Ideas - *controversial*

[AgnesIO]

The star idea seems fine, but didn't we put in MORE coloured stars to make it harder to get to the top? :L

I think the idea of starting on gold is alright, but in general I do thin the changing colour of stars is somewhat pointless. Although now to be biased, in my eyes it can only be good I will be platinum soon? lol :L

[Hecktix]

The 'Habbox God' idea needs tweaking. A permanent bolded colour name isnt a good idea. Its one of the reasons why people buy VIP. Also don't give them all the VIP features. Some people enter some competitions to try and win VIP.
If they already have a coloured name and all VIP features permanently, why would they pay to buy donor? Why would try bother with the competitions offering VIP?
Offer some VIP features but not all.

The thing is that only one person (so far) has reached this amount of posts. There are a couple of people nearing it. 20,000 posts is a massive feat and platinum members already have all VIP features apart from usertitle customisability. I like the idea of giving these guys a bolder name (of a particular colour) as a recognition of their efforts put into Habbox. It's kinda like rewarding their loyalty with special VIP, like we have done with the 5 year anniversary VIP. Perhaps this VIP should be limited although I think it's a good thing to give these members as we are giving every other member more, it is only fair that these guys deserve more too.

Obviously this is drawn on only a few figures achieving 'Habbox God' status. Should it become apparent that too many people are achieving the status then perhaps it would be time to change the user rank boundaries. This also happened in the past when it was only plausible to have the original star ranks at lower boundaries, for instance 10,000 was the maximum rank. This then changed when it was needed.

[Cosmic]

I won't quote the whole thing, but Oli I think the ideas for the new user ranks you proposed are brilliant. I think the rep points idea could also be very useful when making newer members feel more welcome.

[Tintinnabulate]

I am not sure how vB4 works, but is it possible to add rep points if they progress to a new usergroup? I dont think it was possible in vB3. Cant remember fully.

[Hecktix]

I am not sure how vB4 works, but is it possible to add rep points if they progress to a new usergroup? I dont think it was possible in vB3. Cant remember fully.

I've spoken with Jamesy and he thinks it's entirely possible to write something which would do it
I think this shows what a handy asset James is to Habbox, coding us unique plugins to benefit our members, including the recent background one

[Tintinnabulate]

I've spoken with Jamesy and he thinks it's entirely possible to write something which would do it
I think this shows what a handy asset James is to Habbox, coding us unique plugins to benefit our members, including the recent background one

Ah yes so it will have to be coded. Didnt think it was a feature which already existed in vBulletin.
Considering you guys have started installing some plugins now, what do you think of the idea of me sending you and Garion a list of plugins which already exist and why I think they should be added?

[Hecktix]

Ah yes so it will have to be coded. Didnt think it was a feature which already existed in vBulletin.
Considering you guys have started installing some plugins now, what do you think of the idea of me sending you and Garion a list of plugins which already exist and why I think they should be added?

I'd recommend posting them in feedback to get a view of other users as I am only likely to install plugins if I feel it will benefit a majority of users

[ihatehash]

sorry if something like this has been said i cba reading it all but one of the reasons habboxorum is no longer popular is because people are rude. especially to new members and that includes staff being rude aswell. old forum members and staff need to get off their high chairs and remember that if there are no new forum members this site will close down. people need to think about how they word something, and sarcasm is anoher trend I see arising I think mods need to crack down on genrally rude forum members and less on things such as pointless posting.

[Tintinnabulate]

sorry if something like this has been said i cba reading it all but one of the reasons habboxorum is no longer popular is because people are rude. especially to new members and that includes staff being rude aswell. old forum members and staff need to get off their high chairs and remember that if there are no new forum members this site will close down. people need to think about how they word something, and sarcasm is anoher trend I see arising I think mods need to crack down on genrally rude forum members and less on things such as pointless posting.

I agree. I have said before, when I first joined, I never came down to use 'Discuss Anything' as people had taken over it. I only started using it after I was made a Moderator thus forced to Moderate it. Its a fact that new members are scared to speak up against older members as they will just gang up on the new member.

When I came back on my new account, I posted in spam and a member told me to shut up because "I was new and knew nothing". He was obviously an idiot and was warned. If you go in Spam, theres only 5-10 people who post regularly. You don't see anyone else post there as they are terrified of being bullied. Somehow we need to get members using 'Discuss Anything' and 'Spam' more. An idea is to move General more towards the top which might increase activity as it will be seen more. Many new members come just for the Habbo sections and never go below it. If General was on top, more people would notice it. However its a big category and will therefore need to be broken up so it looks nicer at the top.

[immense]

But when I tried to welcome a new member. I posted a thread for them saying they're cool, linked them to the thread, repepd him, got other people to rep him, posted on his page and got him into a convo and made him say himself "he felt famous". I got a user note for targeting members :rolleyes: