Why is there...

[Chippiewill]

Because a poll was held, the majority rejected the proposal and it was ignored.

It was not ignored, it was taken under consideration. It was hardly a landslide either way.

[-:Undertaker:-]

The final decision lies with us. We wont be running anymore polls for feedback if it's going to cause issues like this because it seems that someone is always going to moan regardless.

Oh well that's better, at least admitting that it doesn't particulary matter what the majority think is better than pretending to and then ignoring it.

And i'm genuinely not being sarcastic in that remark because it would save all this hassle - but it is rather sad to see echoes of ---MAD---esque policy returning (more forum rules being created, user polls created but then being ignored when the vote goes the 'wrong way').

[FlyingJesus]

@FlyingJesus; (sorry if it wasn't you) pointed out that the majority of users had a very high post count in those threads which could hint towards them only voting for that option to keep their post count.

Yeah that was me, massive amount of the people who voted against the change had over 100 posts in those threads as well as giving no actual reason for their vote other than the occasional OMF WHY DO YOU CARE SO MUCH?!?!? which is not an argument at all

I have a high post count as did GommeInc (who I think backed our side) and others, yet we can hardly be accused of wanting to higher our post counts because we don't post that often and when we do, our posts often contain substance in them.

You can't state that changes should be made due to majority votes and then fall back on minority statistics to back up your view. The point wasn't that people saying no had high post counts, it was that they had a large number of posts in those threads, and the majority of those saying no were part of that reasoning

I rejected the proposals because I think people ought to be free to post in which manner they see fit

And they are, just in the proper place

most people don't care enough to argue about it but the fact that more people voted no obviously means that's what majority of people wanted

Actual logic and reasoning is a far better way to make decisions than simple majority votes, especially when people aren't even willing (or able) to back up their views. That aside, Habbox has never been a democracy

[The Don]

The final decision lies with us. We wont be running anymore polls for feedback if it's going to cause issues like this because it seems that someone is always going to moan regardless.

ALL HEIL CHRIS



it would make more sense to admit you made a poor decision and change it rather than just sound ignorant

[Chris]

Oh well that's better, at least admitting that it doesn't particulary matter what the majority think is better than pretending to and then ignoring it.

And i'm genuinely not being sarcastic in that remark because it would save all this hassle - but it is rather sad to see echoes of ---MAD---esque policy returning (more forum rules being created, user polls created but then being ignored when the vote goes the 'wrong way').

No new forum rules have been created. Polls aren't here to make a decision, it's been made clear plenty of times that we make the final decision.

ALL HEIL CHRIS



it would make more sense to admit you made a poor decision and change it rather than just sound ignorant

Thats your opinion, at the end of the day we aren't going to please everyone regardless of how hard we try.

[sex]

ALL HEIL CHRIS



it would make more sense to admit you made a poor decision and change it rather than just sound ignorant

omg lmao!!! but yeah chris seems like a very ignorant person, he obviously wont admit he is wrong lol......

[xxMATTGxx]

If anyone believes this has turned into a whole ---MAD-- situation then you are most likely high on drugs. HabboxForum is not strict, we aren't ignoring users or banning people for the sake of it. We are less strict now than we were a good few years ago.

While the poll could have been improved which I'll apologise for but we never do say that polls do make the final decision of anything here at Habbox. It wasn't fully ignored.

[Chris]

omg lmao!!! but yeah chris seems like a very ignorant person, he obviously wont admit he is wrong lol......

Like I said thats your opinion and you're welcome to it but I stick by what we changed.

[Kardan]

Personally I don't have an issue with it (surprise, surprise) since the majority of users got the fair deal from it - nobody lost post count,, but nobody will gain post count in the future.

Habbox have two options with post count really, either let it have a meaning by disabling it in areas where pointless posts are high, or just enabling it across the whole forum - I don't mind either option, either let post count mean something or nothing, not somewhere in between.

When the forum poll was held, I protested on the forum that it was silly that whatever the forum poll said had to hold and I'm glad that forum management saw the flaw in that.

The new sub forum isn't really an issue, people still post in the threads - all is good.

[nvrspk4]

For the love of god -this forum is not, has never been, and should not be run by majority opinion.

The management sought the input of their users, saw that the vote was fairly close but also was swayed by the arguments raised by users in the thread itself.

Not only that, they found a *gasp* compromise. The majority got something they really wanted, the minority (and I say minority with hesitance because from what I remember it was close) also got something they wanted. This came from listening to the feedback of the users in the thread.

Management makes the decisions, I am happy that they sought feedback and arguments from the members.

PS: It was a long time ago so maybe the memory is fuzzy but in the "MAD-esque" era the results were actually hidden from the users.