Sudden drop in posts

Hiya.

It seems the last week or three, there's been a sudden drop of posts around the forum and I wondered as to why that is. The obvious suggestion is that everyone's starting university, secondary school and courses and hence the lower post count... and if that's the case is there anything we can do to boost post counts whilst we're stuck in a lul.

I've started a posting pact in Spam and hopefully it makes a bit of a difference although I wondered if there's any incentives/activities or anything that the departments/forum could put on to tempt people into posting more, say for next two weeks or something everyone who posts over 100 posts gets x amount of rep or whatever.

Just putting it out there.

Dan xx

I figured it was because most unis start this week and a LOT of our members are that age! I was thinking of doing a community challenge that Chris began about it actually, then I saw your posting pact! Lemme send Matt a message one sec

Last month has been the worst for Habbox in terms of post count all year from what I can see.

it's cause I hardly post

I've been genuinely busy and/or asleep recently but I think it doesn't help that nearly everyone is staff and sticks to staff skypes rather than posting on the forum

Was gonna say it's time for another happy hour thing but then they're clearly not the long term solution as all they do is make everyone spam utter rubbish for an hour and then the forum goes straight back to empty after :(

ban the staff spam threads

Have we still not done that what bloody year is it

What people think staff spam/skype chats are like:

https://media.giphy.com/media/xTiTnl...SMwM/giphy.gif


What they actually are like:

https://media.giphy.com/media/FLo0LIBIUeI6c/giphy.gif

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Originally Posted by Inseriousity.

What people think staff spam/skype chats are like:

https://media.giphy.com/media/xTiTnl...SMwM/giphy.gif


What they actually are like:

https://media.giphy.com/media/FLo0LIBIUeI6c/giphy.gif

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Lol I know right

Even more reason to get rid of them then

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Originally Posted by Matthew

Was gonna say it's time for another happy hour thing but then they're clearly not the long term solution as all they do is make everyone spam utter rubbish for an hour and then the forum goes straight back to empty after :(

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They were hardly even ever a short term problem tbh.. posting didn't increase all that much with them even with advanced notice.

100 posts a week seems a lot for just rep or tokens?

There are so many things management of this site can do to improve activity but they always seem to turn a deaf ear to me and would rather see the forum lose posts than take risks. And naturally when management lose interest, so do its members.

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Originally Posted by snr

100 posts a week seems a lot for just rep or tokens?

There are so many things management of this site can do to improve activity but they always seem to turn a deaf ear to me and would rather see the forum lose posts than take risks. And naturally when management lose interest, so do its members.

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Well I wouldn't say that, having been in management a few times I always dreaded this time of year because I knew staff were going to fall like flies.

That said, if management can then maybe they should post more and encourage more threads. But I think we can do a lot to increase activity ourselves - especially us older ones - by posting threads and organising posting pacts/schemes amongst ourselves. Last time a pact was done it worked pretty well.

better token rewards need to be added to the shop. bring back coins and add a limit to them.

I can't post as much as I usually would because I'm at uni but even so I haven't posted a lot over the last month or 2 because nobody else has and it's boring when there's nobody to talk to or nothing interesting to talk about. forum mods should be responsible for bringing conversation topics to the forum imo!

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Originally Posted by Inseriousity.

What people think staff spam/skype chats are like:

https://media.giphy.com/media/xTiTnl...SMwM/giphy.gif


What they actually are like:

https://media.giphy.com/media/FLo0LIBIUeI6c/giphy.gif

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I always got the staff Skype conversations going. I remember once joining a department and someone was like 'not one message has been sent all week, you join and then bam in one day, 800 messages' 😌

lol this staff spam thing is still going on how many years after the spam threads died out? Much of the chat on skype is about staff-related issues. I'm in a lot of habbox chats and can tell you that nothing that could be posted in a forum thread is ever really discussed. Bringing those conversations into the open would do nothing. We need incentives for habbos and conversation leaders. Jake, Scott, Tara, Jen, Lewis and all the other big thread creators no longer post threads so nobody has anything to say. As forum staff, mods should pick up this mantle.

I realise now I should have quoted people rather than writing blocks of words.

Posting around the forum has been slowly declining since the end of HxSS and last week was probably the worst week I have seen in a long time. Staff numbers have been dropping a great deal and I know the three moderators that have resigned from the Forum department within the past few weeks have put it down to time management and two of them down to University/education commitments. I know this time of year it tends to happen a lot (as it was the same when I was Events Manager) and I do agree that more could be done to increase posting around the Forum (at least between now and Christmas).

Happy Hours
Having read the comments in this thread, I will be planning a few Happy Hours to get the ball rolling. I know these shouldn't be solely relied upon to generate discussion and posting but it's a start. Due to my timezone and the fact I cannot set up Happy Hours to start/end at particular times, I'm discussing this with Laura so that these can be run at a time where a majority of users are likely to be online. I'm inclined to run two in one day so that users from all timezones will get a fair chance at double tokens/getting a few extra prizes.

Posting Pact
We haven't seen a posting pact in a while and running a pact that is official where VIP and additional prizes are on offer may also increase activity. I'd be more than happy to start that next week and advertise it on the Forum to get as many people signed up and willing to participate as possible. This obviously is only a short-term solution as posting pacts last for a week but I'm more than happy to run one and see if we can do it.

I do admit that I have been focusing on the rule changes and been sorting out new moderators, completing assignments and trying to create a Halloween event - but I have been noticing the decline in posts and I do plan on doing something to increase these statistics.

Moderator posting
Just briefly, one thing I picked up in these replies was the mention of moderators doing more to generate discussion around the forum. Moderators do have a post count requirement they need to meet each week. These are checked when the Weekly Top Posters are released and moderators have been meeting these requirements almost every week (in saying that, we have seen three moderators resign and new people joining) but on the whole, moderators are posting around the forum. I may incorporate threads into this tally as currently it is only posts, but I'll see how things go.

Top Poster prizes
Side note - do people want the prizes changing? I know the shop is bare at the moment but I am working on new icons and trying to think of a few new things to introduce in there. Are tokens a big enough incentive? Has this scheme become boring? - Let me know what you think because if people are happy with how it is, I don't want to go changing it. I know it'll probably be more successful if there's more options in the forum shop and that is on my list of things to do :) Reintroducing creds to buy is a possibility. They seemed to come and go within a few days (weeks, I can't remember) and were quite popular so I'll see if I can try and bring that back.

ALSO - staff spam threads are literally non-existent. The moderator one consists of Nick posting gifs of bands once a month and he's not even a mod.

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Originally Posted by Matt

I realise now I should have quoted people rather than writing blocks of words.

Posting around the forum has been slowly declining since the end of HxSS and last week was probably the worst week I have seen in a long time. Staff numbers have been dropping a great deal and I know the three moderators that have resigned from the Forum department within the past few weeks have put it down to time management and two of them down to University/education commitments. I know this time of year it tends to happen a lot (as it was the same when I was Events Manager) and I do agree that more could be done to increase posting around the Forum (at least between now and Christmas).

Happy Hours
Having read the comments in this thread, I will be planning a few Happy Hours to get the ball rolling. I know these shouldn't be solely relied upon to generate discussion and posting but it's a start. Due to my timezone and the fact I cannot set up Happy Hours to start/end at particular times, I'm discussing this with Laura so that these can be run at a time where a majority of users are likely to be online. I'm inclined to run two in one day so that users from all timezones will get a fair chance at double tokens/getting a few extra prizes.

Posting Pact
We haven't seen a posting pact in a while and running a pact that is official where VIP and additional prizes are on offer may also increase activity. I'd be more than happy to start that next week and advertise it on the Forum to get as many people signed up and willing to participate as possible. This obviously is only a short-term solution as posting pacts last for a week but I'm more than happy to run one and see if we can do it.

I do admit that I have been focusing on the rule changes and been sorting out new moderators, completing assignments and trying to create a Halloween event - but I have been noticing the decline in posts and I do plan on doing something to increase these statistics.

Moderator posting
Just briefly, one thing I picked up in these replies was the mention of moderators doing more to generate discussion around the forum. Moderators do have a post count requirement they need to meet each week. These are checked when the Weekly Top Posters are released and moderators have been meeting these requirements almost every week (in saying that, we have seen three moderators resign and new people joining) but on the whole, moderators are posting around the forum. I may incorporate threads into this tally as currently it is only posts, but I'll see how things go.

Top Poster prizes
Side note - do people want the prizes changing? I know the shop is bare at the moment but I am working on new icons and trying to think of a few new things to introduce in there. Are tokens a big enough incentive? Has this scheme become boring? - Let me know what you think because if people are happy with how it is, I don't want to go changing it. I know it'll probably be more successful if there's more options in the forum shop and that is on my list of things to do :) Reintroducing creds to buy is a possibility. They seemed to come and go within a few days (weeks, I can't remember) and were quite popular so I'll see if I can try and bring that back.

ALSO - staff spam threads are literally non-existent. The moderator one consists of Nick posting gifs of bands once a month and he's not even a mod.

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SHUT UP U DON'T UNDERSTAND ME

I havent posted lots coz im working

BUT WAT THE HELL http://i.imgur.com/n96rJ9A.png

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Originally Posted by Matt

but I am working on new icons

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Are you? Are you really?

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Originally Posted by Nick

SHUT UP U DON'T UNDERSTAND ME

I havent posted lots coz im working

BUT WAT THE HELL http://i.imgur.com/n96rJ9A.png

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god knows what half that chat is even about ;l

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Originally Posted by Zealoux

Are you? Are you really?

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whoops I meant Graphics :angel:

I sometimes post threads when I have an idea but I'm hopeless for them so...
The activity is sometimes low yeah but it'd be nice to see some new people posting threads and stuff

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whoops I meant Graphics :angel:

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hello

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hello

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oh god, and David.

Did you guys even read anything else in that post other than this one slight mistake :(

Thank you to everyone that contributed icons x

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Originally Posted by Matt

oh god, and David.

Did you guys even read anything else in that post other than this one slight mistake :(

Thank you to everyone that contributed icons x

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sort of

when you're talking about official posting pact isn't that just what the posting scheme usergroup is

I joined the pact I never was here before it has been like this but I believe it is because of school.

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Originally Posted by Matt

Top Poster prizes
Side note - do people want the prizes changing? I know the shop is bare at the moment but I am working on new icons and trying to think of a few new things to introduce in there. Are tokens a big enough incentive? Has this scheme become boring? - Let me know what you think because if people are happy with how it is, I don't want to go changing it. I know it'll probably be more successful if there's more options in the forum shop and that is on my list of things to do :) Reintroducing creds to buy is a possibility. They seemed to come and go within a few days (weeks, I can't remember) and were quite popular so I'll see if I can try and bring that back.

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Have you considered offering furni/credits as a prize? This may attract more Habbo users to post. 10 credits a week, 520 per year is not that much from Habbox's kitty.

Too busy with life.

I recommend adding the ability to get habbo club or builders club with tokens that would certainly bring in more posts and people who will have to stay active in order to reach that option.

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Originally Posted by David

sort of

when you're talking about official posting pact isn't that just what the posting scheme usergroup is

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Yes, but the prizes would be something that we don't normally offer just for posting around the forum e.g. a month of VIP or a compilation of different prizes.

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Originally Posted by snr

Have you considered offering furni/credits as a prize? This may attract more Habbo users to post. 10 credits a week, 520 per year is not that much from Habbox's kitty.

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I'm a bit hesitant with Habbo-based prizes as although we are a Habbo forum, quite a large number of our users do not play Habbo anymore (therefore making furni/creds a pointless prize for them). I guess that is easily solved by just converting it into forum-based prizes though. I'll see what I can do! Thanks for your input :)

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Originally Posted by Jglake

I recommend adding the ability to get habbo club or builders club with tokens that would certainly bring in more posts and people who will have to stay active in order to reach that option.

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Habbox can't give users habbo club or builders club, you need to pay for it yourself (unless you can give it as gifts - but even then the prices would be the same as normal)

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Originally Posted by Expling

Habbox can't give users habbo club or builders club, you need to pay for it yourself (unless you can give it as gifts - but even then the prices would be the same as normal)

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That is what I mean they Admins would need to manually process that stuff and buy it as gifts, or give 20c or 25c to get the membership in game.

Perhaps some forum events which involve posting could help improve posting activity.

I find that there is nothing to keep me logging into the forum... no1 posts decent stuff

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Originally Posted by Matt

Yes, but the prizes would be something that we don't normally offer just for posting around the forum e.g. a month of VIP or a compilation of different prizes.



I'm a bit hesitant with Habbo-based prizes as although we are a Habbo forum, quite a large number of our users do not play Habbo anymore (therefore making furni/creds a pointless prize for them). I guess that is easily solved by just converting it into forum-based prizes though. I'll see what I can do! Thanks for your input :)

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You could do what I have seen many comps/events staff do, winner chooses between a Habbo or Forum based prize.

o dear that cant be good! :)

Have you not considered maybe reducing the amount of forums there are? There are 40 forums on the front page alone, which means the small amount of activity is getting spread across those 40 forums and is almost invisible to the regulars. I've been popping by this week and have noticed barely anything moving forward.

A band forum I go on regularly has 2 catergories, one for the band, and one for the community. No more than 13 forums (including subforums, only 8 are on the front page) and it makes it so much neater. It also gives the illusion of more activity which encourages members to post more. Might be worth thinking about, if Habbox can bear to change the old formula of course...

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Originally Posted by joshuar

Have you not considered maybe reducing the amount of forums there are? There are 40 forums on the front page alone, which means the small amount of activity is getting spread across those 40 forums and is almost invisible to the regulars. I've been popping by this week and have noticed barely anything moving forward.

A band forum I go on regularly has 2 catergories, one for the band, and one for the community. No more than 13 forums (including subforums, only 8 are on the front page) and it makes it so much neater. It also gives the illusion of more activity which encourages members to post more. Might be worth thinking about, if Habbox can bear to change the old formula of course...

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I agree. One example of this is 'Habbo In General' and 'Anything to do with trading / furniture' -- I think these two forums could be merged without problem.

http://www.habboxforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=30

http://www.habboxforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=124

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Originally Posted by joshuar

Have you not considered maybe reducing the amount of forums there are? There are 40 forums on the front page alone, which means the small amount of activity is getting spread across those 40 forums and is almost invisible to the regulars. I've been popping by this week and have noticed barely anything moving forward.

A band forum I go on regularly has 2 catergories, one for the band, and one for the community. No more than 13 forums (including subforums, only 8 are on the front page) and it makes it so much neater. It also gives the illusion of more activity which encourages members to post more. Might be worth thinking about, if Habbox can bear to change the old formula of course...

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We've already reduced some with our latest rule changes, we stuck to the trading and Bobba/Scam/Glitches forum this time! I'm definitely up for discussing more alternatives but without making it too difficult for people to find what they're looking for. Personally, I use New Posts the majority of the time so it's not such a huge deal for me but I do see where you're coming from. There are a LOT of aspects to this forum though so that's why it's as broken up as it is.

I'm not one to be scared of breaking tradition at all, however the feedback we got to splitting up even forums that I thought belonged more together was not great, didn't get much of a positive reaction (cries 5eva).

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Originally Posted by Lewis

I agree. One example of this is 'Habbo In General' and 'Anything to do with trading / furniture' -- I think these two forums could be merged without problem.

http://www.habboxforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=30

http://www.habboxforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=124

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We still have quite a large trading base so I'm loathed to merge that in with something else (even though it's just ABOUT furni I realise)... although I see what you mean about the Habbo subforums in general definitely, there seems like there could be a lot of overlap?

I'd make Rare Value Suggestions a subby of Anything About Trading, and Bobba etc into a subby of Habbo In General. They're not used often and would still be easy enough to find by anyone who really wanted to use them, and they don't really have much viewing value on their own like Cool Rooms does. I'd personally put Support into a new sub of Feedback and call it all Habbox Feedback & Support since there are already support-esque subs in there anyway so seems to make sense. Less necessary but a possible extra if we're wanting to clean up is getting rid of Development Announcements and just posting them in the normal announcements area, not really sure why they're separate anyway and anything massively important can be given notifications and stickies anyway