Should There Be Another "Trusted" Member Thread?

[keister12345]

catzy told me to post this thread with a poll...

[Catzsy]

It could prove to be helpful indeed. But I'm just saying, it could also create a false sense of security in some cases. Has anyone asked the powers that be what they think?

catzy told me to post this thread with a poll...

Yes I did suggest if he wanted to post the topic he could because that's what Feedback is for so the Management can look at it and see what the members views are.

[keister12345]

Yes I did suggest if he wanted to post the topic he could because that's what Feedback is for so the Management can look at it and see what the members views are.

indeed, catzy is very helpful member of staff

[nvrspk4]

I've been watching this thread and honestly haven't posted because I can't make up my mind.

In the end I would think that we won't be implementing a trusted system. The main reason for that is the cons outweigh the pros.

If you safely trade with someone, have them vouch for you. Members of that forum will know if that person can be trusted. In the end, Habbox *technically* suggests that you do none of those things because its at your own risk.

The problem is there's a lot of trust based trading...Hotel-Hotel, RS for Habbo, RS for RL, Neopets for Habbo/RS/RL, WoW for Habbo/RS/RL/NeoPets and of course Donator for furni etc.etc. we'd be obligated to keep lists for everyone.

Beyond that, we also have some length of plausible deniability. If Blizzard or Jagex or Sulake contact us to shut down some threads they see about Real World Trading as I believe they call it, we can simply close the thread. If we have a thread that says...well, don't do it, but if you want to, here are some people who you can trust, we lose that plausible deniability.

Ok, so the plausible deniability isn't really a huge issue, but its a peripheral one that deserves some consideration as well.

[Black_Apalachi]

Nvr has basically summed it up. There's more risks than there are positive aspects and it could easily get Habbox into trouble (or at least make Habbox look bad).

[keister12345]

I've been watching this thread and honestly haven't posted because I can't make up my mind.

In the end I would think that we won't be implementing a trusted system. The main reason for that is the cons outweigh the pros.

If you safely trade with someone, have them vouch for you. Members of that forum will know if that person can be trusted. In the end, Habbox *technically* suggests that you do none of those things because its at your own risk.

The problem is there's a lot of trust based trading...Hotel-Hotel, RS for Habbo, RS for RL, Neopets for Habbo/RS/RL, WoW for Habbo/RS/RL/NeoPets and of course Donator for furni etc.etc. we'd be obligated to keep lists for everyone.

Beyond that, we also have some length of plausible deniability. If Blizzard or Jagex or Sulake contact us to shut down some threads they see about Real World Trading as I believe they call it, we can simply close the thread. If we have a thread that says...well, don't do it, but if you want to, here are some people who you can trust, we lose that plausible deniability.

Ok, so the plausible deniability isn't really a huge issue, but its a peripheral one that deserves some consideration as well.

who says a member of habbox staff has to endorse it or post it?
why dont i make one on my profile? and have a link to it in my sig...

[Black_Apalachi]

who says a member of habbox staff has to endorse it or post it?
why dont i make one on my profile? and have a link to it in my sig...

Who says you can be trusted to run it fairly? I don't neccessarily mean you personally, but if anyone other than a Mod/staff runs it, people won't take it seriously. A normal user could be open to bribes or simply altering it in favour of their mates and against people they don't like.

Wouldn't work. But I guess you can do what you want with your profile, so go for it .

[Immenseman]

Yeah by all means you can run one yourself as long as you don't claim it's official in any way. If it's user ran it's open to bias and other problems whereas staff are less likely to get involved in such scandals.

[Richie]

after being scammed Again :rolleyes: i think it would be wise if we bought back the trusted and untrusted member thread.
basically it would have members names under a title and then how many + (trusted) and - (untrusted) they have next to them. i think this would help people stop being scammed.

It would look like this:

User Going First: (+/-)
Keister12345 5/0

User going second (+/-)
Keister12345 0/0



vote in the poll!!

It would be good in certain circumstances, but unfortunately i don't think it will work as if anyone gets scammed by a "trusted" member then habbox will be at fault, If habbox did agree to make this thread its just going to make certain situations stressfull for the staff.

[keister12345]

Who says you can be trusted to run it fairly? I don't neccessarily mean you personally, but if anyone other than a Mod/staff runs it, people won't take it seriously. A normal user could be open to bribes or simply altering it in favour of their mates and against people they don't like.

Wouldn't work. But I guess you can do what you want with your profile, so go for it .

true , but i dont have friends on this forum