Habbo caught up in child sex scandal / Habbo Mute

[Xedia]

What I don't get is, the reporter that went on Habbo for 2 months was posing as an 11 year old girl. If your going to pose
as anyone, at least make them within the age range of the target audience.

[MKR&*42]

His whole Twitter feed is filled with childish attempts to fuel the whole situation. He's clearly a moron.

Although... I did find this:
Tesco Customer Care ‏@UKTesco @RevPaulCA Hello Paul, we have taken the decision to remove the Habbo Hotel Giftcard from sale.



LOLOL... well, that explains a lot!

;] Alex is only 1 on my huge list of s£x1 pe0pl€ ooft. Should see what I post in content spam. And yeah Grig lectures us on how to be pedos .
@GoldenMerc; I'm trying to get him to resign l

[Grig]

wait so, this is srs they are removing those cards. Seems like blow after blow for Sulake!

[Cool--]

A few people on twitter posting stuff like this, Sulake are going to have to issue a more detailed statement than refusing to be interviewed on the news and instead replying by twitter.

Rev. Paul Farnhill ‏@RevPaulCA
.@johnprescott eh up John, fancy helping close a firm that puts profit in front of kids safety? Give @WHSnithcouk a nudge about Habbocards.

Lol, how weird, that person follows me :s

Should probably expect more of this, especially after the papers tomorrow.

[GommeInc]

Pfft, hope Habbo is closed down. It's a joke. They're under prepared and do not know what to do anymore. They act too quickly on people who are having a laugh and too slowly on actual, criminal concerns, so those who are genuinely good are being bombarded by pointless moderations, and then you get the extreme concerns like paedophilia. It's not going to work in this day and age, it's difficult to moderate in it's current form - they may as well close up shop and save themselves lawsuits in the future. They hire great apes for moderators and staff, they do not understand what an online community actual is and they do not know how to properly advise their users.

It's a huge waste of money as well, virtual furniture which costs far too much is not really good economics

EDIT: What source did you use anyway? There's a BBC article on the matter for those wanting something to read:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18415763

[GoldenMerc]

What I don't get is, the reporter that went on Habbo for 2 months was posing as an 11 year old girl. If your going to pose
as anyone, at least make them within the age range of the target audience.

But they said, she got approached every time she logged on.. I mean i've been playing Habbo since 02' yeh i haven't pretended to be a girl but i've never seen so much "lets get it on" and stuff, yeh you see the odd lot of noobs playing in bed but what they were saying never seen that at all!

[Smurfed-]

You'll never know what goes on behind closed doors Why do you think me and Alex (your EO) are such good friends xx

oi, you're getting me a bad reputation. It's been over an hour now omg.

[Storking]

Although... I did find this:
Tesco Customer Care ‏@UKTesco @RevPaulCA Hello Paul, we have taken the decision to remove the Habbo Hotel Giftcard from sale.

Oh dear!

WHSmith will probably do the same.

Habbo has no choice but to change their moderation standards now - (AT LAST!!).

[Jarkie]

What I don't get is, the reporter that went on Habbo for 2 months was posing as an 11 year old girl. If your going to pose
as anyone, at least make them within the age range of the target audience.

I agree. C4 news report was so bias.
Its times like this I miss habbo hallways riots...

[..:lukeachu:..]

Why have they muted us, is because of the Sex Scandal?
Here's the Channel 4 News report: http://link.brightcove.com/services/...=1686028204001