Forum going down hill?

[Tomm]

What is all this about then?

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=614812

First off, it was a question not a statement and there was no reason to close it as people were actively involved in a discussion. Guess not all the moderators got the message.

[Hecktix]

What is all this about then?

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=614812

First off, it was a question not a statement and there was no reason to close it as people were actively involved in a discussion. Guess not all the moderators got the message.

Sorted

[Seatherny]

If MAD came back we'd lose members from all the pointless bans he issued on people he didnt like...

He was the worst ever GM ever. Thank God he left as he was so childish.

I recently noticed that there were a lot of instances where active discussions were being closed because of the misbehaviour of just one or two members. Matt and I were worried this was having a negative affect on our current members because it is severely reducing the discussions our members can participate in. Therefore we made the decision to change the policy so that threads should remain open as far as possible as long as any discussion remains.

We hope that this is a turn in the right direction because we are very keen to improve the forum .

Unfortunately a very good thread was closed earlier in the "Discuss Anything" forum. I agree its topic had changed fully from the OP's post, but I think that's where Moderators / Super Moderators should come in, post:

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Any member continuing the xxxx discussion will be warned. Please revert back to the original discussion to avoid arguments
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The thread which was closed was very interesting and it's quite unfair on the thread starter.

I also think (Forum) Management should post regularly interesting debates, announce it, make use of the Notice thing on top of the forum (make it permanent) and give out more awards for good posters in those Debates.

Also create more giveaway (HFFM seem to do a giveaway every day ... not too sure if its for real or not, but I see it on top of Navigator everyday on Habbo) and ask them to join Habboxforum.com (not direct them to habbox.com only). Tell them to register to HabboxForum.com

Do more competitions within the forum (apart from Member of the Month).

[FlyingJesus]

I believe that thread in Discuss Anything is what sparked off the management discussion of the new rule, which I view as a big step forward. Totally agree with you in that individuals should be warned and then punished if they continue rather than closing an entire discussion which has potential.

Debates could have a revamp now that the debating rule's been fixed - it should allow for better discussion to take place. This is of course not going to change the entire fate of the forum but having debates done properly like the old days should certainly be more fun and maybe even informative for many members.

[Nixt]

Are you suggesting that we do away with "Members Debates" and have debates set by Forum Management for a set period of time. Also closely moderated?

Tom is right that thread in Discuss Anything was what gave me the idea to change the way we seem to close threads at the first sign of trouble .

[Seatherny]

Have both Members Debates and ones set my Management. But get Management to do more interesting ones which would get alot of interesting and promote them more. Like make use of the "Notices" on a permananent basis.

[Nixt]

Yeah I like that idea. I was thinking of having debates ran by Forum Management and when each debate closes the (A)FM reads through it and chooses a 'top debater' who wins like VIP or something .

[hah]

clubhabbo have that and they choose a user to set them

immenseman has that job there LOLLLL and they get rep and vip for the best contributors

[FlyingJesus]

tbh I thought that ought to be done long ago, I was in the process of setting it up when I was Community Manager but the department was merged and closed before it could actually be done.

[hah]

you need to tell iadam that you have changed the moderation

i double posted by mistake and reported my post within like 10seconds and got a usernote