Some articles..

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Originally Posted by Catzsy

Agreed but surely Habbox should not let any of its staff write articles that a lot of its members, particuarly Runescapers and Habbo members would find offensive?

If these opinions were against Habbox Staff I dont think it would be allowed.
(please note example only) ' All Habbox Admin are Nerds. '


In addition they are completely subjective, totally stereotypical and not worthy of being on the front page of Habbox.Com IMHO.

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I dont think it could be put any better. And even though it may be his opinions sometimes people need to learn to keep their mouth closed some times. Im not saying dont have an opinion but you could do it in away which wouldnt offend users.

Like i said, i do agree with some of the times that he write but seeing as he is staff what he writes can be written in different ways to get his opinions across.

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Originally Posted by Finkelstien

I don't see a problem with it really. As stated above its he's personal opinion on topics we all encounter on a daily basis. Also, people are not forced to view these articles. However, I do agree they could be toned down a lot more. I think a better approach would be to single out negative topics everyone can relate to and will agree with. Eg: War in Iraq, famous people, politics, politicians, matters affecting society etc.

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That sums up my thoughts pretty conclusively.

Everything will be found offensive by some people. With that in mind, the policy for habbox articles atm is do not worry about accidentally offending people, but do not purposely write to offend people. But this article clearly oversteps that boundry, I see very little justification for saying that people who play habbo are sad and ugly, especially on a habbo fansite! The issue will be resolved post-haste :)

Alex

When I joined Habbox, I had an aim; I wanted to write articles that were entertaining, interesting and contreversial. I wanted them to be Jeremy Clarkson-esque and quite Grumpy Old Men.
However, after seeing that it was taken down and having seeing this thread and then me reading the article over myself, I realised this week's article can be and is overly offensive to Runescape and Habbo users. I suppose I am calling myself 'nerdy' in a way, I am a Habbo user myself, and I therefore would like to apologise for any offence caused to anyone. If I wasn't the writer I would've said that it was out of order myself. I'm not however changing my opinion on Habbo and Runescape users but next time I want to voice it, it will be toned down dramatically.

superfly-dan.

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Originally Posted by superfly-dan

When I joined Habbox, I had an aim; I wanted to write articles that were entertaining, interesting and contreversial. I wanted them to be Jeremy Clarkson-esque and quite Grumpy Old Men.
However, after seeing that it was taken down and having seeing this thread and then me reading the article over myself, I realised this week's article can be and is overly offensive to Runescape and Habbo users. I suppose I am calling myself 'nerdy' in a way, I am a Habbo user myself, and I therefore would like to apologise for any offence caused to anyone. If I wasn't the writer I would've said that it was out of order myself. I'm not however changing my opinion on Habbo and Runescape users but next time I want to voice it, it will be toned down dramatically.

superfly-dan.

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Jeremy Clarkson is normally witty when he blerts out alot of nonsense. He normally makes it obvious that it's not meant to offend people. You need to work on it a little, like back up why Runescapers are nerds (or whatever) and in a way make yourself look dumb (which Jeremy does) by mis-pronouncing goblins or runes to make it sound strange. If you get me? It may be interesting :P

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

and in a way make yourself look dumb (which Jeremy does) by mis-pronouncing goblins or runes to make it sound strange. If you get me? It may be interesting :P

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Already got ya there, I dunno if you seen the article or not, but I said 'Runesmash' and 'MyFace'...
And I do agree that it was a little overly offensive, I mean, it was meant to be offensive but there was a line and I crossed it. I'm working on a new one now.