Groups

The groups had good intention of adding a bit of fun and variety to the forum but right now, they're very much like the Blogs and the Chat. They can't be that appealing either as I've never joined or started one!

If they're taking up space or whatever they should be the first thing to remove, but it doesn't look very professional if they are being removed after they've only been added.

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Originally Posted by Cosmic

I disagree. Firstly I don't think it's a good idea to be adding useful features to the forum and then taking them away as soon as people get bored. Secondly, groups allow for more freedom than simply posting on the forum. They're meant for collectively sharing interests and I can't see them doing any harm. Newer members might also enjoy them, as most of you did when they were new.

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If they were useful people wouldn't get bored of them

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Originally Posted by sex

yeah i agree... to many people were allowed create to many pointless ones and it became stupid and boring. i think they were almost expecting it to be some sort of feature that would get the forum popular again and more posts etc and it didnt work........

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They're all pointless

I agree with OP.

I don't see how new members are going to find groups appealing, they're just something to look at and have died down, not fussed either way.

I've found groups to be difficult to get right on numerous forums.

I think it's a good idea, but i'm put off making one, knowing that once i've used them up, I can never make one ever again.

I think it's way too premature to completely remove social groups considering they have only been installed a couple of months.

In all honesty it's probably the fault of myself and other people who contributed to the project as we didn't really do much, it was like, set it up, tell users about it and leave them to it.

The thing is nothing works like that, we shouldn't have expected it to be successful straight away, well of course it was popular immediately as anything new is popular immediately and a lot of groups got made (just like we got hundreds of awards requests yesterday) - the point is we need to maintain it to ensure popularity increases.

Super Moderators don't pay much attention to groups - which is a bad thing as they still need moderating and I'll admit it, I neglect them too, perhaps if we had an award or something for "Group of the Month" and gave out prizes it would boost the activity of them, but quite frankly they aren't looking too good at the moment due to neglect by Management, and I can only blame myself there :P

We're looking to launch a campaign next month involving absolutely lots - it's going to be pretty explosive, and I will add groups promotion into that campaign and hopefully they'll kick off a bit more - if not after that then we'll consider removing them, but it's way too early to consider moving them this early on.

Now that's a rarity, a Manager posting in feedback slating himself :P

Although, they don't get used that often, they're a handy feature to have.

Since they don't even get used that much, they won't even cost any extra to keep.

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Originally Posted by Oli

I think it's way too premature to completely remove social groups considering they have only been installed a couple of months.

In all honesty it's probably the fault of myself and other people who contributed to the project as we didn't really do much, it was like, set it up, tell users about it and leave them to it.

The thing is nothing works like that, we shouldn't have expected it to be successful straight away, well of course it was popular immediately as anything new is popular immediately and a lot of groups got made (just like we got hundreds of awards requests yesterday) - the point is we need to maintain it to ensure popularity increases.

Super Moderators don't pay much attention to groups - which is a bad thing as they still need moderating and I'll admit it, I neglect them too, perhaps if we had an award or something for "Group of the Month" and gave out prizes it would boost the activity of them, but quite frankly they aren't looking too good at the moment due to neglect by Management, and I can only blame myself there :P

We're looking to launch a campaign next month involving absolutely lots - it's going to be pretty explosive, and I will add groups promotion into that campaign and hopefully they'll kick off a bit more - if not after that then we'll consider removing them, but it's way too early to consider moving them this early on.

Now that's a rarity, a Manager posting in feedback slating himself :P

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And it's also a rarity for a manager to refuse to admit the feature was a mistake. And clearly that still isn't going to happen.

I cannot see how STOPPING users posting on the forum can EVER be seen as good.

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Originally Posted by Android

And it's also a rarity for a manager to refuse to admit the feature was a mistake. And clearly that still isn't going to happen.

I cannot see how STOPPING users posting on the forum can EVER be seen as good.

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The feature wasn't a mistake, it just simply wasn't carried out properly and I am not going to give up on something because it doesn't work well in a few months. Groups has a huge potential on a fansite like this.

It's not stopping people posting on the forums at all, it gives an opportunity to post somewhere else in a different style and adds variety to Habbox Forum - as I have said if done correctly it would be an excellent feature.

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Originally Posted by Oli

The feature wasn't a mistake, it just simply wasn't carried out properly and I am not going to give up on something because it doesn't work well in a few months. Groups has a huge potential on a fansite like this.

It's not stopping people posting on the forums at all, it gives an opportunity to post somewhere else in a different style and adds variety to Habbox Forum - as I have said if done correctly it would be an excellent feature.

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I'm glad you realise you didn't promote it properly / do anything with it :)

I say leave it, but promote it.