Banned :'l

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Originally Posted by Redtiz

The problem is that you put a link on a sticki to a gaming site, but the words you used to promote that site were "visit to get free Habbo furni or coins!" Moderators aren't allowed to visit sites which are being advertised as having 'free coins' because they often contain malicious code designed to infect the visitor's computer. So from their point of view, they see a note encouraging people to go to a website for free furni or coins. Honestly if you were a moderator in that circumstance, wouldn't you think it was a scam?

The morale of the story is really not to joke around because the people moderating can't read your mind and don't know that you're not serious ;-)

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... Do you mean my homepage? Gah, I didn't mean it in that kind of way. I desperately needed people to click my referral link so I offered credits and furnitre in return (Which I gave to those that did click my referral links), I also did imply that OMGPOP was a gaming site. Anyways, now that I have read over it, I was not clear enough and would seem as a scam site, sorry for the misunderstanding.

They're idiots, these mods ;l Can't stand that they make mistakes and don't take any accountability for them.

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Originally Posted by Redtiz

The problem is that you put a link on a sticki to a gaming site, but the words you used to promote that site were "visit to get free Habbo furni or coins!" Moderators aren't allowed to visit sites which are being advertised as having 'free coins' because they often contain malicious code designed to infect the visitor's computer. So from their point of view, they see a note encouraging people to go to a website for free furni or coins. Honestly if you were a moderator in that circumstance, wouldn't you think it was a scam?

The morale of the story is really not to joke around because the people moderating can't read your mind and don't know that you're not serious ;-)

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Surely they can set up a safe environment (VM) to test such links?

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Originally Posted by Wiizzz

Surely they can set up a safe environment (VM) to test such links?

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They're too lazy to do something like that, imo.

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Originally Posted by Wiizzz

Surely they can set up a safe environment (VM) to test such links?

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It's not practical to do that for each moderator around the globe, but a team in HQ does indeed do that. Moderators have to act on what they think the website is about based on the actual web address or the context in which it is given (e.g. habbofreecredits.com or "I got tons of free credits at pinkandred.tv"). Their first concern is protecting players, so if the details look as though they could be a scamsite they'll act on that basis rather than wait a few days to find out the results of a test (by which time, a ton of Habbos could have been scammed).

It's never a good idea to joke about things which have major consequences. If you walked through airport security and said "I've got a bomb in my bag" you'll be instantly arrested - they won't wait until they've checked out whether your claims are true or not because there's other people's safety and security at risk. Moderators operate on the same principle.

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Originally Posted by Redtiz

The morale of the story is really not to joke around

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Surprised Sulake don't use this on their numerous advertisements. Truly fantastic. Only a Habbo staff member could say something like that.