Just my opinion...

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15-10-2010, 10:21 PM
Conservative,

Just my opinion...

This is just my opinion, but I think I should put it out there...

after looking on both owners Forum user pages, I see that neither really visit the forum regularly. Now, I understand that they both have lives, jobs ect, but surely it doesn't hurt to log on once a week for 10 minutes to say hi?

From past experience, having Owners active within the community raises activity levels. It makes people feel welcome, because the Owners are there, and they can ask questions ect. If the owners aren't around, people think that they don't care, and then that says something about the site...

so, to improve the site further...maybe the owners could become a little more active, both on the forum, and maybe visit some DJs habbo parties? This would bump up activity, and maybe even draw some new people in :)

Just my opinion but yeah :]
15-10-2010, 10:24 PM
Inseriousity.

Sierk's just financial owner now and too old for Habbo. He'd be put on the sex offenders register just for logging on. :P
Jin is on the forum quite a bit he I think he hides on invisible.

I think you have a good point about owners being active and it's a shame that it's not really practical with our owners atm, I think general management need to make up for it instead :)
15-10-2010, 10:26 PM
Storking

I agree that more people would be interested if the owners went on Habbo and interacted/helped advertise, it'd be great.. but it would never happen :-(
Neither probably have any interest in Habbo Hotel any more! :P
15-10-2010, 10:29 PM
Conservative,

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Originally Posted by Storking

I agree that more people would be interested if the owners went on Habbo and interacted/helped advertise, it'd be great.. but it would never happen :-(
Neither probably have any interest in Habbo Hotel any more! :P

That's probably true, but I tbh, hate habbo, find it boring, and only play to DJ & chat with a few friends lol, and I dont see the harm of them finding 5-10 spare minutes in their day to log on and post something or have a quick party on habbo.
15-10-2010, 10:30 PM
Hecktix

Jin posted on the forum the other day, he admitted that recently he has been quite inactive over the summer but that is because he has a very demanding job. He has been on every day for a considerable period however - which is good, and I like having him around :P

Alternatively, sierk is the financial owner of Habbox and all the points raised by Inseriousity are correct.

Jin and Sierk employ us to run the site for them, clearly we have a very active General Management team and that's always sufficed for Habbox.
15-10-2010, 10:33 PM
GommeInc

SkaterChu players an active role on ClubHabbo, which makes the whole site feel a bit more friendly. The whole sierk and Jin not be active (Jin is, in a way, but he's invisible which is pretty anti-social) hurts the morale of users and staff, as they do come off as uncaring and unsociable, and only seem to feed the meter to keep HxF alive :P
15-10-2010, 10:34 PM
Conservative,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hecktix

Jin posted on the forum the other day, he admitted that recently he has been quite inactive over the summer but that is because he has a very demanding job. He has been on every day for a considerable period however - which is good, and I like having him around :P

Alternatively, sierk is the financial owner of Habbox and all the points raised by Inseriousity are correct.

Jin and Sierk employ us to run the site for them, clearly we have a very active General Management team and that's always sufficed for Habbox.

AH I see. I checked Jins account, and it said last activity was over a year ago lol. Musta been wrong person xD! But its nice to see that he logs in. And Yeah I understand Sierk's position.

And I see that the General Management are on a lot, I just personally feel that the owners can't be replaced if you get me. The owners are the people that bought & created the site, and keep it open, and I think it would be nice, even if only occasionally, to see both of them pop their heads in to say hi or to interact with the users, but I get why that isn't always possible :)
15-10-2010, 10:47 PM
GommeInc

Hmm, seems I was too busy watching videos to make changes to my post, but this is what the edit was meant to be:

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Originally Posted by Hecktix

Jin and Sierk employ us to run the site for them, clearly we have a very active General Management team and that's always sufficed for Habbox.

Habbox was a pretty good website when sierk and Mizki were active members. If sierk was active now, he'd be banned within a few days... His posts were harsh, honest and straight to the point, maybe when he started becoming inactive the random rules came in?
15-10-2010, 10:49 PM
Hecktix

Quote:

Originally Posted by GommeInc

Hmm, seems I was too busy watching videos to make changes to my post, but this is what the edit was meant to be:

Habbox was a pretty good website when sierk and Mizki were active members. If sierk was active now, he'd be banned within a few days... His posts were harsh, honest and straight to the point, maybe when he started becoming inactive the random rules came in?

Random rules such as what? I dunno really I know sierks view of Habbox was to maintain a level of professionalism that the other sites didn't have and I know until recently that is the major hold we had over other habbo fansites, because we had a more mature community. Nowadays this doesn't seem to work too well for us.
15-10-2010, 10:59 PM
GommeInc

Well there was that really odd rule about being a "negative factor". Professionalism on a fansite is never going to work, I don't even remember HxF being professional back in the early days - it was mature but in a fun loving way.
15-10-2010, 11:05 PM
Hecktix

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

Well there was that really odd rule about being a "negative factor". Professionalism on a fansite is never going to work, I don't even remember HxF being professional back in the early days - it was mature but in a fun loving way.

Yeah thats what I meant by mature really, more professional than the other sites anyway. Negative factor was down to one person ;)
15-10-2010, 11:07 PM
GommeInc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hecktix

Yeah thats what I meant by mature really, more professional than the other sites anyway. Negative factor was down to one person ;)

You were pretty negative ;)

But you can over do pushing professionalism, especially when dealing with teenagers and Habbo :P It's loosening up now anyway, so can't complain :P
15-10-2010, 11:12 PM
Hecktix

Quote:

Originally Posted by GommeInc

You were pretty negative ;)

But you can over do pushing professionalism, especially when dealing with teenagers and Habbo :P It's loosening up now anyway, so can't complain :P

I think Habbox needs to loosen up a lot more than it has so far if we are to return to what we have been before.
15-10-2010, 11:30 PM
ihatehash

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hecktix

Random rules such as what? I dunno really I know sierks view of Habbox was to maintain a level of professionalism that the other sites didn't have and I know until recently that is the major hold we had over other habbo fansites, because we had a more mature community. Nowadays this doesn't seem to work too well for us.

It's because of some of the rules that make this site seem aimed to younger users such as no swearing, no photo's in your avatars. Who are you trying to protect
15-10-2010, 11:44 PM
Chippiewill

I think that management generally take on most of the role of the owner in the community, it's just not needed for the owners to spend time on the forums, Jin does do a lot of behind the scenes work and probably doesn't have loads of time to be talking to people on the forums at the same time. Sierk just pays, I don't think he posts very much, I've seen maybe two posts from him in the past year?

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It's because of some of the rules that make this site seem aimed to younger users such as no swearing, no photo's in your avatars. Who are you trying to protect

a) Swearing is not a required part of conversational language, it serves no real purpose.
b) I don't want to spend my life staring at some ones horrible face

Quote:

Nowadays this doesn't seem to work too well for us.

The oldies don't have time any more D:
16-10-2010, 07:40 PM
AgnesIO

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Originally Posted by Gautemala

It's because of some of the rules that make this site seem aimed to younger users such as no swearing, no photo's in your avatars. Who are you trying to protect

Probably the users from sierk :L He is like 30 now isn't he?? (Or 36?)

But as others have said Jin is often invisible - which he shouldn't be imo but then he is the owner so he can do what he likes :L Drop him a PM :)
16-10-2010, 08:18 PM
Chippiewill

Quote:

Originally Posted by Milestone

But as others have said Jin is often invisible - which he shouldn't be imo but then he is the owner so he can do what he likes :L Drop him a PM :)

I think he probably wants to avoid PM spam whenever he's trying to fix something :P
16-10-2010, 08:19 PM
Grig

It won't take long for some other fansites to become more professional, but I agree :], that was always an attraction of Habbox!
16-10-2010, 08:21 PM
Storking

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grig

It won't take long for some other fansites to become more professional, but I agree :], that was always an attraction of Habbox!

I disagree, Habbox has and will always be the most professional fansite - whether people think that's a good thing or not!
16-10-2010, 08:21 PM
Suspective

It isn't unusual specifically in older, more established fansites for the owners to take a step back from the general day-to-day running of the website. Personally I do not think it is neccesary for Jin or most defiantley sierk to log in on a daily basis.

We have a General Management team who manage the site on a more regular basis. In real life, companies aren't usually run by the owner directly. As long as they are committed to Habbox and paying the cheques, I don't see it as a problem really! :P

Never the less, Jin is doing more than you think (behind the scenes)
16-10-2010, 08:22 PM
Grig

Quote:

Originally Posted by Storking

I disagree, Habbox has and will always be the most professional fansite - whether people think that's a good thing or not!

Come back to me in a month!
17-10-2010, 01:16 AM
Josh

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Originally Posted by Grig

Come back to me in a month!

L M A O.

Yeah, Habbox is established but as you can see it's dying so it probably would be good for Jin to step in and take a more active role in the site (and community) for a few months.