my fabulous idea

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Originally Posted by Slowpoke

I like the topics you used as examples Jake. Things like "So you think you're homosexual?", whilst controversial, will appeal to a lot of people on Habbo since teenage years are the years where a person begins to "discover themselves". Better still, if said articles would appear on a Google search for example it'd bring a lot of people to the site and forum that aren't even from Habbo. But I'd imagine that this wouldn't bother management, it's still primarily a forum for teens after-all. Something definitely needs to be done, though. I'd hate to see this forum die away. :(

Yeah, I wouldn't know how to go about getting them onto a google search but that could prove really good. Like you said, this is ultimately a teenage forum and there is nothing stopping Habbox from trying to get members who haven't played Habbo. They can just minimise the Habbo/Trading forums.

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Originally Posted by Mrs.McCall

I think this idea could be great and when it was previously done it was successful but it'd have to be integrated it well because I do fear its critics will argue that first of all, would it not mean the subsequent forums less needed? Although I believe the simple answer is to ensure that the advice and articles posted are varied and more researched than your forum answer would be and second of all the validity of the information given would probably come under quite large scrutiny but I think plenty of research could fix this.

Also, why not get charities involved? Say you go for the "So you think you're homosexual?" option then you could provide an interview with a gay charity such as Stonewall (I am sure they'd be more than happy to help) or even a smaller charity like PFLAG along with the article posted therefore offering the best and most educated advice that could really benefit teens. I think it would be benefitial in real life.

Yeah, if we could get professional help then that'd be fantastic because I think the biggest concern is the advice not being good enough. It'd be terrible if we made people believe they were gay for example when really it's just a hormonal phase. This can be dealt with by posting the articles first in the teen forum and getting feedback where I'm sure people like myself, you, catzsy, buttons, slowpoke, garion and others would provide constructive criticism. Just picked those few because we're all 17+ and often post in those forums or I think have an interest in this sort of thing.