More / Better Moderators needed.

[Soil]

As already said by Lyca, Mods do their best, its hard to keep up with people that deliberetly try and make their jobs hard

Na, all they have to do is look at your posts
Seriously, stop posting in this thread. No one wants an argument.

it wasent a pointless post as i was agreeing with what nick had said.

The thread starter's question was answered. There was nothing to "agree" with. If everyone replied with what you said, it would just be plain stupid.

If I made a thread asking who is FM, and 100 people replied with "MAD", that would be stupid.
Before people used to just quote someone if they agreed with them. That was getting annoying so they changed the rules and did it so you cant just quote someone and not add something.
If someone was asking for other peoples opinion etc, thats when you say "i agree". Or something else.
But your post was plain stupid.
The fact that you gave me a revenge rep is stupider.
^^
I think I just prooved that this mod needs to be fired.

Edited by opensourcehost (Forum Super Moderator): Please do not be rude regarding other forum staff/members.

[le harry]

Na, all they have to do is look at your posts
Seriously, stop posting in this thread. No one wants an argument.



The thread starter's question was answered. There was nothing to "agree" with. If everyone replied with what you said, it would just be plain stupid.

If I made a thread asking who is FM, and 100 people replied with "MAD", that would be stupid.
Before people used to just quote someone if they agreed with them. That was getting annoying so they changed the rules and did it so you cant just quote someone and not add something.
If someone was asking for other peoples opinion etc, thats when you say "i agree". Or something else.
But your post was plain stupid.
The fact that you gave me a revenge rep is stupider.
^^
I think I just prooved that this mod needs to be fired.

aye, i gave him a bad rep saying "Don't spam, that was not needed", and he revenge repped me. What a mature moderator :rolleyes:

[Catzsy]

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me thinks he doesn't agree with members opinions and wants hx to be run how he thinks it should be - ignoring members opinions.

Well its the easiest option to ignore and let a thread run out of steam - quite a common practice. Sierk, however does take notice. The thread is going around in circles a bit now though. Perhaps somebody could sum up what the members are requesting to be considered. I would but I have a feeling that it would then be a non starter.

[joshuar]

Seeing as nobody else in Management have replied I think I will.

As Jack mentioned, there were plans for a Habbox Council, however, the idea never made sense to me as it was quite bizzarly setup. I believe that a simple system of picking a few opinionated members to be on the council would be recommended, we can then discuss ideas in a hidden forum about ideas for the forum.

This thread is no longer about Moderators, but as threads naturally evolve as everything else does, I will not say it is off topic as the topic has changed.

The reason moderators are put through a trial is to train and test them, naturally, some havent been showing qualities of a moderator and will be removed when they are checked at the end of their trial, if a real problem is had with the moderators then you should contact ---MAD--- and J1MI. I can't really speak out for moderation as it isn't my area.

In order for a community to function correctly then ideas from the users must be taken on by the Management, I think that a council would benefit the forum so that they can discuss ideas for the forum. I am all for a Council

Hopefully that covered most points, if it didn't then my apologies and I will reply again if you have any more points/ideas

[Soil]

Thanks Joshuar. You seem to be the only one from management who actually listens to members. [before anyone says, no, I am not sucking up]. MAD etc dont seem to care ... selfish.

[today]

Joshuar, indeed as we've said a council which would discuss idea's further would be a good move towards Habbox, im sure if you asked MAD or Sierk, or other management to read the council idea fully they'll be able to comment.

[Earthquake]

Why would anyone saying your sucking up, Your free to express your opinion, Friendship in anyway you want, Giving someone a compliement and people down grading you saying ''SUCK UP!!1'' Are some way jealous? Maybe convinced they should be sucked up to aswell.

OT: I never really got that too much stuck into the idea of a ''Habbox Council'' And I just want to ask, If their was one what would it actully be involving? Because theirs pretty much the council can't do, They can't exactly put in a view on ''*************** Should be banned'' So please answer the question, What will they be doing and involving around the forum.

[today]

Why would anyone saying your sucking up, Your free to express your opinion, Friendship in anyway you want, Giving someone a compliement and people down grading you saying ''SUCK UP!!1'' Are some way jealous? Maybe convinced they should be sucked up to aswell.

OT: I never really got that too much stuck into the idea of a ''Habbox Council'' And I just want to ask, If their was one what would it actully be involving? Because theirs pretty much the council can't do, They can't exactly put in a view on ''*************** Should be banned'' So please answer the question, What will they be doing and involving around the forum.

Alright, i'll answer that

Habbox Council, what is it?
The habbox council will include 'x' users and 'x' staff including two senior managment users which they'll discuss the ideas posted on Habbox Feedback forum in a private forum thus giving full detailed answers without other users posting i nthe threads when they actually dont know what the thread is about and just trying to stop this idea for what ever reason without fully backing up their point, the council would discuss all idea's when posted each week and they'll discuss why it would be good or bad to have the idea supported by Habbox, as i said having a private forum for this stop any user posting and messing the whole idea up, such as this thread has had many posts which are not needed, as i said the private forum would only be used by the council, this gives senior managment a clear view on what users would think and they'll able to reply without too much hassle and moaning from all the users. They'll not discuss who should be banned as Super Moderators are there to do so, the council would just reply to idea's in the forum and they'll discuss them untill the senior memebers would come up with a final agreement, as i said its a very good idea and the private forum would contain ONLY answers and not spamming making the idea easy to read the good and bad points. You cant do that in the feedback forum.

[Earthquake]

Alright, i'll answer that

Habbox Council, what is it?
The habbox council will include 'x' users and 'x' staff including two senior managment users which they'll discuss the ideas posted on Habbox Feedback forum in a private forum thus giving full detailed answers without other users posting i nthe threads when they actually dont know what the thread is about and just trying to stop this idea for what ever reason without fully backing up their point, the council would discuss all idea's when posted each week and they'll discuss why it would be good or bad to have the idea supported by Habbox, as i said having a private forum for this stop any user posting and messing the whole idea up, such as this thread has had many posts which are not needed, as i said the private forum would only be used by the council, this gives senior managment a clear view on what users would think and they'll able to reply without too much hassle and moaning from all the users. They'll not discuss who should be banned as Super Moderators are there to do so, the council would just reply to idea's in the forum and they'll discuss them untill the senior memebers would come up with a final agreement, as i said its a very good idea and the private forum would contain ONLY answers and not spamming making the idea easy to read the good and bad points. You cant do that in the feedback forum.

Thanks +rep, I am rather fond of the idea now.

Seems I have given you rep in the last 24hours or something, I'll +Rep you tommorow

[---MAD---]

I myself like the idea of a council for the forum however there are a few things to consider and resolve before taking the idea on board and implementing it. This idea, if sucessful could also expand to other areas of Habbox such as rare values, habboxlive and any other community based departments.

1. Most ideas that are suggested in feedback forum are read and considered anyway (unless its like "FIRE HIM" or "FIRE HER").

2. Most ideas myself and the rest of management find useful to the rest of the community, implement within days/weeks after the thread was made. IE When the gender thing was wanted back, even if it was a mistake, it was done the same day or maybe a few days later. A council might slow this process down a lot if they all have to agree on things.

3. I think whoever we pick for the council, some will still not like what the council does and continue using the feedback forum to make threads and post in them very often.

4. Regarding moderation etc. Council members can't really do anything about this since they are not mods/smods/admins - they are regular members of the forum which means they cannot comment on how good the moderation/staff are as its not their place to and is unfair on the mods/smods/admins that work so hard then get attacked or degraded by the council just because the admin/smods/mod infracted them or whatever.

5. It seems that saurav or maybe others see this council as a way to get mods/smods/admins fired which is definitely not the case.

I do like the idea and I think if done properly and the members hand picked, the council should work out well especially if members are picked from different categories of the forum (ie users that post in the general category / games cat etc etc).

I will have a think about how to set it up and have a talk with sierk about it. The reason I didn't respond earlier on is because I felt like I should monitor the thread and see what others think, gathering the suggestions and noting them down before coming to a conclusion.

Thanks everyone for your time and feedback, very much appreciated.

---MAD---
General Manager & Forum Manager