Moderators & Rules

[AgnesIO]

Hey,

I feel the rules on the forum need to be MUCH more flexible.

On the forum you get infracted just for telling someone to 'shut up' or they are a 'fool'. I want to be honest here - I wouldn't of been told off for doing that at school?

On this forum it is likely that over 50% of the users are atleast 14. If this is the case, don't you think you are treating us like 6 year olds? I know there needs to be rules, or the forum would be messed up - but seriously - getting told off for saying 'shut up'?

On the Habbo Hotel Client you could go around telling people 'YOU ARE A ******* ******!' You wouldn't even get a MOD warning - so why the hell do you get warned on the HABBO forum, when half the users don't even PLAY habbo.

So please answer in the poll on your age group, and reply to what you think about my idea/rant.

Personally if over half the users that vote in the poll are other 14, don't you think that means change is finally needed?

Thanks,

Dom

[AgnesIO]

75% so far - rules need to be changed?

[PriceTags]

The poll isn't fair because one category is bigger than the other. The 11-13 age range has a small representation on the forum anyway, but for the poll to be reliable, the ranges need to be equal, because there's more chance of someone being 14, 15, 16 or 17 than 11, 12 or 13. Been doing statistics in maths for an exam in a couple of weeks

[buttons]

I fit into the 14-17 group and think there's a massive difference from being 14 & 17, I was still rather immature then. If you are let off with swearing and insulting people it will just make the forum look unapprochable and unfriendly, meaning many would probably leave due to bullying and it would make new people steer clearl :S It's still a habbo forum even if a lot of people don't play it and probably everyone on here are because of habbo, it's not a teen forum which is why the things you can say/talk about are limited. There is no need for swearing or being rude anyway.

[PriceTags]

I fit into the 14-17 group and think there's a massive difference from being 14 & 17, I was still rather immature then. If you are let off with swearing and insulting people it will just make the forum look unapprochable and unfriendly, meaning many would probably leave due to bullying and it would make new people steer clearl :S It's still a habbo forum even if a lot of people don't play it and probably everyone on here are because of habbo, it's not a teen forum which is why the things you can say/talk about are limited. There is no need for swearing or being rude anyway.

I agree. There are better ways of telling someone that the comment they made was 'foolish' and there's no need to be telling anyone to leave the forum anyway. The moderators do their best to make HxF look like a friendly community where you can say what you want within reason, without swearing, being abusive or making other users feel unwelcome.

I would say fairer boundaries would be ≤10, 11-14, 15-18, 19≥

[Hecktix]

for age i think this poll is rather representative: http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=569838

mods arent half as bad as they used to be so stop complaining.

[Plank]

The trouble is with a forum any comments that are made stay there forever, unlike things like habbo where after a few seconds the comment disappears.

And I agree with the person above that it is far less strict than it used to be on here

[Flicker]

The trouble is with a forum any comments that are made stay there forever, unlike things like habbo where after a few seconds the comment disappears.

And I agree with the person above that it is far less strict than it used to be on here

In extremities, Hitler could say that he started killing less people, so it's better.

But that's still bad, isn't it?

I haven't been on a single forum, not one, in which the rules are this babbyish.

[Plank]

In extremities, Hitler could say that he started killing less people, so it's better.

But that's still bad, isn't it?

I haven't been on a single forum, not one, in which the rules are this babbyish.

The rules look pretty fair and common to me.

& a typical case of Godwin's Law there.

[Immenseman]

I think you should still be warned for being rude. You can't really compare it to Habbo. Say I told you to "**** off" on Habbo, doesn't take a genis to guess what that is right. It'd be there for about 30 seconds or less and I doubt that I'd be penalised by the UK mods. However, if I said it to you on here then it'd be there forever making like Jen said the forum look unapproachable and unprofessional. The rules on insulting another forum member are fine. Posting to cause arguments is another matter...