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[HotelUser]

A slightly increased activity is better than nothing.

previously banned trolls wont exactly be welcomed back with open arms

[Catzsy]

A slightly increased activity is better than nothing.

Well yes but surely they can be dealt with on their individual merits by members coming back on other acccounts and proving beyond any doubt that they should be given a second chance and get their old account back. A mass unban would not be fair as I said to those who do abide by the rules. Just my opinion though.

[hah]

scrap that pointless posting rule and only count it as things like "dsjfldjsfodsjflsdfjsdlfjlsd;frlkds;f,sdlfmds"

and add something like

"please add more content to your post" for posts like "lmaooooooo or lol"
i dont post in most threads because chances are it might be off topic

[Catzsy]

scrap that pointless posting rule and only count it as things like "dsjfldjsfodsjflsdfjsdlfjlsd;frlkds;f,sdlfmds"

and add something like

"please add more content to your post" for posts like "lmaooooooo or lol"
i dont post in most threads because chances are it might be off topic

I do have to agree with you here and it is something that management know I disagree on. Pointless is random - nothing else in my book such a ROFLKOPTER or VCHDSS. The old rule made a lot more sense in my opinion. A thread was allowed to go slightly off-topic but if it really started veering off in another direction with nothing to do with the thread then a mod would post to say 'please keep on-topic.' These posts are not pointless as they mean something and are usually related to the topic in some way. I would say this is a big factor putting members off posting.

[Richie]

scrap that pointless posting rule and only count it as things like "dsjfldjsfodsjflsdfjsdlfjlsd;frlkds;f,sdlfmds"

and add something like

"please add more content to your post" for posts like "lmaooooooo or lol"
i dont post in most threads because chances are it might be off topic

this

I do have to agree with you here and it is something that management know I disagree on. Pointless is random - nothing else in my book such a ROFLKOPTER or VCHDSS. The old rule made a lot more sense in my opinion. A thread was allowed to go slightly off-topic but if it really started veering off in another direction with nothing to do with the thread then a mod would post to say 'please keep on-topic.' These posts are not pointless as they mean something and are usually related to the topic in some way. I would say this is a big factor putting members off posting.

and this +rep


edit: gotta spread rosie

[Tintinnabulate]

previously banned trolls wont exactly be welcomed back with open arms

not everyone was banned for being a troll

[Black_Apalachi]

scrap that pointless posting rule and only count it as things like "dsjfldjsfodsjflsdfjsdlfjlsd;frlkds;f,sdlfmds"

and add something like

"please add more content to your post" for posts like "lmaooooooo or lol"
i dont post in most threads because chances are it might be off topic

I don't get how the content of your post compared to the topic, is down to chance. Surely you know what you are typing and can see whether it has any relevance or not?

[Blinger$]

Watch this space!

This is what annoys me. You guys always say "WATCH DIS SPACE" and then 5 months on nothing happens.


hey hye guess what forum.. watch this space! THERE WILL BE ANOTHER POST SOON! (its not a dig at you oli, just general management )

Your accusation is pretty lame, considering I too have been, especially 2006 onward, always active on the forum, and have worked under each GM and AGM (the smart, and not so smart) since. The incentives to join and attract users when I was apparently incognito for the past six years have been more than lame. Paying $300 for a flash-based chat which a grand total of three people actually used was a horribly unattractive decision. To increase members and forum popularity Garion and Oliver, in conjunction with the events department, should be doing exactly what they've been doing for months. Getting the Habbox name out there on the client, and then keeping new forum users here with the well-kept atmosphere and forum events (like the election) is going to play a key role in drawing in all sorts of new American and Australian users proceeding the merge. If anyone is slacking, in my opinion, it's whoever's responsible (if anyone) for forum coding. There are a lot of useful forum plugins, such as live posts, tapatalk plugin, BBCode in usertitles and interactive javascript content which would enhance the forum, and improve on it significantly. Just the push required to get embedded youtube (which intertwined to the long wait for the vbulletin upgrade, and the skins not being done prior to) was what I'd regard as a hint of laziness which should have happened. Other than something like that I'm not even sure there's much constructive to Habbox's popularity decisions to be made through this thread. Especially since general management (of which two of them have previously managed the forum) are flexible and have a vast experience of knowing what works and what doesn't, and that Oliver has already stated, in what's a satisfactory lengthy post, targets outlining his commitment and plans to increase forum activity.

As long as their are more events that international people can participate in, and it isn't JUST oriented around the UK. If we want to go international, we shouldn't just have the election crap when the UK are having an election, do it for the other countries too... Also, with competitions like the election new members stand next to no chance with winning. The older members will all bunch together and form a "super group" which most of the older folks will vote for, which leaves the newbies losing, thus them potentially leaving... Maybe if you set it so you have to have half the team as new members and half as old ones it'll incorporate everyone together?


Sorry, i used the election as an example, its just the most recent event.

[HotelUser]

This is what annoys me. You guys always say "WATCH DIS SPACE" and then 5 months on nothing happens.


hey hye guess what forum.. watch this space! THERE WILL BE ANOTHER POST SOON! (its not a dig at you oli, just general management )



As long as their are more events that international people can participate in, and it isn't JUST oriented around the UK. If we want to go international, we shouldn't just have the election crap when the UK are having an election, do it for the other countries too... Also, with competitions like the election new members stand next to no chance with winning. The older members will all bunch together and form a "super group" which most of the older folks will vote for, which leaves the newbies losing, thus them potentially leaving... Maybe if you set it so you have to have half the team as new members and half as old ones it'll incorporate everyone together?


Sorry, i used the election as an example, its just the most recent event.

I wasn't overly enthusiastic about the election because I'm from Canada--I obviously don't care about British politics :p However I thought the HxF election was pretty cool, it was around the same time as the UK election yeah, but I don't think they were debating Europe related issues!

Luring in without intimidating new young users has been something that's been discussed for awhile, I'm not sure there's a quick remedy for it.

[xxMATTGxx]

This is what annoys me. You guys always say "WATCH DIS SPACE" and then 5 months on nothing happens.


hey hye guess what forum.. watch this space! THERE WILL BE ANOTHER POST SOON! (its not a dig at you oli, just general management )



As long as their are more events that international people can participate in, and it isn't JUST oriented around the UK. If we want to go international, we shouldn't just have the election crap when the UK are having an election, do it for the other countries too... Also, with competitions like the election new members stand next to no chance with winning. The older members will all bunch together and form a "super group" which most of the older folks will vote for, which leaves the newbies losing, thus them potentially leaving... Maybe if you set it so you have to have half the team as new members and half as old ones it'll incorporate everyone together?


Sorry, i used the election as an example, its just the most recent event.

I understand how annoying that can be. Although the thing Oli is talking about is* currently being developed, sadly it doesn't take a couple of days to get it all correct and perfect!

* = I think he is talking about this, if not then oops.