My opinions and flaws about HXF.

[mousey]

Ive been visiting the forum since 05 and i have to say it was much better then.. not only rep but people have wreaked it in a ways all these people who think they know everytihng and are always right... Put it how it was or i tihnk you will suffer a significant loss

[GommeInc]

The GM and a couple of the AGMs have mentioned it to

Link:http://www.habboxforum.com/showpost....8&postcount=34

but we need to be able to monitor the reputation system

.... Why? You don't need to monitor it? If there is a problem, let the problems come to you. You don't have to look for the problems, which MAD suggests they are doing. The rep system could of easily been changed without having to resort to what they did. All they needed to do was make it harder to gain rep power from rep points/comments, like 1000 rep points per rep power, and you get one point of rep power per year. They seem to like making a big thing out of nothing it seems, and you can tell there are management issues... They do the silly thing, not the wise thing.

[Jamesy]

I agree, infact if I may add, I find many of the rules petty. Infract away for porn, racism and all the other nasty stuff. The filter can do it's job and we all get along fine. It almost feels like you have to think for 10 minutes before posting something because there is a meaning that could be taken the wrong way. The rules should be shortened, and made easier to understand without studying them for 3 days.

B14. Do not make threads titles which have no relevance to the actual post - Do not make thread with titles like "see this" or "something interesting" or something similar to these. Put a title which is relevant to the thread and not something completely different.

is broken all the time, cliff hanger titles and UTT (undescriptive thread titles) happen all the time and annoy me for one.

B2. Don't post short or meaningless posts / spam - We don't want replies like "i dono" or "why" or "yeah". We have set the forum so that any message must contain at least 9 characters, do not try to get around this by adding meaningless characters.

How old is that one? it's 4 characters at the moment I believe?

A15. It is not allowed to talk about adult subjects like making love / sleeping with somebody or sexual details in anyway - Because this forum is meant for people of all ages, and teenagers in particular, it is NOT allowed to talk about subjects that could be not suitable for younger members.

Broken all the time, should remove this rule simply because if the thread is mature and on a serious issue it has no problem. AS stated in that rule, the forum is for all ages. So the older members who need advice on this stuff (ostinato is excellent by the way ) should not because of younger members. Hypocritical there in my opinion.

So Back to my point, the rules need to be streamlined and relaxed. Not to allow us to roam free, but just so we can have a more relaxed and friendly atmosphere, instead of a Nazi Germany feeling.

[Mentor]

Just to point out i believe a while back, The teens and older members forum was (as its for older members) designated as not being fully encompassed by the A15 rule. So threads like that are allowed there.
Theres a stuck thread somewhere on there, for those forums specific rules and guidlines.

[JackHb]

I give Habbox Council a few months before it spirals out of control, the staff running it lose intrest and it disapears.

[jrh2002]

I agree, infact if I may add, I find many of the rules petty. Infract away for porn, racism and all the other nasty stuff. The filter can do it's job and we all get along fine. It almost feels like you have to think for 10 minutes before posting something because there is a meaning that could be taken the wrong way. The rules should be shortened, and made easier to understand without studying them for 3 days.

is broken all the time, cliff hanger titles and UTT (undescriptive thread titles) happen all the time and annoy me for one.

How old is that one? it's 4 characters at the moment I believe?

Broken all the time, should remove this rule simply because if the thread is mature and on a serious issue it has no problem. AS stated in that rule, the forum is for all ages. So the older members who need advice on this stuff (ostinato is excellent by the way ) should not because of younger members. Hypocritical there in my opinion.

So Back to my point, the rules need to be streamlined and relaxed. Not to allow us to roam free, but just so we can have a more relaxed and friendly atmosphere, instead of a Nazi Germany feeling.

I have to agree some of the rules need sorting and especially the thread title one because that is really annoying and I dont even bother to read those threads now.

[Baving]

To me it feels that it was better around the times I was admin 05-6 (That is not to boast or anything).

I use to just come on, do the reputation reports, answer personal messages make some decisions and let the community get on with itself. There, in my opinion, is no need to have done 90% of the changes which have happened recently.

Interfering so dramatically with the community like it has been done is a bad way of approaching things. When big changes such as the reputation system are made a thread should be created to gather the communities view and not just 'management'. Remember the community are the people which come on the board and post, without the community the forum is buggered.

When I was a Super Moderator / Administrator I use to enjoy reading all the threads and personal messages which contained opinions. If I made a change which was wrong I would ask around for a solution (whether it be on the forum or a few people on messenger). You should always get a view / opinion from all sides.

I see no point in making a dramatic change if the community are not going to like it - after all they are the people who buy VIP and other features.

At the moment I feel that Habbox Forum is not taking user feedback serious enough. It seems that Management are to intent on making changes for the "better" without consulting users.

@ MAD - I suggest you take on board all user feedback. Come out of the shell a bit more and respect others views.

@ Sierk - Have a look on your website. I am not saying anything major is wrong however I don't think feedback is taken enough.

Any successful business, project, community, group etc in the Real World which interacts with the general public always has to gather user feedback. Take a business for example:

If a business makes a product and the consumer does not like it, they will cease to purchase it therefore the business will loose money. If they listen to feedback they are able to modify the product to the consumers liking (It may not suite everyone however you need to meet the vast majority).

How this relates to Habbox Forum..

If the vast majority do not like huge changes (Looks like the Rep system could be used as an example) then people will eventually leave.

Advice

Before making any major changes just make a simple thread outlining the idea and ask for views, even add a poll if required.

There is no need to show major "authority" in an online community. Forum Administration is not all about showing authority.

[Kardan]

HxF was better around 04/05. Friendly staff that went round posting in threads, no corruption within the staff team (I'm not saying there is now, because I don't know of any, but I know some that took place) and it was a clsoe knit community.
Now we just have a forum full of spammers.

[Baving]

Now we just have a forum full of spammers.

Yep, something needs to be done about it.

[jrh2002]

HxF was better around 04/05. Friendly staff that went round posting in threads, no corruption within the staff team (I'm not saying there is now, because I don't know of any, but I know some that took place) and it was a clsoe knit community.
Now we just have a forum full of spammers.

I love posting in other forums but over the past few weeks/month I have rarely made it out of the feedback forum.
Alot of people have mentioned to me that HxF has lost its community spirit because of the size it has got and thats probably right.