Ideas - *controversial*

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Originally Posted by Android

What do you mean '(and even when people agree)' - does that mean if one person likes an idea everyone has to?

The problem is unlike many people, I cannot be bothered to write an essay on why I don't think post count should be turned off.

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Might I point out habbox has over 50,000 'active' members, is the most successful habbo fansite, and continues to grow? Are people not realising if people still sign up and post there is not a problem. DON'T FIX WHAT IS NOT BROKEN.

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I posted stats last month which clearly showed HabboxForum is no longer the most popular.

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Originally Posted by W00TZEH

whoah way too much to read! its a big fat no from me!

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My simple rule is: If you cba reading, don't bother posting. Its very disrespectful.

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Originally Posted by Saurav

I think you raise some good points. People try and not get banned as they dont want to start again. Giving everyone the same features would mean people don't have anything to work towards. its a fact some people like having higher post count - and they should be rewarded. Its only right.

On my forum, I didn't have strict rules. It was simply: Do not be rude. Do not post inappropriate stuff i.e. porn, Do not post links to phishers, Do not spam.

The forum ran amazingly well. I had over 40,000 members sign up in less than 2 years with the site getting in the top 9,000 ranked sites on Alexa. I was getting 30,000 - 40,000 uniques a day. Why? I installed many modifications which people would like. If someone broke a rule, my moderators edited it and sent a friendly PM.
When I had the forum, hundreds of the same forum existed, but people joined mine because it looked welcoming and had so many features to offer.

Right now, what is different about habboxforum and other forums such as CHF? Its a standard vBulletin forum. They need to customise it, more better skins (someone from the forum department really needs to speak to Alkaz for some advice on skins or AGM's need to look at the AGM forum)

The PM's Habbox sends if you break a rule is like you have done something very serious - same with CHF. Th PM template needs to be changed.

This is an example of a PM I received:

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Hi Saurav,

In this post you posted something pointless and off topic.

May I remind you that it is against the Rules to post pointlessly:


Please do not make a habit of this or further action may be taken.

Thanks,
{name} (Forum Moderator)

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Its just so serious and so off putting for new members.

However, if it said this it would be so much better:

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Hi Saurav,

In this post you posted something which can be considered pointless and off-topic.

I would like to take this opportunity to link you to our forum rules and to please read it if you haven't already.

The rule your post has broken is:



If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to PM me :)

Thanks,
{name} (Forum Moderator)

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Something like that which is friendly.

I have only mentioned my forum because I want to prove that modifications do help. Simple rules do help. Nicer PMs do help. Staff being very active does help.

The site offers something unique - rare values.
Its time to think of whats unique about HabboxForum.

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All mods are instructed to send friendly pms and I am sure most do. If you have had one that isn't as your example you should report it to the Forum Manager as it not advocated by Habbox to do this. I would also like your comments that this is not the norm in the pms you receive because we do not use templates. To point out one that is not up to standard is not fair on the mods. What happened to your forum?

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Originally Posted by Saurav

I posted stats last month which clearly showed HabboxForum is no longer the most popular.



My simple rule is: If you cba reading, don't bother posting. Its very disrespectful.

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I read the original post, but all the posts after that was a step too far.

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Originally Posted by Android

What do you mean '(and even when people agree)' - does that mean if one person likes an idea everyone has to?

The problem is unlike many people, I cannot be bothered to write an essay on why I don't think post count should be turned off.

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Might I point out habbox has over 50,000 'active' members, is the most successful habbo fansite, and continues to grow? Are people not realising if people still sign up and post there is not a problem. DON'T FIX WHAT IS NOT BROKEN.

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Originally Posted by Catzsy

All mods are instructed to send friendly pms and I am sure most do. If you have had one that isn't as your example you should report it to the Forum Manager as it not advocated by Habbox to do this. I would also like your comments that this is not the norm in the pms you recieve. To point out one that is not up to standard is not fair on the mods.

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Its the only one I have on this account. My banned account had similar ones. None were friendly. I know Mods are encouraged to send friendly PM's but unfortunately not all do.

I think something happens like this. But I think that when they join they should get a friendly PM from a bot that is friendly, and attracts them to use the forum. Also a guestbook message from the bot.

I think the first bit already applies

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Originally Posted by dogboy123

I think something happens like this. But I think that when they join they should get a friendly PM from a bot that is friendly, and attracts them to use the forum. Also a guestbook message from the bot.

I think the first bit already applies

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They get an email. They also get a PM.

Whats the bot called? Whats the PM like?

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Originally Posted by Saurav

Its the only one I have on this account. My banned account had similar ones. None were friendly. I know Mods are encouraged to send friendly PM's but unfortunately not all do.

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Well in that case you should report the mods that don't. I cannot believe you have not had one friendly pm?

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Originally Posted by Catzsy

Well in that case you should report the mods that don't. I cannot believe you have not had one friendly pm?

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Well tbh I had 2 infractions before being permd so I did not have many. I know many of the PM's I have received are serious rather than friendly.

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Originally Posted by Saurav

Its the only one I have on this account. My banned account had similar ones. None were friendly. I know Mods are encouraged to send friendly PM's but unfortunately not all do.

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This is something that will have to be looked into and I would encourage anyone to send any 'unfriendly' PMs to Oli to be dealt with. It was my intention, when I recently wrote a new mod guide, to include PM templates that didn't need to be followed to the letter but would give our moderators an idea of what a friendly PM should look like. If this is still an issue I am sure Oli will look into it.

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Originally Posted by dogboy123

I think something happens like this. But I think that when they join they should get a friendly PM from a bot that is friendly, and attracts them to use the forum. Also a guestbook message from the bot.

I think the first bit already applies

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Members do get a message when they sign up and I do think we discussed changing it to make it more friendly not long ago. I think it comes from "System" or something like that. I'd much rather it came from Forum God or maybe even MattGarner so it looks a lot friendlier and can be replied to. Additionally I think maybe myself, Matt, Roxy, Alkaz, Oli and the Moderators could put in more effort in maybe giving new members visitor messages to make them feel more welcome. Obviously not us all inundating every new member, but if we spot a new member we could give them a VM if someone hasn't already. It's nothing major but could be beneficial.