News Changes & Updates

[GommeInc]

The news and updates at the top are really good, they're not in your face or trying to drag away your attention

[hah]

your posting non stop new stories and not given people time to read/comment lol

[The Professor]

Juicy as in crap? lol

http://showbiz.sky.com/jls-rihanna-to-duet

So evidently, yes.

My friend you may have an internet for that

[DJ-Ains.T]

Juicy as in crap? lol

http://showbiz.sky.com/jls-rihanna-to-duet

So evidently, yes.

Wait a second? That's from december... REALITY CHECK HERE PER-LEASE. We're now in March my good friend, if you had bothered to read the article, it is about JLS duetting with Rihanna and Beyonce and Kayne West. Nothing to do with X Factor. Seriously. Make sure you research PROPERLY.

LOL Ains I think thats when you say you got 'owned'

he just been owned back.

[scottish]

Wait a second? That's from december... REALITY CHECK HERE PER-LEASE. We're now in March my good friend, if you had bothered to read the article, it is about JLS duetting with Rihanna and Beyonce and Kayne West. Nothing to do with X Factor. Seriously. Make sure you research PROPERLY.

I, like 99% of habboxforum do not read the news so i looked up what you had said.

Let's add metro to that list

http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/mus...he-end-of-2010
http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/mus...or-lip-syncing

[marriott0.01]

I, like 99% of habboxforum do not read the news so i looked up what you had said.

Let's add metro to that list

http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/mus...he-end-of-2010
http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/mus...or-lip-syncing

I have a problem with that report about Rihanna and JLS anyway.

And you can't say mine and Elle's section is completely crap - as we are giving a completely different angle to the stories that are in the News, we can have opinions we can be biased. So we're not going to give you complete dribble that traditional media gives you. BBC is controlled by the Government, and most news outlets are controlled by money - we are controlled by passion.

[Martin]

Like you said, the vast majority of this forum don't read our news, but for the people who do and for the people who may stumble upon the main site, I don't see how this new feature can be a negative one. There are parts of the site which are used far less, and providing we are getting comments, and offering something different for our readers then I'm happy.

Yes, a couple of the articles have been in similar context to other News sites, but as a News department with a large team, I feel it's nice for our reporters to get the chance to try out new things and develop new writing styles over time.

As Jordan has said, our News articles generally have our own opinions in, our own outlook on the news, and hopefully will be a nice mix of not only topical entertainment news in one place, but also some really informative and detailed tech news.

I for one don't go on news sites such as the ones listed above, I do however go on Habbox and to have something slightly different for the Habbox site users who may stumble upon the articles then I can't see it being a negative thing.

As I've always maintained, Habbo News will obviously be our main targetted audience, due to this being a Habbo based fansite, and that's our main concern. We do get large amounts of comments on some articles, and the Habbo side of things seems to be going well. We just thought we would try something new, and widen our reach a bit.

Thanks for all your feedback.

[scottish]

I have a problem with that report about Rihanna and JLS anyway.

And you can't say mine and Elle's section is completely crap - as we are giving a completely different angle to the stories that are in the News, we can have opinions we can be biased. So we're not going to give you complete dribble that traditional media gives you. BBC is controlled by the Government, and most news outlets are controlled by money - we are controlled by passion.

I'm sure i'm not alone when i say; when i read news i don't care about the writers opinion, i just want to see whats going on, nor do i wish to see your biased opinions on news reports

[Grig]

We are never subjective in writing news, as that is not what we try to present to the public. The real life technology and entertainment sections is very strong as we have put 3 very strong reporters on it, as well the rest of our strong team pitching in.

I for one, do have a strict policy of any sort of plagiarism, so if you find anything to be copied in any part of our news site, feel free to PM either myself or Martin and we will deal with it. News has become very strong this year, for what I may say was a slumpish 2009. I myself, am not a fan of simple re-written articles and will hammer reporters hard on it.