Answer to: 'Are you allowed to swear?'

[Leif]

oh brilliant. there's going to be a ******** of 10 year olds running around swearing because they're now allowed to on habbo but offline their mommys ban it.

fab.

The reason habbo allowed the bobba filter to be turned on and off is because some users have a tendancy to say stuff that had unacceptable words in it such as "That Item" which in theory says t.i.t and I am not sure if I will get in trouble for that but essentially that is a reason why they designed this function.

Also, the people who are old enough to deal with swear words have been fed up with the inability to speak freely without insulting other users.

[beth]

The reason habbo allowed the bobba filter to be turned on and off is because some users have a tendancy to say stuff that had unacceptable words in it such as "That Item" which in theory says t.i.t and I am not sure if I will get in trouble for that but essentially that is a reason why they designed this function.

Also, the people who are old enough to deal with swear words have been fed up with the inability to speak freely without insulting other users.

well, i was under the impression habbo was designed for children. if people wanna go swear & talk in an 'adult' way maybe they should stop using childlike websites.

[Leif]

well, i was under the impression habbo was designed for children. if people wanna go swear & talk in an 'adult' way maybe they should stop using childlike websites.

Habbo never existed at a childish environment...in fact the habbo staff drank and went on habbo all the time. You noticed the way Dionysus was acting, he was a drunk, he had a drinking problem. I'm sure half of the users on Habbox know what I am talking about.

The habbo site itself is designed to look childish just to attract kids; you know why kids are targeted? Well it is because they are so vulnerable, they will kill their parents to buy those credits and go nuts, and of course we are talking before the habbo exchange came into play.

You do realize that the young habbos have a low attention span? Meaning they will obviously want to quit within a day because they don’t have furni. Those habbos who beg and beg for more (or just for their first piece of furni) are more likely to be kids then to be adults because their parents won’t buy them what they desire online.

[beth]

Habbo never existed at a childish environment...in fact the habbo staff drank and went on habbo all the time. You noticed the way Dionysus was acting, he was a drunk, he had a drinking problem. I'm sure half of the users on Habbox know what I am talking about.

The habbo site itself is designed to look childish just to attract kids; you know why kids are targeted? Well it is because they are so vulnerable, they will kill their parents to buy those credits and go nuts, and of course we are talking before the habbo exchange came into play.

You do realize that the young habbos have a low attention span? Meaning they will obviously want to quit within a day because they don’t have furni. Those habbos who beg and beg for more (or just for their first piece of furni) are more likely to be kids then to be adults because their parents won’t buy them what they desire online.

that's not an answer to my point. as interesting a point it is, that's not an answer. surely you'd agree that if someone feels the need to be "adult" and swear all the time has surely outgrown the habbo environment.
habbo's niche audience are the under 15's. though i do realise that niche group are always going to encounter swearing in the real world, the filter kept things mannered. i mean, the whole "oh you can't swear at someone" is obviously going to fail. there's not enough mods to watch every single habbo to make sure they're not swearing @ someone else.
i really don't understand the move by habbo, unless they're trying to target an older audience now. if so, pretty much pathetic.

but yeah. just my opinion [:

[Leif]

that's not an answer to my point. as interesting a point it is, that's not an answer. surely you'd agree that if someone feels the need to be "adult" and swear all the time has surely outgrown the habbo environment.

habbo's niche audience are the under 15's. though i do realise that niche group are always going to encounter swearing in the real world, the filter kept things mannered. i mean, the whole "oh you can't swear at someone" is obviously going to fail. there's not enough mods to watch every single habbo to make sure they're not swearing @ someone else.
i really don't understand the move by habbo, unless they're trying to target an older audience now. if so, pretty much pathetic.

but yeah. just my opinion [:

I understand your concern but sulake (obviously their idea) has noted that the bobba filter has indeed covered too much swearing and therefore needed to cut down. Of course, I am making this up but that is how I see it in my point of view.

The "oh you can't swear at someone" deal might work in a sense but at a standard because mods have now stopped doing their job, the bobba filter on/off option should be implemented. The mods don’t seem to give as much to the community anymore. I mean seriously, you can't report swearing, flooding, harassment, and/or scamming. It is either ignore or go to help tool.

If habbo was targetting an older audience, why not put naked women on the site and just call it hobbahobba hotel or something that will attract the adults. I don't see that happening because people are of all ages on habbo and I see it as a way to attract more users. I think that is exactly their goal, it is to attract more users who want to swear and those users who don't like swearing can stick to the ordinary habbo.

Then again, what if it is a test to see if people will behave the same way with or without that option? What if it is there for people who act more mature and deserve a little treat, the ability to see no more “bobba”?

[Foobar]

i type only what i talk like irl

You say IRL in IRL?

I don't think it will be a big deal, besides for the first few days. People are gonna go rampaging on the first few days :rolleyes:

[Hitman]

You say IRL in IRL?

You spam like a muppet?

Only 13+ year old peeps can turn it off!

[Neversoft]

I thought you had to be 13 to register on Habbo anyway... Has it always been 11 or whatever it is now? :S

[Fred]

The "oh you can't swear at someone" deal might work in a sense but at a standard because mods have now stopped doing their job, the bobba filter on/off option should be implemented. The mods don’t seem to give as much to the community anymore. I mean seriously, you can't report swearing, flooding, harassment, and/or scamming. It is either ignore or go to help tool.

Agrees. There was a time when the Habbo Way was very strict, and it was clear as to what was and wasn't allowed... Now things aren't so clear. I mean take Runescape trades for Habbo furni. It used to be against the Habbo way to trade furni for other games platforms and now seems unclear. The Runescape trade room is always popular so if this is now against the Habbo Way then surely it would have been closed by now :/

To me swearing is just unnacceptable. Anyone who says they can't put a sentance together without swearing needs a clout round the head. There's just no need for it in everyday life. ANd to see members of staff swearing on a game aimed for kids is disgraceful!

[GoldenMerc]

Good find ;]