Private/Gender Forums

[buttons]

just a suggestion
i know we haven't wanted gender forums in the past but i been using at hffm and enjoy them ! females at least are quite popular
i thought we could have something like that? or maybe "private" forums like how only members can view post a pic, that way we can say private stuff without worrying ppl irl will see it coz i usd to hold back thinking they wud see

wat u think

modern habbox x

[GoldenMerc]

we have about 4 females on the forum once pyroka has run the train on the 9, we should be cutting down / removing forums not adding surely

[buttons]

what forums would u advise cutting?
would ask if uv used gender forums but i guess male gender forums dont generate as much as females do

[David]

rather cut down as well

the male forums on hffm are dead

[Absently]

i was only thinking about gender forums recently, it's definitely something im interested in i know there is deffo some topics that we wouldnt want other genders to see and would help generate discussion? although, cutting down on forums too is definitely something we should be doing also. i think we could merge like developments and habbox announcements, feedback & support with a special subforum within that, trading and anything about trading and furni, console & computer gaming with online games, tv and film and anime & other entertainment, perhaps, sport & discuss anything maybe??

just my suggestions anyway that we should be merging stuff :)

[wixard]

I would like gender forms to speak about things I wouldn't want people from the public to easily access

alternatively, I know another forum had a personal section which was password protected, members PMed admin for the password if they wanted access

[xxMATTGxx]

Regarding the Development Announcement forum - I believe that should be separate or at least be a sub-forum inside Habbox Announcements if anything. I just feel it should stand out as the threads in Hx Announcements normally override and may be missed more.

That's my two cents on that.

In regards of private/gender forums - Don't really have much a view on them. I'm happy to have them if that's what people want.

[FlyingJesus]

I don't see dividing the community as a top move, can't people use PMs if they only want a select few to see/respond? Exclusion doesn't help a place evolve

[buttons]

I don't see dividing the community as a top move, can't people use PMs if they only want a select few to see/respond? Exclusion doesn't help a place evolve
exclusion lmao no there are just some things females wouldn't like to post on the forum eg menstruation (ugh Empired; really should have read your eg/i.e example post) i think would be a nice safe place for females to discuss away from males cause makes and females are different!

female only forum is v popular on Hffm but as usual habbox lagging behind :/ really don't see the harm in it

[wixard]

and how am I meant to know who to PM? what if I'm experiencing something and need help or advice and it's personal, how am I to know who can help me? Or even just have a general discussion amongst the other girls

i dont even mind if both genders had access i think a password protected or permission protected place to vent would be nice

[Cerys]

Tbh I'd quite like to see gender forums, I have a few questions I'd like to ask that are too embarrassing in front of you dirty males
I can't see the harm in having them aslong as they were properly moderated so you can't bitch about someone who can't see the forum (tho we are all nice here now so that will be ok x )

[David]

i was only thinking about gender forums recently, it's definitely something im interested in i know there is deffo some topics that we wouldnt want other genders to see and would help generate discussion? although, cutting down on forums too is definitely something we should be doing also. i think we could merge like developments and habbox announcements, feedback & support with a special subforum within that, trading and anything about trading and furni, console & computer gaming with online games, tv and film and anime & other entertainment, perhaps, sport & discuss anything maybe??

just my suggestions anyway that we should be merging stuff :)
xxMATTGxx;

with merging announcements and developments, using prefixes would be the best course, just like [Development], [Staff Change] and [Notice] or something.
should have [Event] and maybe [AGM] prefixes in CNB as well if it were up to me

[thatc00lgirl]

and how am I meant to know who to PM? what if I'm experiencing something and need help or advice and it's personal, how am I to know who can help me? Or even just have a general discussion amongst the other girls

i dont even mind if both genders had access i think a password protected or permission protected place to vent would be nice

Ooo password protected place would be nice

[dbgtz]

I don't see the point in merging areas of the forum only staff can post in.
I also wouldn't see the benefits of gender forums. What exactly could be so bad that it daren't be seen by the opposite sex?

Forum seems basically fine to me except possibly "Console and Computer Gaming" and "Online Games".

[buttons]

I don't see the point in merging areas of the forum only staff can post in.
I also wouldn't see the benefits of gender forums. What exactly could be so bad that it daren't be seen by the opposite sex?

Forum seems basically fine to me except possibly "Console and Computer Gaming" and "Online Games".
idk "hey girls give me tips to orgasm" not me personally am fine X but just an example, not sure if that topic would be allowed on forum tho
just other things that i can't actually post even here bc i dnt want guys to see lmao
also like body issues iv wrote about on here n guys don't take seriously or insult me
i mean it's fine if u guys dnt want one but the girls obv do

love ya girls :) xx

[despect]

I guess theres no harm bringing in gender forums to see if they were actually going to be used or not. If not then get rid of it. I mean we should be trying new things to see if they work.

[dbgtz]

idk "hey girls give me tips to orgasm" not me personally am fine X but just an example, not sure if that topic would be allowed on forum tho
just other things that i can't actually post even here bc i dnt want guys to see lmao
also like body issues iv wrote about on here n guys don't take seriously or insult me
i mean it's fine if u guys dnt want one but the girls obv do

love ya girls :) xx

What's to stop someone just leaking the thread?


Sort of related now I said that to whoever can answer me, but is it possibly to have sub forums that doesn't show username/signature/avatar etc.? Not suggesting it should exist, I'm just curious.

[buttons]

What's to stop someone just leaking the thread?
nothing, just that if it was found someone was leaking (rumours spread fast on habbox) then they get removed or the forums get removed. obviously u can't full proof it. would also only been people who had been around X number times with X number posts and people to vouch for them. but highly doubt any girls gna care about showing guys who can't orgasm, who has a heavy flow... dno bout guy forums.

what u think about private forum for all members? (well same again re posts, how long been round et)

[dbgtz]

nothing, just that if it was found someone was leaking (rumours spread fast on habbox) then they get removed or the forums get removed. obviously u can't full proof it. would also only been people who had been around X number times with X number posts and people to vouch for them. but highly doubt any girls gna care about showing guys who can't orgasm, who has a heavy flow... dno bout guy forums.

what u think about private forum for all members? (well same again re posts, how long been round et)

Not for it. If you put lots of conversation in private forums that have a prerequisite which isn't simply having an account (or something simple like ticking a box), then you run a greater risk of them just not using the forum anymore since they won't be able to fully participate and there's a chance activity elsewhere will die down even further.

[David]

What's to stop someone just leaking the thread?


Sort of related now I said that to whoever can answer me, but is it possibly to have sub forums that doesn't show username/signature/avatar etc.? Not suggesting it should exist, I'm just curious.

unless you post as a guest, i don't think it's native to vbulletin

[Martin]

What about the catfishes who lie about their gender?! :O I know a few people will be in the wrong one straight away! :rofl:

I'm not really fussed either way really and can see both sides. I can understand how there might be certain things that girls only want to talk about between themselves, and sometimes some of the males on here can be a bit insensitive/threads can derail quite easily! :P I also see the points about there being too many forums though and it being quite confusing sometimes especially for new members.

[buttons]

What about the catfishes who lie about their gender?! :O I know a few people will be in the wrong one straight away! :rofl:

I'm not really fussed either way really and can see both sides. I can understand how there might be certain things that girls only want to talk about between themselves, and sometimes some of the males on here can be a bit insensitive/threads can derail quite easily! :P I also see the points about there being too many forums though and it being quite confusing sometimes especially for new members.
am sure catfishes are doing more harm on the forum than sneaking into girl/male only sections, don't think u can full proof it
but it WUD be on a posts/date/vouch basis, post a pic of urself if need be X
its only one forum if u put it right at the bottom specifically saying GENDER FORUMS it's not gonna cause that much confusion tbh

[despect]

Just to clear it up would it be that you request to join these gender forums? because if you could just request to join then it wouldnt cause problems because those who are against it, simple solution just dont join, those who are join.

Will it under request or as someone said before password protected?

[buttons]

Just to clear it up would it be that you request to join these gender forums? because if you could just request to join then it wouldnt cause problems because those who are against it, simple solution just dont join, those who are join.

Will it under request or as someone said before password protected?
could be both? request it then the admin gives them a password. does mean that person can go give it to someone else though who hasn't been proven to be of that gender tho

but ya i mean, if girls want a girl only forum and guys don't, it's not fair for guys to say we shouldn't be allowed it? inequality is when some people don't want something and other people suffer for it x

[Cerys]

To those people who are like oh we want less subforums so it's less confusing for new people, you could quite easily make it like the VIP forum so the new people/people who haven't requested to see it have no clue it's there

[despect]

could be both? request it then the admin gives them a password. does mean that person can go give it to someone else though who hasn't been proven to be of that gender tho

but ya i mean, if girls want a girl only forum and guys don't, it's not fair for guys to say we shouldn't be allowed it? inequality is when some people don't want something and other people suffer for it x

Both yeah good idea :)


To those people who are like oh we want less subforums so it's less confusing for new people, you could quite easily make it like the VIP forum so the new people/people who haven't requested to see it have no clue it's there

It could be a sub forum in spam or something then its at the bottom and wouldnt make the actual forums look too clogged up?

[David]

sub forums are not a solution to any sort of clogging, they're worse and often times ignored anyway

[Catchy]

i cant see having gender forums harming anybody else, i agree with buttons; in that some things are definitely gender sensitive. i think it could actually help people, what about all the people who literally have nobody to ask in real life?

[scottish]

just a suggestion
i know we haven't wanted gender forums in the past but i been using at hffm and enjoy them ! females at least are quite popular
i thought we could have something like that? or maybe "private" forums like how only members can view post a pic, that way we can say private stuff without worrying ppl irl will see it coz i usd to hold back thinking they wud see

wat u think

modern habbox x

male ones on there are absolutely dead from what I remember


what forums would u advise cutting?
would ask if uv used gender forums but i guess male gender forums dont generate as much as females do

I posted some in my suggestion thread but I don't think anything was done about it... yet


i was only thinking about gender forums recently, it's definitely something im interested in i know there is deffo some topics that we wouldnt want other genders to see and would help generate discussion? although, cutting down on forums too is definitely something we should be doing also. i think we could merge like developments and habbox announcements, feedback & support with a special subforum within that, trading and anything about trading and furni, console & computer gaming with online games, tv and film and anime & other entertainment, perhaps, sport & discuss anything maybe??

just my suggestions anyway that we should be merging stuff :)

as above


I would like gender forms to speak about things I wouldn't want people from the public to easily access

alternatively, I know another forum had a personal section which was password protected, members PMed admin for the password if they wanted access

who would determine what was allowed to be posted in pword protected forum though, as you'd want a cut off between General discussion, spam and password protected so people don't just constantly post in the pw forum.


Regarding the Development Announcement forum - I believe that should be separate or at least be a sub-forum inside Habbox Announcements if anything. I just feel it should stand out as the threads in Hx Announcements normally override and may be missed more.

That's my two cents on that.

In regards of private/gender forums - Don't really have much a view on them. I'm happy to have them if that's what people want.

prefixes for everything


xxMATTGxx;

with merging announcements and developments, using prefixes would be the best course, just like [Development], [Staff Change] and [Notice] or something.
should have [Event] and maybe [AGM] prefixes in CNB as well if it were up to me

yes


nothing, just that if it was found someone was leaking (rumours spread fast on habbox) then they get removed or the forums get removed. obviously u can't full proof it. would also only been people who had been around X number times with X number posts and people to vouch for them. but highly doubt any girls gna care about showing guys who can't orgasm, who has a heavy flow... dno bout guy forums.

what u think about private forum for all members? (well same again re posts, how long been round et)

same as comment to tara

[Catchy]

i think at least trial it and see how it goes

[FlyingJesus]

Which is it: non-exclusive or based on how long you've been around and only your friends? Once again things being demanded without having the specifics sorted, and if it's the former and these issues are so sensitive that our poor manly manbrains can't handle them why would you open it up to anyone who just happens to have a body a bit like yours

Again, division isn't what we need especially when people complain about lack of activity

[buttons]

Which is it: non-exclusive or based on how long you've been around and only your friends? Once again things being demanded without having the specifics sorted, and if it's the former and these issues are so sensitive that our poor manly manbrains can't handle them why would you open it up to anyone who just happens to have a body a bit like yours

Again, division isn't what we need especially when people complain about lack of activity
it's NOTHING to do with your poor manly manbrains, women and men are DIFFERENT face it. we have some young females here who probably don't feel confident writing about their WOMEN troubles to 27 year old men. what's the fucking harm in having young girls/women have their own space away from boys? nothing!

and the specifics don't matter at the moment it's a discussion for everyone to have their say, it's not based around friends, where did anyone say that? it would be based on people being here for a while (by that i mean a month or to) so they can be vouched as being male or female NOT vouched for being their friend. its to stop guys creating accounts just to see the female forum and vice versa. stop putting words into other people's mouth.

u r honestly so annoying and negative about anything on the forum. females have expressed a wish to have a female forum/private forum. and @ the activity - if females had a place to discuss private girl stuff, they would make friends with each other and feel more confident to post around the forum with u ugly freak boys (love ya all really)

im suggesting gender forums with young girls in mind (especially if we're looking to get in fresh meat of people who are that young age then i think it's a nice space for them x) who might want a safe place to discuss whats happening to their bodies NOT that i think males can't have discussions about females bodies but there is no place for 20+ men to talk to 14 yr olds about their bodies tbh.

[FlyingJesus]

No need to get quite so angry I'm just saying why it's not a great idea for a place that already has low activity. It's not about being negative and if you actually look at my posts rather than just go by what the other Scottish people think of me then you'd see I'm actually pretty positive and doing quite a lot to try building Habbox up, so no need for the personal insults just because I don't like your idea

[buttons]

"no need for the personal insults"
"stop going by what the other scottish people think of me"

alrighttttt. anyways us girls want it thanks xxMATTGxx; x

[FlyingJesus]

That's not an insult but ok have your tantrum, this place is turning into Dave's Playground basically anyway by the looks of things so why not split everyone up and make it an extension of skype

[scottish]

why dave ;l

[Catchy]

is the forum really inactive now? whats happened??

[buttons]

is the forum really inactive now? whats happened??
IMO

not getting in enough young people, just listening to what the oldies want all the time idk

[scottish]

is the forum really inactive now? whats happened??

we're modernising the forum

first step was the likes system :)

[David]

if it was my playground you'd be perm banned ya weirdo

shut up for once

[Catchy]

IMO

not getting in enough young people, just listening to what the oldies want all the time idk

probably right, it's really sad because this place used to be constantly busy it would be a real shame if it went downhill


we're modernising the forum

first step was the likes system :)

i just posted in my other thread about this, nothing new has been implemented for so long.

[FlyingJesus]

Sorry I forgot only the SNP were allowed to say what they want on here these days

[Catchy]

buttons; also regarding the young people do you think it's because it's managed by much older people are us 'old people' really in any position to know what younger people want? im certainly not down with the kids or the latest things these days. sorry for going completely off topic lol

[scottish]

Sorry I forgot only the SNP were allowed to say what they want on here these days

Wasn't the vote something like 65% for the like system vs 25% for maintaining rep?

[Alysha]

The thing is though, there are a fair number of people who aren't even Scottish who agree with this idea, so it's not fair to bring in them being Scottish continually.
I feel like it wouldn't harm the forum at all, it'd just add activity elsewhere, which could then add as a catalyst and create more activity elsewhere.

I agree with merging a bunch of the other forums and adding different prefixes though. Might clean it up a bit

[Inseriousity.]

lol jen you are one of the oldies :P

as for gender forums idc. whoever said "whoever doesn't want to use them, don't have to join" I agree with them. :)

[buttons]

Sorry I forgot only the SNP were allowed to say what they want on here these days
errrrrr david and scott don't even like the snp m8

@buttons (https://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=42203); also regarding the young people do you think it's because it's managed by much older people are us 'old people' really in any position to know what younger people want? im certainly not down with the kids or the latest things these days. sorry for going completely off topic lol
yeah definitely there are a lot of reasons and that's one, like if u go to hffm, it's younger people in comparison to us (17-19 year olds) so it's more modern over their in terms of 'technology' like that's where the idea for gender forum came and like system, they have both of those over there and are much busier and more appealing to people than here imo, hffm now reminds me of how hx used to be and that's what i want!


The thing is though, there are a fair number of people who aren't even Scottish who agree with this idea, so it's not fair to being in them bein Scottish continually.
I feel like it wouldn't harm the forum at all, it'd just add activity elsewhere, which could then add as a catalyst and create more activity elsewhere.

I agree with merging a bunch of the other forums and adding different prefixes though. Might clean it up a bit
pmsl there's like literally 3 scottish ppl!
and its funny bc i used to always get slagged off for being scottish on here and now suddenly us scots are ruling the place or something
and "I feel like it wouldn't harm the forum at all, it'd just add activity elsewhere, which could then add as a catalyst and create more activity elsewhere. " definitely thats what i was trying to say, it builds up a rship with each other then they feel more confident to post around the forum whereas it can be a bit scary to come into a forum when u dont know anyone.

lol jen you are one of the oldies :P

as for gender forums idc. whoever said "whoever doesn't want to use them, don't have to join" I agree with them. :)
yeah i know but now i want to improve the forum, i started using hffm for a bit (still do) but thought no it's better to improve the forum and that starts with getting new members in and listening to them x

[wixard]

scottish; I'd determine it as a place to speak about personal issues you don't want out in public or to be semi confidential? I've had MATT remove loads of my posts due to me worrying people will find them

also can we cut out attacking another it's so negative and exhausting

[Catchy]

buttons; i've always liked hffm's way of doing things and their forum i swear i always used to say we needed a cute layout similar to how hffm's used to be but never happened

[dbgtz]

scottish; I'd determine it as a place to speak about personal issues you don't want out in public or to be semi confidential? I've had MATT remove loads of my posts due to me worrying people will find them

also can we cut out attacking another it's so negative and exhausting

I said this earlier in this thread I think but what's to stop someone leaking your post? You wouldn't really be better off at the end of the day, and at some point those posts will probably get merged into Discuss Anything or something.

[scottish]

buttons; i've always liked hffm's way of doing things and their forum i swear i always used to say we needed a cute layout similar to how hffm's used to be but never happened

Yeah we do, we tried to look into ability to buy a pre-made ont but doesn't seem to be any that fit the bill.

I believe 2 are being worked on currently by Chris; and dept.

[Mrs_Plant]

I kinda like the idea of having gender forums, a place for us girlies to chit chat about those issues that are just uncomfortable to mention when you have the lads around. It would be nice to get to know the other female members too! and tbh I don't see why we have to turn down an idea, no harm in trying it tbh, if we want to make this forum better then always gotta try stuff once at least. If it don't work then hey ho we tried.

And yes please clean up the forum, its just to much when you scroll down and there is sections upon sections of random little forums. :/

[Chris]

I've never been mad on the idea but at this point we haven't got a lot to lose.

[wixard]

dbgtz; I'm referring to the public not forum members? How is a forum member going to go and leak my post to the public lol
I mean people coming on and viewing your search history etc, I don't give a fuck if you weirdos see it

[dbgtz]

dbgtz; I'm referring to the public not forum members? How is a forum member going to go and leak my post to the public lol
I mean people coming on and viewing your search history etc, I don't give a fuck if you weirdos see it

ah fair point I guess
still wouldn't take a whole lot to see it but I suppose they wouldn't necessarily think of hidden forums

[wixard]

unless they have permissions there's no way for them to see it, I think it's a good idea but I dunno!

[FlyingJesus]

If people can't see without permissions how do they know it's an option that they can ask for

[wixard]

If people can't see without permissions how do they know it's an option that they can ask for

because we know??? i'm sure they can have a stickied thread somewhere also and you pm for permissions... not that hard to grasp

will be quite obvious if it's a random account made with no posts applying for permissions

[buttons]

If people can't see without permissions how do they know it's an option that they can ask for
on hffm its in their "support forum" which has like request name change etc

for us it could just be stickied in announcements or whatever
and theyd probably hear people talking about it around the forum

[GoldenMerc]

Could have it as a forum but with no permissions to view threads etc, i dont see what the worst thing that can happen is. Problem is we have less than 10 females, it'll be popular for a month then die IMO but may as well test it

[xxMATTGxx]

Could have it as a forum but with no permissions to view threads etc, i dont see what the worst thing that can happen is. Problem is we have less than 10 females, it'll be popular for a month then die IMO but may as well test it

As Marketing Manager, isn't it your role to get more users onto the forum? So that means more females ;)

[scottish]

As Marketing Manager, isn't it your role to get more users onto the forum? So that means more females ;)

or just.. anyone

[xxMATTGxx]

or just.. anyone

True, true

[FlyingJesus]

I vote Ross for female forum moderator

[buttons]

lmfao dbgtz; requesting access to male forums on hffm
that for u to study?

[GoldenMerc]

As Marketing Manager, isn't it your role to get more users onto the forum? So that means more females ;)

GIVEAWAY, FEMALES ONLY


or just.. anyone

LOTS OF RETURNING MEMBERS ACTUALLY (They post about 4 and a half times then leave for a bit)


I vote Ross for female forum moderator

sounds easy enough

[scottish]

its dead on there :P

[dbgtz]

lmfao dbgtz; requesting access to male forums on hffm
that for u to study?

I'm curious tbh and I saw you mention how you get them so I was like why not :P

I mean what I'm not even on HFFM???
Actually dbgtz does exist on it but last log in like 3 years ago or something

[scottish]

so you have 2 accounts on there :O

[buttons]

Empired; thoughts??

[Empired]

My thoughts are I don't care either way so if it means a lot to a lot of you then sure.

[Prosiary]

why does it matter if someone/people are scottish or not its a fucking habbo forum get over yourself lol FlyingJesus;

[Samantha]

I've skimmed through the thread - I'm not really fussed either way if we get them or not. I know when I was at TryHabbo I was part of the female ones and they were popular and interesting to read, so there's no harm in testing them.

As for myself, I'm fairly open about stuff and I would prefer posting it in view for all the members to see as although they could be girly topics, perspective from a male point of view can sometimes help too (and vice versa for male topics too). I understand that some people might not want to post them in full view though!

[sex]

what if you dont identify with male or female

[buttons]

what if you dont identify with male or female
since a lot of the threads would probz be about body issues, i guess ur biological/physically presenting gender?

[wixard]

what if you dont identify with male or female

then tough luck bitch?

[sex]

then tough luck ****?

tbh id like a gardening forum for asexuals like myself

[David]

what if you dont identify with male or female

thats what tumblr is for

[buttons]

tbh id like a gardening forum for asexuals like myself
what with HotelUser;

[sex]

what with HotelUser;

yes and immenseman

[scottish]

Empired; anything being done about this?

[Empired]

Empired; anything being done about this?
Not this minute, I'm afraid I've been a little occupied irl since yesterday. I do plan to give this a trial run soon when I have a little more time for the forum.

[scottish]

Not this minute, I'm afraid I've been a little occupied irl since yesterday. I do plan to give this a trial run soon when I have a little more time for the forum.

Any idea when this is likely to be? few day, few weeks, month?

[Empired]

Any idea when this is likely to be? few day, few weeks, month?
I don't know how long I'll be preoccupied for but a month seems excessive for a gender forums trial.

[scottish]

I don't know how long I'll be preoccupied for but a month seems excessive for a gender forums trial.

I meant when you'll have time to focus on the forum again, not the length of the trial.

[Empired]

Hard to say

[scottish]

Also out of curiousity are you avoiding https://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=837706 or do you have it on ignore or something?

[Empired]

Not ignoring it, just the OP was a repost of things I'd already replied to and started acting on, and the other stuff is gnna have to hold for a couple of days.

Please be patient scott, I sometimes wish I didn't have a real life to attend to but I do.

[scottish]

Not ignoring it, just the OP was a repost of things I'd already replied to and started acting on, and the other stuff is gnna have to hold for a couple of days.

Please be patient scott, I sometimes wish I didn't have a real life to attend to but I do.

Things you replied to before 2 months of posts were removed, and unfortunately I'm unable to read a post that has been delete as much as I wish I could.

Would be useful to acknowledge the feedback and give a quick response rather than seemingly ignoring it.