Habbox news

[OhLiam]

Just wanted to say, I don't really read the news on Habbox I use the values only mostly. However I did read a recent article on the Ecotron and kind of just wanted to say that the information within that article is false lol, The ecotron hasn't and wasn't around since 2000. Your news reporters should really get their facts right before posting a report.

It was released in 2007, with version 13.

[Samantha]

I think people don't consider that he is a trialist and he is only learning, I will be editing the article (or Grig will) soon once I have overcome the lag on all sites and after I have finished eating.

If this was an article that had been on for longer then it would have been more of a problem. Thanks for bringing it up however, it will be dealt with soon!

[GoldenMerc]

So does that mean bogus "facts" are always pulled into news?

[Samantha]

So does that mean bogus "facts" are always pulled into news?

No it's just a lack of investigating by a news reporter. It doesn't always happen.

[MKR&*42]

So does that mean bogus "facts" are always pulled into news?

No it does not. You have to consider that trialists make mistakes and hopefully they'd improve and learn upon those mistakes in the future. As for regular news reporters, Samanfa or Grig (or past seniors/managers) edit any false bits of information placed in an article. In fact, I accidently put some wrong information in an article last night about the wired maze (I thought the rooms were copied from 2 mazes, not one) and it got edited "out". I rarely see people putting false information in, purely because the majority of the articles are about future updates (e.g. the end of plasto) thus making it hard to put false info. in due to only information from genuine sources being used.

As for the first poster who said about Ecotron, I myself did an article about 2/3 months ago on the Ecotron and its "journey" but I did have to look through a few sites to find the information. This person may have simply rushed and thought up a year which means he is at fault, but he has now learnt that the ecotron was actually introduced later.

Tl;dr - People make mistakes, they get corrected by managers/seniors usually. News isn't full of false info

[GoldenMerc]

People make mistakes, but not lie about a date of release. a mistake is something you do acidently, not something you do to finish a report.

[MKR&*42]

People make mistakes, but not lie about a date of release. a mistake is something you do acidently, not something you do to finish a report.

Release date of what? Have I missed something here :S

[lawrawrrr]

The information must have come from somewhere, it's possible that he just misread while investigating. Although I do think it is very very VERY important for all news reporters to check that they're right in every aspect before publishing an article (obviously I can't enforce this myself but I know I definitely do it). I, for one, have never made up facts in an article, unless I make it clear that it's an opinion or a possibility instead of a truth.

[Samantha]

I have now edited the incorrect information.

[Chippiewill]

I still don't get why news reporter's articles get published BEFORE they've been edited. It's somewhat understandable for normal news reporters but trialists definitely should not be able to publish an unvetted article.