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[Phil]

Yes so if you all want music to be played on air, if the radio is offline too often for your liking then become DJ's. I'm saying it to prove a point. If you became a DJ you'd understand how hard it is for us to fill EVERY slot ALL day EVERY day. It's impossible. The radio has been online a lot more since Monday. So if you think you can keep the radio on air for more hours then please be my guest because you'll soon understand it's really hard. Just saying.

Eh.... no? I can understand that it can be hard to fill every slot but that was something HxL used to be able to do, no matter what time of year. But the amount of DJ's isn't the only thing, where did the constant 300+ listeners go?

[Zelda]

Eh.... no? I can understand that it can be hard to fill every slot but that was something HxL used to be able to do, no matter what time of year. But the amount of DJ's isn't the only thing, where did the constant 300+ listeners go?

Well ik a lot of people who stopped listening from the complete lack of chart music, what's the point in listening to ONLY chart music for the hour, might aswell listen to a more diverse radio station or YouTube. That's a major reason for listeners plopping out tbh

[xxMATTGxx]

Eh.... no? I can understand that it can be hard to fill every slot but that was something HxL used to be able to do, no matter what time of year. But the amount of DJ's isn't the only thing, where did the constant 300+ listeners go?

where did the constant 300+ listeners go?

Well that isn't just Habbox, they went ages ago from all fansites a good few years ago. (Well I say few, probably like 3+) You could put the blame on Habbo or the way fansites aren't as popular as they used to be. But Habbox or any other fansite isn't going to go back to the days of when 300+ listeners was a regular occurrence. Therefore you get used to that and remember them as the "Good times" and you then have to adapt and put changes into effect so the radio still gets a good amount of listeners.

[Zelda]

where did the constant 300+ listeners go?

Well that isn't just Habbox, they went ages ago from all fansites a good few years ago. (Well I say few, probably like 3+) You could put the blame on Habbo or the way fansites aren't as popular as they used to be. But Habbox or any other fansite isn't going to go back to the days of when 300+ listeners was a regular occurrence. Therefore you get used to that and remember them as the "Good times" and you then have to adapt and put changes into effect so the radio still gets a good amount of listeners.

Agreed with this, though there are plenty of other reasons that people can suggest including what I have, by far this would be the main reason and people need to stop lingering onto the past, the past is done and we have the future to consider now, lingering onto the past is never going to help build listeners back.

[Richie]

where did the constant 300+ listeners go?

Well that isn't just Habbox, they went ages ago from all fansites a good few years ago. (Well I say few, probably like 3+) You could put the blame on Habbo or the way fansites aren't as popular as they used to be. But Habbox or any other fansite isn't going to go back to the days of when 300+ listeners was a regular occurrence. Therefore you get used to that and remember them as the "Good times" and you then have to adapt and put changes into effect so the radio still gets a good amount of listeners.

I wouldn't put the entire blame on habbo. Years ago habbox was the top fansite radio but in the last year or so other fansites seem to have overtaken habbox. I think a huge problem was, management were too stubborn to make change so decided to stick to lower bitrates even though technology was advancing fast. That's only one of the reasons. I think another huge problem was accepting djs that clearly weren't able to string a sentence together no mind entertain teenagers. If another fansites radio has amazing quality and they have a decent dj I'm not sure why anyone would want choose to listen to a crappier version of a song and a dj that isn't entertaining. No offence to shockwave but he is an example, he literally got rejected 70 odd times and is now one of habboxs better djs. It just proves how much standards have dropped. If shockwave thinks I'm targeting feel free to move the last part of this but I don't mean it in an offensive way.

I know I'm being blunt but I believe I'm right.

[xxMATTGxx]

I wouldn't put the entire blame on habbo. Years ago habbox was the top fansite radio but in the last year or so other fansites seem to have overtaken habbox. I think a huge problem was, management were too stubborn to make change so decided to stick to lower bitrates even though technology was advancing fast. That's only one of the reasons. I think another huge problem was accepting djs that clearly weren't able to string a sentence together no mind entertain teenagers. If another fansites radio has amazing quality and they have a decent dj I'm not sure why anyone would want choose to listen to a crappier version of a song and a dj that isn't entertaining. No offence to shockwave but he is an example, he literally got rejected 70 odd times and is now one of habboxs better djs. It just proves how much standards have dropped. If shockwave thinks I'm targeting feel free to move the last part of this but I don't mean it in an offensive way.

I know I'm being blunt but I believe I'm right.

I wasn't put the blame fully on Habbo, there are a few reasons why listeners are no longer 300+ not just on Habbox but across any fansite around Habbo like you have said.

[AlexHenry]

It's a shame to see the listeners go down but I'm sure as the manager has said they are working hard to turn things around.

[nvrspk4]

I wouldn't put the entire blame on habbo. Years ago habbox was the top fansite radio but in the last year or so other fansites seem to have overtaken habbox. I think a huge problem was, management were too stubborn to make change so decided to stick to lower bitrates even though technology was advancing fast. That's only one of the reasons. I think another huge problem was accepting djs that clearly weren't able to string a sentence together no mind entertain teenagers. If another fansites radio has amazing quality and they have a decent dj I'm not sure why anyone would want choose to listen to a crappier version of a song and a dj that isn't entertaining. No offence to shockwave but he is an example, he literally got rejected 70 odd times and is now one of habboxs better djs. It just proves how much standards have dropped. If shockwave thinks I'm targeting feel free to move the last part of this but I don't mean it in an offensive way.

I know I'm being blunt but I believe I'm right.

I'm not seeing the connection between bitrate and listener drop, mind filling me in a little bit more on what you mean there?

As far as DJs, I actually disagree with you. Well I agree that the quality of some have been low, but I think what people who take the time to post want and what is good for the radio are two very different things. I'll post a thread in a few minutes.

[Richie]

I'm not seeing the connection between bitrate and listener drop, mind filling me in a little bit more on what you mean there?

As far as DJs, I actually disagree with you. Well I agree that the quality of some have been low, but I think what people who take the time to post want and what is good for the radio are two very different things. I'll post a thread in a few minutes.

Other radios were advancing, they were allowing their djs to stream at 128kbs but habbox were sceptical for some time as they thought djs would buffer. So for almost a year habbox wouldn't allow djs to stream higher than 64kb/s then they finally allowed presenters to stream at 96kb/s but by that stage other fansites were streaming at 128kb/s. I believe a lot of users left habboxlive due to the poor quality as they had other alternatives with better quality.

[Vause]

Personally i don't think that should be up to the DJ to do that, managers should be pushing to get people to do that, even them doing it themself. Habbox just needs a jist of more old DJ's i understand your a old little DJ emma, but most of the new DJ's don't speak (Annoys the hell out of me), Don't interact with their listners, Just sort of makes it pointless listening to a radio, may aswel listen to Youtube which is what i do.

vinnie612 cba replying to you, your points are absolute rubbish and have no material for a reply. may aswel debate with a wall.

I know what you mean about some DJ's not speaking, I try my best to get my listeners involved and get the listeners up. I see both sides of this argument, obviously I'm trying to defend the HxL side but if I was an outsider who didn't DJ I'd probably be the same.