Regarding the 'most known habbo' thread

[:G.M.T:]

In the Habbo In General section of the forum there is the thread 'most known habbo' there is a chance to reflect on the history of habbo hotel by recognising the most popular habbos of the past. Some people chose to recognise a well known scripter/hacker which is what he/she was and everybody who played around that time knew.

These people who have shared their views have received a warning which in my opinion and in many others is unfair. The reason as I feel this is unfair is because the habbo in question was involved in their activities over ten years ago now. Why can we not discuss his goings on ten years later?

Also there is an opportunity to educate new habbos in this thread by explaining their views and who they feel was the most well known habbo of their time and should new habbos ask questions about these famous habbos people can inform them.

My question I ask is are these warnings appropriate and fair?

[Kardan]

You all got warned for saying sonicmouse?

[:G.M.T:]

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=771068

Thats the link to the thread. I didn't receive one but some others did. Which I think is taking moderation powers too far. Even a super forum moderator got in on it.

[The Don]

Pointless warnings and mod edits. People use hacking interchangeably with scripting. Pretty sure there are tons of threads about sonicmouse hacking/scripting from the golden era

[Kardan]

This rule shouldn't even be followed so strictly, as I said in the thread, everyone accusing Oscar Pistorius of murdering his girlfriend, that's 'accusing others of illegal activities'. So should that whole thread be removed, no? That's silly.

The rule is obviously meant to be used to just prevent forum arguments between users that are being accused. Obviously this rule needs to be re-written if Moderators are taking it that literally.

[GoldenMerc]

People like SonicMouse, Just-One, Finch all admitted and if they all still used it would carry on admitting they scripted, hacked and attacked. unsure whats going on here.

[:G.M.T:]

Pointless warnings and mod edits. People use hacking interchangeably with scripting. Pretty sure there are tons of threads about sonicmouse hacking/scripting from the golden era

Absolutely right. It seems there is a case of trigger happy moderators who are itching to dish out warnings for the littlest of things. This forum is very quiet compared to recent years and if the moderators are going to dictate what people can and can't talk about topics like this the forum will continue to decline which is a massive shame.

[The Don]

This rule shouldn't even be followed so strictly, as I said in the thread, everyone accusing Oscar Pistorius of murdering his girlfriend, that's 'accusing others of illegal activities'. So should that whole thread be removed, no? That's silly.

The rule is obviously meant to be used to just prevent forum arguments between users that are being accused. Obviously this rule needs to be re-written if Moderators are taking it that literally.

The rule is fine it's just moderators not using common sense

[Kardan]

The rule is fine it's just moderators not using common sense

I agree, I can just see someone saying 'But it breaks the rules!!!11SHIFT' :P

[The Don]

I agree, I can just see someone saying 'But it breaks the rules!!!11SHIFT' :P

Haha :P

It looks like it has been changed back now anyway. Can't really blame Matts because there's a big chance he wasn't aware of who Sonicmouse was, for all he knew sonicmouse could have been some habboxforum member or something.

[Chris]

This has been reversed, sorry for any inconvenience!

[Matthew]

The usernotes and edits have all been removed- I didn't realise they were this famous for hacking (I haven't played habbo for years and even when I did I'm sure I hadn't heard of them :S)


Absolutely right. It seems there is a case of trigger happy moderators who are itching to dish out warnings for the littlest of things. This forum is very quiet compared to recent years and if the moderators are going to dictate what people can and can't talk about topics like this the forum will continue to decline which is a massive shame.

And @:G.M.T: (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=29); trust me, none of the moderators nor myself are "itching" to dish out warnings. You've got it all wrong if you think that is the case.

[Samantha]

Yeah before I came to Habbox Forum I had no idea who SonicMouse was either, it's been allowed before to say his name so it's good that it's been reversed now.

[Martin]

Looks like it was just a misunderstanding really. To someone who has not much knowledge of this sonic person, it would look like someone is being accused of hacking/scripting etc, so I can understand why they were edited from that point of view. I do think the posts are fine though, and as with a lot of things need to be assessed on a case by case basis, and I think things that have happened years ago, things that are prominent in Habbo's history etc are fine so I'm glad its all been reversed.

[:G.M.T:]

I'm glad this decision has been reached.

Matts I did not mean to cause offence to you or any of your moderation team. Logging on to see people warned for such a petty offence is bound to make people think that your team is a bit trigger happy as such. Nice to see that you listen when an issue arises such as this and common sense does prevail.

Thread can be closed if you wish to do so as the matter has been resolved.