Habbo caught up in child sex scandal / Habbo Mute

[lawrawrrr]

Forgot who posted the new post on the Habbo blog so I can't quote them.
Anyway, I read this:

Does this mean the mute will last for a few more days? Or will there be more strange changes/features being disabled?

I would assume the mute'll go on for a little bit more... then possibly changes to the system, e.g. more blocking on words and phrases

[Storking]

Seriously Paul needs to be fired for justifying this mute, this is a joke. You can't just silence people when you don't like what they're saying! Bad management!

[Aaron]

This is on the client page now, not sure if it's relevant though:

http://prntscr.com/aj8ah

[Succubus]

Keep it open, obviously.

But they haven't taken it too far, IMO. Concerns are concerns.

[MKR&*42]

This is on the client page now, not sure if it's relevant though:

http://prntscr.com/aj8ah

Thanks for posting this aha. I still find it ludicrous though that we're having to go Twitter and hotel view to find out stuff like this - a simple news article would do the trick and would be easily spotted by more people.

Are you lot actually on the game still lmfao? It's far too boring muted

[FlyingJesus]

The only problem with the OLD MEN WANT TO RAPE YOU stance is that eventually this will lead to the belief that everyone not a kid/teen online is a pedophile and will cause an even larger gap in any mixed age community, even things such as this forum

Actually while that is a pretty big problem (and one that directly affects me as an older member) a far bigger problem associated with this ridiculous belief that all males of a certain age are paedophilic rapists is that women are just as much a danger - over 60% of daycare molestation reports have female perpetrators, and 95% of youths in stateside juvenile facilities who report being sexually assaulted by a staff member report a female member of staff. Another report on sexual abuse survivors (not just in special facilities) states 23% of victims had a female-only perpetrator and 22% had both male and female perpetrators - females being involved in 45% of all cases. When you look at the figures, the idea that we ought to be wary of men because they're the dangerous ones just seems stupid.

I think that the 'everyone not a kid/teen is a paedo' stance is not necessarily a bad thing - it teaches children to be wary of anyone.

Gross generalisations are never good

Do remember that not everyone is in clue with the law. If for example you were 16-17 at the time you were receiving these requests and therefore above the legal age of consent then it doesn't surprise me. However a lot of people aren't aware of the fact that any nude photos must be of people aged 18 and above. Just remember that, as I said there is a very fine line.

This is one of the biggest issues really, people are simply uneducated. I think just about everyone here agrees that actually teaching kids what's up is a better idea than forcing them to not speak to anyone ever, the only person I can think of who might disagree is Dan because he thinks that if you tell kids what a penis is they're going to become Satanists by the time they're 10

[Aaron]

Yeah, the badges that were given got took back as soon as it ended. Same with me, the lack of communication put me off too.

We got a badge but when it ended it was removed, it ended and 40 people were meant to be in. I didn't expect a reward either, when I got the gift I thought it'd be a duck.

The lack of communication for council put me off, put up with it then though me sitting in there hours and no one fitting ban times, pft.

I think we all got a trophy, Bailey did and he was less active in proper room than some I only met about ten. Made a good friend though lol.

[iBlueBox]

DID CHANNEL 4 NEWS JUST SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HABBO BEING SHUT DOWN?

[Storking]

"Working tirelessly" is a ridiculous cover up. They're just muting Habbo so that when parents go online, they don't see what really happens and how much cyber sex there usually is! :rolleyes:

[TonyBest]

Theres going to be another news segment for Habbo on Channel 4 tonight at 7pm for those interested.