Posting Competitions

[dbgtz]

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthrea...60#post7079860
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthrea...63#post7079863
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthrea...69#post7079869
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthrea...70#post7079870
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthrea...72#post7079872

Perfectly acceptable, right? I am after all responding to the questions and answering truthfully on topic

I loled at those
I think when you do this you should also do a quality post thing, I know member of the month is based on quality (pretty much anyway I guess?) but the prizes for those are like not huge. I lose the will to post when I post on a thread with a huge paragraph and then the next person posts "wow thats good".

[Catzsy]

It should all come down to what is postively constructive I feel.
My personal view is that when you post a thread you should ask a question but also give your views to start a discussion going. With an answer you should say why you agree/disagree/ like it/not like it/it frustrates them etc. As far as bumping is concerned - I do feel it is too lenient now and the old 14 day rule from the last post was fine. It is how rules are interpreted by management though that dictates the way we moderate.

[Zak]

I was actually going to write about this competition in a new thread but then I saw this!

I'm for the quality of posts produced, not the quantity. I was worried myself about the massive amounts of spam that would come of this, which I think the leader at the moment is a little guilty of. Constructive posts, which help others in need or encourage/trigger proper discussion is what I like.

[HotelUser]

The posting competition is very much so good natured fun. The moderation department for the most part has done a great job cracking down on users spamming posts.

It's fair enough to say it's going to cause spamming to a degree but that can be sorted. I've also noticed a surplus in reported posts from users who would typically not generally report posts but are now doing so likely because of the competition so it's all relative.

[Richie]

I have never agreed with it, people just spam up the forum, if people haven't posted before the competition they obviously just want to post for prizes not have have a general discussion. I'm pretty sure there was complaints about this before and a member of management said it wouldn't be happening again, I could be wrong

[-Danube-]

Everyone who has posted in here has a point.

But i mean come on guys, it's just a little bit of fun? Which will encourage new members to post and some older members that don't normally post, to post a little more.

Yeah there are a few people that spoil it but you always get that. Like Oli said, the person who was high up on the leaderboard was relatively new to the forum and didn't post much before, but has now started to post and her posts are quite constructive.

Yeah i agree that the whole concept of a Posting Competition isn't amazing, but like i said it's only a bit of fun. Yeah we'll get spam and half hearted posts during the competition from a few people, but once the competition is over we will have introduced some people to the wonders of posting around a forum and it should hopefully boost posting and posting quality for the future.

[lizzieTBH.]

The forum is a lot more active than it was a before, that's for sure, the question is will this end when the competition is over?

[Samantha]

I like posting competitions as I know I'm a frequent poster anyway I know I will continue posting afterwards but it's like the Gm team are awarding you for posting more. So I like them. .

[RockyHorror]

The forum is a lot more active than it was a before, that's for sure, the question is will this end when the competition is over?

You tell us, you're a prime example of somebody who wasn't active, but have suddenly posted at any and every opportunity, are you going to stick around when there isn't an incentive?

[AgnesIO]

You tell us, you're a prime example of somebody who wasn't active, but have suddenly posted at any and every opportunity, are you going to stick around when there isn't an incentive?

Well, thanks for concluding that the posting competition is clearly working!