HxHD changed into a lounge?

[Mathew]

The thing that I find most odd is that you wouldn't get this kind of 11 page discussion on HFFM or CH.
I think on Habbox, there is a massive gap in the amount of respect shown to managers and the amount of respect shown to regular members. The managers on every other site are treated and spoken to exactly the same as the members; where here, we feel the need to show more respect to those in higher "ranks"
Habbox isn't a business, it's a site for a teen game - just remember that it isn't real life.

This is why on other sites, in the HFFM Lounge for example, there is no tosh about "oh god rites can onli go to staffz!!!!" they simply give them to the people who actually use the desk for it's primary purpose - to Lounge in.

Just an observation!

[HotelUser]

It's quite a difficult one: I agree that there should only be one role. But what is complicated is that they will need to prove they are trustworthy for rights.

That would be disastrous I'm afraid, because we do have to differentiate between who is trustworthy, smart and deserving of rights and who is not. If we make one mistake results could be disastrous.

I don't know about removing the super staff role, its good to know what people to trust with rights. However there is some super staff that need to be demoted. Also some people are still staff, they come in the desk never go behind the bar and are just afk all the time, some of them I don't even see helping users or when someone asks for help they just leave.

Drop me a PM, Richard. Explain in it who you think's been given a leash that's too long.

The staff are useless. I go in, ask for help as if sometimes changed, I want to know about it. They sit there idle in the desk AFK. Its useless. It only irritates the person asking for help and makes them think Habbox is useless.

Strict rules mean some people break the rules just because they get a buzz over getting banned :rolleyes: lame and we all know who those people are.

If you are going to keep a help desk, keep staff who sit in the desk to help and know how to help and not blank people or are on AFK while at the desk. Otherwise turn it into a lounge.

What's miraculous to me is how I only hear of these issues in threads such as this one. If you have such a genuine concern for the department then why wouldn't you of reported a staff issue, as opposed to waiting until it benefits your argument, without it benefiting the functionality of the department by reporting it properly. Quite curious.


The poll for this is 40 to 20. 60 people have voted in this poll and not all those 60 people use or have any intentions of using the Help desk. There are also several people who have voted and posted pro Lounge with an alternative motive (staff from other departments who want a lounge simply to obtain a bigger slice of pie, users with a grudge against our atrocious rule enforcement recently). Not close to half of HxHD's visitors will ever see this poll because so many restrict themselves to just playing the client (although Forum recruitment is rising significantly from Americans discovering Habbox through HxHD, I do believe). Those of you who genuinely think a Lounge room is the appropriate course, it's quite obvious who you are based on how you've carried yourself with abit more honesty and common sense throughout the thread and you've made some good points which will be considered and applied within the interworkings of the department such as emphasizing the importance of staff not a**** in the room, being behind the bar, and last but certainly not least offering a fair and just standard of room moderation, with abit more common sense added to the equation.

I do not believe saying HFFM is a Lounge that is more popular than HxHD and then posting screenshots of HFFM being more popular than HxHD is valid justification for this idea simply because that statement is false. There are times of the day where HFFM is more popular yes, however there have been numerous instances since these threads creation where I have posted screenshots of HxHD prevailing over HFFM in terms of popularity (for instance....right now). It is unfair to say either room is more popular than the other, because both rooms are quite popular and seem to ding one another on the popular list throughout the day.

As far as our rules go we've already been more lenient yesterday and today, which should already help to play towards a more fair atmosphere in room for everyone. There is more to come on this too.

On this note, I have removed all HxHD room bans posted before yesterday, under the pretence that they may have been put in place due to unjust, or over the top expectations

[Nixt]

HxHD will not be turning into a lounge. HxHD will remain HxHD. We are reviewing the rules, we are reviewing how we deal with those who break them. Structurally, HxHD will remain the same.

[Catzsy]

I think there will always be room for a HXHD - I have often thought that it could be expanded to help members with problems such as viruses, being hacked etc. There used to be a really good one on there you could go to but I can't remember who did it and they had a weg page devoted to help too.

[Dean]

HxHD will not be turning into a lounge. HxHD will remain HxHD. We are reviewing the rules, we are reviewing how we deal with those who break them. Structurally, HxHD will remain the same.

Great, listen to the people then. We want a lounge, but you just don't listen.

[wiktoria]

41 people want a lounge. I think you should listen to the people that want a lounge instead of doing what you want.

[Dean]

41 people want a lounge. I think you should listen to the people that want a lounge instead of doing what you want.

AND if you dare say that this poll is not a real representation of what the people want, because HotelUser said something like "not everyone who visits HxHD knows about the forum or the poll", then you should create a more public and advertised poll to see what the public truly want.

I think it's bad that management get say over the people. It's our community?

[Alex3213]

I fail to see what getting rid of a feature, as it were, will in anyway improve the activity in the desk? Sure, it says "Help Desk" but the activity will likely stay in there, because everything else will be the same except for less help inside it.

[Calvin]

What do you mean by a lounge though? :S

Lounge, a public waiting area provided with seating.

[AgnesIO]

I fail to see what getting rid of a feature, as it were, will in anyway improve the activity in the desk? Sure, it says "Help Desk" but the activity will likely stay in there, because everything else will be the same except for less help inside it.

I think people's anger is more aimed t the fact the department has a fair few staff members, who do nothing and are there for one thing and on thing only. Power.

That problem has generated to the point - the staff aren't needed, so why have a help desk? They were '2006' era and hardly anybody uses them now.