Forum going down hill?

[Jamesy]

I personally do not believe there is Elitism in the Technology section so much, perhaps in Designing & Development there has been, but in Technology Discussion it's virtually non-existant... (Although there are perhaps a select few who are respected more than a new forum user would)

I agree with Des and Dev. Instead of a free flow of ideas and creativity which in my opinion is what web development should be about, it's just a user posting a new idea or half finished template while everyone hammers them with questions about their financial status or just plain telling them they are going to fail.

I am extremely happy with Tech Discussion. There are more respected users, which is fine and dandy. They are people who know what they are talking about and always lend a hand.

The people we want to crack down on are people who use whatever status they see as above others to put them down.

[Smits]

I only come on now and again, and i do notice loads of threads with barely any posts on... i dunno, its like people seem to not try and keep threads alive.

Yeah, unless the thread creator keeps replying to posts, threads die out pretty quickly.

[hah]

what happened to the checking of all words on the filter that was proposed like 2-3months ago? forgot? not even surprised

[Black_Apalachi]

I'm sorry for going to post this here. But I have noticed what you sent a fairly new member of this forum. They were that disgusted and upset regarding your PM they didn't want to stay on this forum at all. But due to the Moderation Department dealing with it, that member now wants to stay.

We are trying to encourage new members to join and stay active. We don't need other users pushing them away due to them being rude and offensive towards them in private messages.

So why don't the rude and offensive people just get banned? :S That is what I really don't get about this forum. People are allowed to continue causing trouble for way too long before they've racked up enough infractions to be banned.

I reckon it would be a good idea to give Super Mods and above the power to just say, 'Right, this member has caused a situation on a few occasions and doesn't show any signs of contributing to the forum positively' so that the team of Super Mods or forum management can vote or make some sort of judgement on whether the member should just be banned. I know this sounds harsh but it's a really vague description of what I mean. If it was put into practice it would be a bit more complex. I'm just saying, the likes of Oli* and Garion* etc obviously have the ability to make cool, calculated decisions such as this so I could honestly see it working well. Then we would see a lot less people being dragged down and getting warnings but more importantly, there would be less new members being scared away by the miserable ones.

It would essentially be more subjective moderating mixed in with the current more objective style of moderating.

*OOPS I'M SUCKING UP CALL THE POLICE.

On a side note, you know all the discussions there were about whether it should be against the rules to call someone a "liar"? Well I believe it should be against the rules to call someone a "suck-up" or accuse them of "sucking up" because quite frankly, it causes as many arguments as any other insult or accusation. The bit that really aggravates me about it is, why on Earth would I need to suck up to anybody? :S It's not like I'm after a job or something. I have nothing to gain from it so anyone who says it is clearly just talking out the arse and is looking for an argument.

I'm pretty sure anyone else who experiences it feels the same way. The difference with me is that it just makes me look for ways to blatantly suck up to people because it gets funny after a while when people complain about it .

:angel1: IMMENSEMAN IS THE GOD OF THE INTERNET :angel1:

[Seatherny]

If this man becomes part of staff the power will go to his head. If this man becomes part of staff I will leave this forum.

I really hope that FlyingJesus becomes staff now :eusa_danc

Habbox needs to find a way to attract "famous" Habbos or get management to become famous Habbos.

The reason why this forum was so popular when DJ-3000, Anitar and Seacat ran it was because they were all e-famous.

In all honesty, I have rarely seen a Habbox Giveaway in a long long time. Everytime I log on habbo, I always see a HFFM or ClubHabbo giveaway at the top of the Navigator. I have no idea if they give out loads of furni every day or what, but some of their giveaways make habbos sign up to CHF before they can get a furni etc. This gets them more and more members.

This is what Habbox needs to try and do. Do regular weekly giveaways and promote the forum like crazy during it. FORCE them to sign up. Yes that sometimes isnt good but if it gets more active members then its bloody awesome. CHF have done it and its obviously seemed to work ...

[Grig]

If you go to the welcome forums and just go through some threads, you will see cases where staff are launching arguments. This has been a case for a long time and I don't think it's taken as seriously. Seriously, members need to feel welcome without older members or staff launching full blown arguments or flame wars.

[Seatherny]

Another idea which many forums, including mine when it existed, is to use an auto-reply in the Welcome forum. Believe it or not, but it actually helps alot. Tell them a bit about the forum and what it offers maybe and where the rules are.

Going back to moderators being active, I think they need to post a fair amount around the forum, not necessarily in the forum they Moderate. I would love to know how JamesOYES became a moderator considering he only has 14 posts this month. That's less than 1 a day!

[hah]

Another idea which many forums, including mine when it existed, is to use an auto-reply in the Welcome forum. Believe it or not, but it actually helps alot. Tell them a bit about the forum and what it offers maybe and where the rules are.

Going back to moderators being active, I think they need to post a fair amount around the forum, not necessarily in the forum they Moderate. I would love to know how JamesOYES became a moderator considering he only has 14 posts this month. That's less than 1 a day!

I said the same thing about him in the thread that congragulated them, I remember to become a mod with other forum managers you needed a certain amount of post to prove your active and you needed to be a member for 6 months, god knows why he got it

[Jamesy]

I said the same thing about him in the thread that congragulated them, I remember to become a mod with other forum managers you needed a certain amount of post to prove your active and you needed to be a member for 6 months, god knows why he got it

Going back to moderators being active, I think they need to post a fair amount around the forum, not necessarily in the forum they Moderate. I would love to know how JamesOYES became a moderator considering he only has 14 posts this month. That's less than 1 a day!

If you have a complaint go here: http://habboxforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1331

This thread is not the place for it.

[Seatherny]

If you have a complaint go here: http://habboxforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1331

This thread is not the place for it.

I wasn't complaining :S I was saying, and so was 'phone' that we need Moderators who contribute to discussions.