positive rep

[Richie]

Well it was part of buying VIP and therefore a feature so it wasn't cheating. Cheating is when someone does something unfairly to gain an advantage. The reason why we allowed it at Christmas because it's Christmas and therefore it was a nice thing to do for the users. Which also means we aren't always "negative" all the time. New users may find it hard yes but what is the chance of them coming across the spam thread without it being shoved in their face? Not highly.

If it is a nice thing to do for users why not have it all the time? This contradicts the second part highlighted, what's the chances of a noob clicking on a spam thread?

The promote positive rep I say add some new feature where people receive some sort of achievement for reppin a certain amount of people, you are limited to a certain few a day anyway so it wouldn't exactly be unfair and if people want to cheat so be it, jokes on them for loving rep that much but you know as well as I do a lot of people with high rep power today have gained it pointlessly.

The thread I created was within the rules anyway '+REP THE PERSON ABOVE YOU WITH A VALUABLE REASON' if people didn't give valuable reasons, remove their rep.

[xxMATTGxx]

oh yes and while we're on the subject of rep i think the "trial period" that you mentioned for the system that allows staff to get rep each week if they reach a certain number of posts has been going on long enough so should now be extended to normal members to make things fairer
@xxMATTGxx;

Unfortunately the normal members of HabboxForum don't like posting competitions.

If it is a nice thing to do for users why not have it all the time? This contradicts the second part highlighted, what's the chances of a noob clicking on a spam thread?

The chances of a new user clicking that spam thread is very low, the replies to that thread show that as most of them were users who have been the forum for a good few years. Anyway, in terms of changing the rule and allowing it all the time I will wait to see what @brandon; says.

[Kyle]

Unfortunately the normal members of HabboxForum don't like posting competitions.

you seem to be generalising the thoughts of a small group of users to the rest of the forum population. don't think of it as a competition, just as a reward for the hard work of making x number of posts on the forum, keeping the community alive do non staff not deserve rewards?

[xxMATTGxx]

you seem to be generalising the thoughts of a small group of users to the rest of the forum population. don't think of it as a competition, just as a reward for the hard work of making x number of posts on the forum, keeping the community alive do non staff not deserve rewards?

Yes they do but we all know what happened to the previous posting competition which was somewhat different to the previous one before that. The system is to encourage staff to post around the community which some of you said they should be part of, it has worked reasonable well so far. We did try to encourage you a few months back with the following prizes:

75 - 150 Posts: 50 reputation points.
151 - 200 Posts: 1 week Donator of your choice,
201 - 250 Posts: 1 week VIP of your choice.
251 - 300 Posts: 2 weeks VIP of your choice + 25 reputation points.
300 - 350 Posts: 3 weeks VIP of your choice + 25 reputation points.
350 - 450 Posts: 1 Months VIP of your choice + 50 reputation points.
450+ Posts: 2 Months VIP of your choice.

Which worked in a way but then users didn't like the fact that everyone spammed the forum and certain threads because of it.

[Mathew]

The thread I created was within the rules anyway '+REP THE PERSON ABOVE YOU WITH A VALUABLE REASON' if people didn't give valuable reasons, remove their rep.

Ah, so this was your evil plot. You didn't leave a comment on my rep and it was removed.... THANKS RICHIE. Just checked mine and the two I left for Richie and hah remain intact, boooo.

I do think a thread like Richie's has a place on the forum. Reputation, taken in the literal sense, aims to paint a picture of someone's overall respectability on the forum. I don't think there can be such thing as a "pointless" rep because the rep-giver obviously "respects" / likes the receiver and therefore they deserve it in that sense.

[scottish]

so you need to offer staff rep in order for them to post on the forum?

that's stupid fire them if they're not going to post :S shouldn't need to give them an incentive to take part in the community they wish to be a part of...

[Kyle]

@xxMATTGxx;

The posting competitions in the past haven't been ongoing like this initiative. After a few days posting generally dies down and only a few users continue. If you offer it every single week then it allows everybody to get involved as and when they please. They wouldn't necessarily post aiming to receive the rep, it would just act as a nice reward for their contribution at the end of the week.

stick to rep though, no free vip/donator because people just go wild for it and will definitely post stupid threads.

Like you said, it's proven to work well for staff, what's the harm in trialing it on the norms?

[scottish]

also if you're removing pointless +reps

scrap rep from competitions, events, and so on as it's unfairly gained and they're pointless.

[xxMATTGxx]

so you need to offer staff rep in order for them to post on the forum?

that's stupid fire them if they're not going to post :S shouldn't need to give them an incentive to take part in the community they wish to be a part of...

Unfortunately some staff members don't realise that it's not part of their job to post around the forum to be part of the community. As they believe their role here at Habbox should be talking to people on the Habbo community on the client itself. I've had many arguments with said members. I do some what agree with you and a lot of them didn't realise they did get reputation for posting over so many posts each week but still managed to pass that criteria which is good news all round.

I would be more than happy to remove anyone who isn't willing to post on the forum but where you draw the line on that - Should they all meet so many posts a month if they don't have a good reason not to? Department Managers will probably dislike it.. maybe.

@xxMATTGxx;

The posting competitions in the past haven't been ongoing like this initiative. After a few days posting generally dies down and only a few users continue. If you offer it every single week then it allows everybody to get involved as and when they please. They wouldn't necessarily post aiming to receive the rep, it would just act as a nice reward for their contribution at the end of the week.

stick to rep though, no free vip/donator because people just go wild for it and will definitely post stupid threads.

Like you said, it's proven to work well for staff, what's the harm in trialing it on the norms?

Actually, the last posting competition was one that was going to happen over and over again but we stopped due to the feedback we got from it. We could just keep it to reputation points like the staff one I suppose. Although It would be best not to have the same events as last time as Habbox doesn't like many pointless threads / posts being made within a certain time period.

[Richie]

@xxMATTGxx; it was probs cos u offered vip, I agree with kyle I don't think people are going to go post crazy for 50 rep