind the post. What makes a post 'positively constructive to the thread' though is what has probably been made more lenient. The problem is spam is obvious and C&P is obvious but there is this huge grey area inbetween that people have different opinions on. I will be honest and say providing that I know what the guidelines are I will moderate to them - that doesn't mean that I would post in the same way.

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http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?p=7077034#post7077034
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?p=7082757#post7082757

Is this allowed? I'm not sure if he forgot that he already replied but he basically just said the same thing but in a different way

Of course it isn't lol report it