HabboxForum Suggestions Box! [+15Rep to all reasonable suggestions!]

[Nixt]

Whilst I see the point in this I think it'd be pointless to hire new staff entirely, moderators are advised to post as much as they can but I could easily make them make X amount of threads per week.

Well, would be better than nothing. Nothing to lose after all!

I personally believe that a referral competition could work well. It seems to me as if the members of this forum are equally as concerned that there is a lack in posting and would therefore endeavour, with the right incentive, to bring members to the forum in the form of referrals. If correctly moderated and managed it could be extremely successful and as has been said, even if it brings one new active member - we have lost nothing. There has always been a fear of referral competitions and I am happy to say that I myself have had my doubts in the past, but looking it from a position of neutrality I can't see the harm and I think across the summer period it's a good idea.

Perhaps we could stagger the prizes and make them proportional to the amount each member referred posts. So say if I referred 5 members, who posted 10 times each I would receive 10 reputation points (will obviously be more than this, but I am just trying to explain my idea). However if Saurav went on to refer 5 members who posted 20 times each, he would receive 20 reputation points.

It may also be worth offering a small incentive to those referred who sign up and post x amount of times.

Back in 2006, Seacat, JackHB and all admins used to post a lot.

Garion doesn't, Matt doesn't, Oli doesn't, Yoshi who?, brandon doesn't - no admin posts as much as the admins of 2006 - especially in Habbo sections. Most new members use the habbo sections and new members love replies from Admins.

Same goes for Super Moderators.

I do try my very best to post as much as possible but my main issue is that I receive between 30 and 50 private messages a day, have permissions requests to do, have discussions with staff over problems, receive a couple of complaints a day that need looking into. I also try and spend as much time on Habbo as possible as an ambassador for Habbox. Then I have real life commitments too - so I am left in a position where I find it very difficult to post often. However I quite agree that perhaps I do not post enough and I will try harder to post more often.

For me I think its the fact that people get offended too easily. And if you offend somebody on this forum who has a coloured name becuase they are staff, all the Managers back them to the hilt.

Not only that but all the AGM and GM are too closely linked and are so biased towards the managers of this forum. Just because your make the rules, doesn't mean your above them. I think that the management should take their head out of their arse.

I naturally try to defend staff because they are my babies. However if staff are in the wrong I will assure they are dealt with correctly and I can reel off a list of names who can vouch for that. We do back one another up but that's because we share opinions as Managers. If we believe another is wrong we won't brainlessly defend them - if we defend people we have reason to do so.

Thanks for the "head out of arse" comment . Do you mind me asking why it is you think that we have are heads in are bottoms? I don't intend to come across as stuck up or pretentious and all I am concerned with is making Habbox successful. I try my best to get a long with everybody but at the same time I do have a job which I have volunteered to do and naturally this clashes with the way I would like to be sometimes. That doesn't mean I have my head stuck up my arse, it just means I want to do my job to the best of my ability to ensure that Habbox is successful.

Oh and do a mass un-ban.

It's a nice idea but no. I understand that members mature but at the end of the day if "you do the crime, you do the time". Particularly now at HxF, the banning system we have in place is quite lenient - allowing 10 full infractions for a ban and you have to break a considerable amount of rules before that happens (with the usernote > warning > infraction system). Therefore members have plenty of time to consider their behaviour and mature before a permanent ban is issued.

However as Oli has said, if you appeal a ban that was issued a long time ago, it is highly likely that your ban will be lifted simply because a lot of those bans were issued unfairly or under far too harsh a circumstance. Right now though are system is more than fair and allows users plenty of opportunity to think about their actions.

I would say its a lack of Habbo focus. I know for a long time the forumers were always agitating for more insulation from Habbo, understandable because many forum users no longer used Habbo. But the hotel is our source of new members, a large percentage of our members come from the hotel. I think that the forum started gravitating away (and this didn't start with you, it's been going on for a long time, but it has continued) from Habbo and is not bringing in enough new users from the hotel.

We were also thinking about the problem that we don't have enough of a Habbo presence when I was GM, I'm not suggesting the events team is not doing their job, it seems that they are holding events but Habbo outreach needs to be increased - a lot. As much as a lot of people scorn Habbo users as immature, they're what end up keeping the forum alive. Plus those immature users end up learning how to communicate with vowels and without zs everywhere and become useful members of the community, a lot of us started off as noobs *cough*

I quite agree that there is an issue with our connection with Habbo and this is something we are going to have to look at. The community departments do their job effectively but that is not enough if both the forum's staff and indeed, the members themselves, are largely detached from Habbo itself. We need to be promoting ourselves on Habbo a lot more often and I understand that Oli's HD Takeover is taking place soon. Further to this HxSS should be a massive benefit and, at the end of this month Roxy has a week of events planned that should hopefully attract people to Habbox as a whole.

This detachment from Habbo has, as you say, been an issue for a long time. We need to orientate ourselves around Habbo even more but at the same time ensure this does not mar the experience of the dedicated members of the forum who have grown out of the game themselves. It is a difficult balance to strike but I believe we are getting there at least.

omg lol ur right
garions language is a bit over the top sometimes lol
i dont understand him half the time/he could have wrote it simpler lol

Lol I apologise if you find my vocabulary and use of English over bearing. This is just how I type (and indeed talk in real life) so it's difficult for me to attempt to talk in any other way. RE: Saurav's point further up this post, I will try my best to post more around the forum (particularly the Habbo forums) and in doing that will attempt to lower the tone of my posts so they don't seem, I don't know.. formidable(?) to newer members.

disassociate the forum with habbo and have it a general forum

most existing users have established a group of friends on the forum, new users coming in will find it hard to fit into these groups and probably just give up straight away

Eek! No! I understand your view but the moment this decision is made we lose the source of our users and destroy the very essence of Habbox itself.

I think the idea Catzsy suggested is really good, having member reps and another forum only viewable to them and new members is a great way of making people feel welcome and being able to ask other members questions. I think it would be good if these reps were not staff and are seen as members, just like any other member.

[Hecktix]

I know, i got infracted when the OP asked if i was going to see some comedian live.. I replied "no i'm not" and bam! :|

You didn't get infracted, we don't give infractions for pointless posting

[flatface]

I agree, I think welcomes should be more personal, perhaps an idea would be to make sure people ask questions like "what are your hobbies" what are you interested in" then any sort of welcome committee can help the user find their way around HxF to the areas they may find interesting.

Yes that would be good, a separate private forum viewable to a welcome committee consisting of a selection of all different people on the forum and all new members within a certain post count. The forum would need to be positioned at the top of the forum to ensure it stands out, I think.

[Judas]

personally i think habbox is too grown up

most members of management are quite old and they take habbox too seriously and it just isnt fun. people who play habbo are usually quite young and play it to have fun. for example an average 12 year old would come and look at this thread and read the first page and be bored out of their mind.

the forum just isnt fun, its ran too much like a business and is really strict. it used to be way better when i was younger but everyone who is on the forum that used to be has grown up and habbox has grown with it, and its making it harder for younger people to join in and get involved because its too mature.

rtyhtnbdv

[Hecktix]

Yes that would be good, a separate private forum viewable to a welcome committee consisting of a selection of all different people on the forum and all new members within a certain post count. The forum would need to be positioned at the top of the forum to ensure it stands out, I think.

Yeah I agree that it'd be near the top. I'm thinking about how it could be done logistically and it would either require a new usergroup for the new members to view it, or would it be acceptable to let gold members see it? Although Gold Members is people with 0-1000 posts.

[xxMATTGxx]

I agree, I think welcomes should be more personal, perhaps an idea would be to make sure people ask questions like "what are your hobbies" what are you interested in" then any sort of welcome committee can help the user find their way around HxF to the areas they may find interesting.

Yes that would be good, a separate private forum viewable to a welcome committee consisting of a selection of all different people on the forum and all new members within a certain post count. The forum would need to be positioned at the top of the forum to ensure it stands out, I think.

I'm guessing this committee would also help users on how to use the forum? If not then here's something. I've been contacted a few times on how to do certain tasks on the forum which to me they are pretty simple tasks. But these users are pretty new to "forums". So maybe a good idea would be have some sort of "New to Forums" guide which explains simple and basic tasks on the forum.

So like:

How to create threads
How to add your own avatar and signature
What is reputation?

etc.

If that makes any sense?

[--liger--]

I believe that there is loads reasons as to why people aren't posting as much. I mean yes, it is summer season so people are on Holidays which I'm sure we all know and understand. But you have to think outside the box a little. Personally I haven't posted much because I didn't like how the forum changed with look and everything, no offense. When it changed it annoyed me and some others from what I could gather. Plus, I honestly think we have lost our mojo. When I say, 'mojo', I mean our fun and stuff. Yes we have competitions and events on the forum but like what is with the competitions about people having dreams and you have to re-create it. I would like to see better forum competitions than just re-create this or try and beat this.

Another thought I had for awhile is the arcade. I was never sure if you got awarded Rep for it. But why not hand out rep every time someone comes in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. What happened with awards as well? I notice that you have to apply for them loads and that they aren't just given out upon completion. Why not have a system that gives the users awards and make them feel like they have done something. But while giving award give out some rep as well.

Going away from Rep, another thought was allowing the community to involved more with the development in things on the forum itself. It should be to our liking and yours, but mainly ours. When you go to make a change, why not ask the public what they think.

Just some thoughts.

[hah]

isnt most of that in the faq/rules thing section

[Con]

I personally don't post as much because I have too many things on my time and only really get time for HxF around this time, for a few hours till I go to bed.
But, what would make me post more was, perhaps, more staff competitions that are interesting to me, not exactly habbo-based competitions though, something about real life things like music, films etc. (Oh, just realised this isn't only for staff aha, but the same applies to normal competitions and perhaps if they were advertised a bit more?)
But when I find threads that I find interesting personally, I'll post in them

[Hecktix]

I believe that there is loads reasons as to why people aren't posting as much. I mean yes, it is summer season so people are on Holidays which I'm sure we all know and understand. But you have to think outside the box a little. Personally I haven't posted much because I didn't like how the forum changed with look and everything, no offense. When it changed it annoyed me and some others from what I could gather. Plus, I honestly think we have lost our mojo. When I say, 'mojo', I mean our fun and stuff. Yes we have competitions and events on the forum but like what is with the competitions about people having dreams and you have to re-create it. I would like to see better forum competitions than just re-create this or try and beat this.

Another thought I had for awhile is the arcade. I was never sure if you got awarded Rep for it. But why not hand out rep every time someone comes in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. What happened with awards as well? I notice that you have to apply for them loads and that they aren't just given out upon completion. Why not have a system that gives the users awards and make them feel like they have done something. But while giving award give out some rep as well.

Going away from Rep, another thought was allowing the community to involved more with the development in things on the forum itself. It should be to our liking and yours, but mainly ours. When you go to make a change, why not ask the public what they think.

Just some thoughts.

On your arcade comments, look out! We've just brought in some noob called Nvrspk4 who is going to take over our Arcade over the summer with aload of tournaments with prizes including VIP, Reputation and chances to choose new arcade games - just watch out.

Yes Matt!!