Articles Department...

[-Xiangu-]

good idea dan, I will make a note of that

[Dan2nd]

good idea dan, I will make a note of that

meh I was just thinking it'd certainly attract me to read the Habbox articles I kind of remember another fansite doing it but I don't remember which one.... meh ah well like I said it'd be cool =D

[-Xiangu-]

we do have non habbo articles and real world articles most of the time now

[Dan2nd]

we do have non habbo articles and real world articles most of the time now

really :S never noticed I'll pay attention for now on then

[-Xiangu-]

good o

[dannyisnotamazing]

2,3,4 but Alex is cool so number 5 all the way.

[Neversoft]

Well, I think you should do an even amount of non-habbo and habbo related articles. That will most probably boost you're appeal to everyone. If you're doing more non-habbo related articles, people who want to read about habbo are going to look elsewhere. It needs to be balanced.

Yeah, I guess it is a lot harder when you don't play habbo anymore. However, you don't need to play Habbo often to be a room reviewer.

I am really stuck on how you'll get new recruits. I would apply myself and help out, but then I woudn't be allowed in the Habbox Council. Maybe theres some way I can help out without being staff?

I'm not sure if you're aware of what I did on HabMate. But I am Articles Manager on there aswell and what I did was got rid of every article job, writer, room reviewer, interviewer, etc. And made it so that the staff are no longer permitted to one area of articles, they can do whatever article they wanted. But I also stated that while being allowed to do any article, you couldn't do the same type over and over. Like you can't keep doing poems, or interviews. You have to spread it around a little. I was quite pleased I came up with that idea, it gets most articles done while allowing the staff more freedom. If you haven't already, I suggest you have a talk to whoever your superior is and try get that system in place.

When I was manager I asked for 2 articles every 2 weeks. Which is the equivalent to 1 article every week, but it gives them more time. If a staff member is ill for a week, then they won't get their article done. But if they're ill for a week, they still have another week to get the article done. That means they'll have 1 week to do 2 articles, but thats more than enough time.

Also when I was manager, I wanted to do a few articles myself to help the staff situation and things. However, I never got around to it since I left soon after. If you could do a few articles every now and then, that might help. Although it might be hard with your jobs and stuff.

I left as articles manager due to lack of support. Mainly 8Freak8 was a busy guy back then and couldn't reply to my PM's and there was no assistant manager who I could discuss new ideas with. I don't know who's taken over for 8Freak8 now, is it Nvrspk? If so, then thats good. Thats improved, he replies to PMs. But you don't seem to be getting the support you deserve, I know exactly how you feel. I'm not sure how you can get around this, as I just gave up when I was in this situation, but you should ask superior staff to help out with getting applications, advertising and things since there is a low amount of article staff.

Well thats good to hear. Atleast thats something! If the staff show how happy they are writing articles then maybe more people will apply. A good atmosphere really helps.

Yeah, that is another thing I'm stuck on. The only way I think you would get more applications is if you advertise and make the articles section on Habox look nice. Thats all I can come up with at the moment, I'll have to think more on this one.

New skin!? Thank god! Things can only get better from there.

Ah, cool! Sounds good! Do you have an Idea Suggestion thread in the article staff forums?
Yep, it is supprising how much effort people put into a voluntary job. I think it actually has a good impact on what you want to do as an actual job. I want to be a Journalist in a few years time, thats why I apply for Articles Staff. I'm sure I'm not the only one either, I know FlyingJesus applied as Articles staff on HabMate because he liked writing poems. People with near enough the same skills can then comment on others work, tell them how to improve and such.

Senior Wirter? What would that involve? Would it be like Assistant Manager?

I would absolutely love to help out. However things are awkward because it would either be Habbox Council or Articles Staff for me. Perhaps I would have more input if I make it on the council anyway. If you need any help I'm always here though.



Oh, so you did put that system in place.
Some people might not know, if you haven't already, you should advertise that you have a different system in place. Back when I was manager is was room reviews, interviews and other articles such as poems, reviews and stories.
Some people might even want to do articles that no one has ever suggest, but thought they wouldn't be allowed to do them, until now.



If you have no idea about some jobs, you should ask what they are and see if you can help out. Although there are some article jobs not everyone can do. I know that there would be a lot more people on here that can write a website review better than me.

Is my post going to be forwarded to management or anything because I feel I typed all that for nothing.