Forum going down hill?

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Originally Posted by Favourtism

Every other Habbo forum or any forum infact gives their members previews or actually asks what skins they want.

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Yep like I said earlier in this thread, get a select few to Beta test it and offer opinions.

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

Indeed, and it would be good to see what it looks like so the community can review it before making it public. You could get a small group of able minded individuals to review it even :)

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Originally Posted by Saurav

Yep like I said earlier in this thread, get a select few to Beta test it and offer opinions.

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I'll speak to Jin about it :).

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

a small group of able minded individuals

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Originally Posted by Saurav

a select few

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Surely those who make the skins and the management who review them are a select few, and I'd hope they're able minded. Can't ask for total democracy over things and then narrow it down to a small group lol

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Originally Posted by FlyingJesus

Surely those who make the skins and the management who review them are a select few, and I'd hope they're able minded. Can't ask for total democracy over things and then narrow it down to a small group lol

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Thing is, if you ask everyone for opinion on the new skin, there will be so many different opinions, it might be hard. But then again, its up to them. Was just an idea.

Habboxforum was a good community before habbox became official, since then it's been on a steady decline and I think that most of the members are sick of the rules, we're not even allowed to use the f* word when habbo even gives you the option to disable the bobba filter.


I'm confused at what sort of community you are trying to create? it's like a communist country.

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Originally Posted by Kevin

Habboxforum was a good community before habbox became official, since then it's been on a steady decline and I think that most of the members are sick of the rules, we're not even allowed to use the f* word when habbo even gives you the option to disable the bobba filter.


I'm confused at what sort of community you are trying to create? it's like a communist country.

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ch allow you to swear i think, but defo use pics of yourself for avs etc

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Originally Posted by Favourtism

ch allow you to swear i think, but defo use pics of yourself for avs etc

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You would sware to god this forum is run by 50 year olds who like to control people.

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Originally Posted by Sergio

You know what, I hate to say it but this pretty much hits the nail on the head. The reason I hate it is because it means Habbox may need to start focusing on a much younger generation of Habbo users and I know a lot of existing members (myself included), won't exactly welcome such change with open arms as it means Habbox's image may have to become less "mature" if you like. Everyone keeps bangin on about Club Habbo and that site is definitely designed to be appealing to a younger audience.

Habbox's strife to avoid disappointing any of its members could be its ultimate downfall. Look at the likes of Habbo itself, they saw that their target market was getting younger and realised there were plenty of opportunities to be had in advertising etc. Meanwhile, the amount of customers obtained through the likes of fansites has pretty much reached its maximum potential, and hey presto, they have essentially just jibbed off those fansites as they are no longer valuable assets.

If Habbox is to grow, it needs to focus on the same audience as Habbo. That won't be nice for those of us who are used to the way Habbox is and always has been, but it may just be something we have to face. Either that, or live with the way Habbox is now, and stop complaining about it. Ultimately, it's down to what course of action Habbox management choose to pursue.



I was going to say that is shocking, but when I stop to think about it, it's not really. Just look at the Habbox Awards Nominations thread; in almost every post, the "Most friendly member" field has been left blank or says something along the lines of, 'there are no friendly members'.

Not intending a certain presidential cliché here, but it's time for change! :P

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QFT but personally I'm starting to doubt this will even get close to happening, this thread has been going for weeks and the response from people that can actually do things has been pretty horrific, all the important points seem to have been skipped over in favour of clarifying saurav's infractions and ******** about who can make the best skin. I hate to sound like a child who has a favoured parent but nvr always used to quote every post with substance and reply to it in some way. I feel bad for calling people out now lol but yknow it has to be said.

I draw the line at allowing swearing personally. I don't care if little kids like to eff and blind every third word it can be kept off the forum, lots of adult forums have filters, that doesn't make them petty or wrong or whatever. I'm sure lots of kids aged 12/13/14 like to look at porn too cos its all new and cool to them, but the forum wouldn't be a pleasant place with that everywhere.

About the asking what people want in skins thing, it goes through management first and then gets released, then usually if it's a big change then someone makes a feedback thread and everyone that wants to has their say, just these suggestions aren't always put into action

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

I'm quite content with my classic forum skin :)

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Edited by invincible (Forum Super Moderator): Please don't be rude