Habbox Donation etc

[AgnesIO]

Just wondered, based on the 'Donations thread', what DOES actually happen to donations.

I think if a large donation is made it would be courtesy to contact the person who donated it what it actually goes towards.

For example:

James/jrh2002 - 10000 credits
MissAlice - 500 credits and hc's or something
More of us have donated thrones etc.

It just seems at the moment, it is all very friendly when you donate, lot's of thank you's. But after a day it goes ignored, so you never actually know if your donation has been used like it was going to be..

So I think a private message or something would be adequate just to alert the person that their donation has been used properly?

Thoughts?

[scott]

I know we used to have to put like 'Prize supplied by jrh2002' on an announcment event thread sometimes But yeah I agree it would be nice to know what happens with all the donations!

[JerseySafety]

I agree with this, we donate then we get a colored username! That's ok I suppose, but I think a PM saying Thanks for your Donation, it has been put to good use and we are going to do these things with it would make donators feel 'special' in a way.

[AgnesIO]

I know we used to have to put like 'Prize supplied by jrh2002' on an announcment event thread sometimes But yeah I agree it would be nice to know what happens with all the donations!

Even then though, as an example james might not realise this has happened - just because some of us donate, doesn't mean we read every announcement haha. I mean I am not saying donators deserve a round of applause - a personal PM would not go a miss though.

[scott]

I agree with this, we donate then we get a colored username! That's ok I suppose, but I think a PM saying Thanks for your Donation, it has been put to good use and we are going to do these things with it would make donators feel 'special' in a way.

I think he means Habbo furni donations

@Milestone yeh I know what you mean but tbh I think it's very rare that donations are used other than like HxSS and in the competitions department.

[AgnesIO]

I think he means Habbo furni donations

@Milestone yeh I know what you mean but tbh I think it's very rare that donations are used other than like HxSS and in the competitions department.

Well then a PM would be even better I think it's quite rude that you donate, offering to help hx out - then they just sit in someones room for a year (which is why most of us donate last amounts, to put them to use!)

[Nixt]

The problem is that it's very difficult to keep track of individual items and stuff, so it's hard to say x came from x. RE: the previous thread we are looking at radically changing the way donations are handled so as to improve management access to donations and so we have an easy to access inventory of current items that Habbox has at its disposal. In order to do this successfully we aim to centrally locate the donations on one Habbo account accessible only by a select one or two people. By having the furni centrally located it makes it very difficult for us to identify what furni came from what person. Imagine that you donated 1000 credits, and then dinasaw donated 500, and then bob donated 2000. Those credits get lumped into a room and then we give away 300. Were they your credits we just gave away? Or another persons?

Nevertheless we are looking to improve recognition of those who donate and, with this, we could perhaps try (in some circumstances at least) to let those individuals know where their furni went and what it did, but this isn't always feasible.

Oh and they don't just sit in a room doing nothing, they all get used in one form or another.

[AgnesIO]

The problem is that it's very difficult to keep track of individual items and stuff, so it's hard to say x came from x. RE: the previous thread we are looking at radically changing the way donations are handled so as to improve management access to donations and so we have an easy to access inventory of current items that Habbox has at its disposal. In order to do this successfully we aim to centrally locate the donations on one Habbo account accessible only by a select one or two people. By having the furni centrally located it makes it very difficult for us to identify what furni came from what person. Imagine that you donated 1000 credits, and then dinasaw donated 500, and then bob donated 2000. Those credits get lumped into a room and then we give away 300. Were they your credits we just gave away? Or another persons?

Nevertheless we are looking to improve recognition of those who donate and, with this, we could perhaps try (in some circumstances at least) to let those individuals know where their furni went and what it did, but this isn't always feasible.

Oh and they don't just sit in a room doing nothing, they all get used in one form or another.

Put relatively big donations in different rooms? Then in the description state who donated it? I am not attacking you for what you have said, just trying to give a hand in a way to improve it.

And the problem is, once we have donated for all we know they could just get sold for cash and pocketed. I am not saying you do this, as I believe you all have a lot more self-respect than that - but those of us who have donated don't actually have any idea about it either way.

I really appreciate your post, stating you are looking to improve the system though. +Rep

EDIT: Can't rep atm

[Shar]

What about having a award to recognise people who donate a huge amount of furni/credits (if there isn't one already)?

[AgnesIO]

What about having a award to recognise people who donate a huge amount of furni/credits (if there isn't one already)?

The problem with this, is people who donate x amount would moan saying they did donate a lot. Since 5hc to some people is loads, just like to a lot of users 1t is like having 5hc. I think it would be rude to draw the line in who get's the award sadly - whereas a friendly PM would be much more personal, and habbox management could make the decision who to send the PM to.