Should We Be Able To Post Ourselves?

[Hazza]

How could you say that? their all given ''Happy pills'' and any sign of a sacastic comment, your banned for 3 days .. Its annoying over there!

What? I've seen plenty of bullying of CHF, if thats what you're chatting about.

[nvrspk4]

There is a difference, the issue of liability.

Sierk is very serious about internet security, and it was hard fought to even allow links. We are certainly not dealing with having images hosted on our forums or displayed on them. There are also lots of additional issues the AGMs have come up with, but I don't really think its necessary to go through them all as they're nuances really.

I don't see it as a huge inconvenience, sorry to be so unyielding on this one but no, case closed

[GommeInc]

There is a difference, the issue of liability.

Sierk is very serious about internet security, and it was hard fought to even allow links. We are certainly not dealing with having images hosted on our forums or displayed on them. There are also lots of additional issues the AGMs have come up with, but I don't really think its necessary to go through them all as they're nuances really.

I don't see it as a huge inconvenience, sorry to be so unyielding on this one but no, case closed

How is posting an image of yourself a security threat? You can't do anything with a picture of someone, you can't find someone even with their location AND a picture, it's impossible and even if they do, what could happen? Not alot, and the chances of someone even bothering to locate someone by travelling miles to hunt them down seem highly unlikely. If a paedo or anyone else for that matter wants a victim, they'll do it in their local area. Heck, loads of members on this forum have seen pictures of each other and I know one particular member who has stalked another member while they were at work

The arguments against this seem odd and loose. I don't see any harm in people posting pictures of themselves, especially when most people will edit their picture heavily. If people are being bullied, who really is the problem? The person bullying, who thinks 'x' member looks chubby... So? They're human, and they probably haven't criticised you so why do you need to bully? Most forums even stress that bullies are the low life scum for bullying anyway, and will belittle the bully and make them feel pathetic. It's part of growing up to belittle bullies anyway, that's what some schools do and they can't get in trouble because there is no harm done and no name calling, because you're stressing that bullying is pathetic, not the actual bully and the bully will learn. Banning, putting them in attention or expelling them will not make them learn. Mental action is needed, action that shows the bully how pathetic bullying is, not a light PM which is possibly automatic telling them to behave in a 5 year old manner - they're teens! They need more than that, you need to criticise them as they criticise another, but criticising their pathetic attempts to criticise a member for their looks - their attempts to bully need to be targeted. Banning them is even an option... Similar to expelling, they will not learn, especially when banning is directed at the member, while expelling involves whoever pays the bills for the education. I'm not sure what happened to deep, personal PMs telling members to grow up, the minimum age on this forum is about 11 or 12 (judging that it is following the Habbo Way and their minimum age is around those ages), Year 7s get treated poorly when they bully, so why act worse than education? I'm sure I've been stressing this for years on this forum, ever since Seacat and JackHb quit.

Bullies only bully on this forum because they get away with it, you don't seem to practice the "kiss and make up" stratedgy. You just infract and leave it, when you should PM the member personally and tell them to PM the other member and tell the two that there's no need for this behaviour. I remember school and being a prefect, Year 7s were treated with this and it worked, but then again I am mean

I am also yet to see the rules updated big time, there's too many rules which already fit into catagories. vbulletin have smaller rules on their forum, and they actually make sense...

[luce]

it would be nice to allow it, i wouldnt personally but i think some people would like to have it as there avatars

[nvrspk4]

I am also yet to see the rules updated big time, there's too many rules which already fit into catagories. vbulletin have smaller rules on their forum, and they actually make sense...

Post suggestions then

[GommeInc]

Post suggestions then

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That's as far as I got before getting confused with the amount of repetition

Also, just use bold text when doing the rules, not bold and red. It's a forum, not a detention facility underline rules which you must obey or you get the death sentence sooner than later.

[Immenseman]

No, you're all way too ugly. In all seriousness, at the end of the day I think it should be up to the user whether they want to or not. Nobody will ever force anyone to post or not to post. If Habbo allow it then it's clear there are no serious threats because otherwise they wouldn't allow it. It doesn't really affect any of us drastically anyway.

[Mint]

No, you're all way too ugly. In all seriousness, at the end of the day I think it should be up to the user whether they want to or not. Nobody will ever force anyone to post or not to post. If Habbo allow it then it's clear there are no serious threats because otherwise they wouldn't allow it. It doesn't really affect any of us drastically anyway.

If we are allowed to do it, please don't have your pic in your avatar because that would stop me from coming on the forum alltogether. Nah, your right! We should be able to post ourselves if we want to.

[Mrs.McCall]

I agree with Nvr here. Allowing users to post photographs opens up a whole load of issues and simply it'd be setting ourselves up with an influx of trolling and bullying. Yes there are moderators to deal with that but then you have the issue of security regarding underage member's identities.

I think it should stay as it is.

[tdi]

but at the end of the day you're just posting a link to your photo so you can still get bullied, lol.