Many changes needed

[Samantha]

In some cases, I know the other day we didn't post the events returning thread until I'd written a news report for it, based on the number of replies in the thread and considering that they were just given the article link I think that was pretty successful.

Another thing is just the time from announcing news to get them out, don't get me wrong we have some staff members so eager to write and they do but it's just a process of getting more urgent news out sooner.

@Grig; shockingly not many real life news reports are written and are usually only about Jan if they are, this could be due to others resigning but I don't think they want to write real life news as much.

When v7 gets here news reading and writing should get better.

[Grig]

It's sort of like you want this thread closed... No-one has mentioned a specific name yet in this thread yet you go straight ahead and say it...

Urgh, staff discipline on a fansite. Be human and just have a word, no-one is paid and if they've done a decent job then more reason to sort it out.


Depends on the demand really, but for all it's worth there is probably no reason to create a current affairs "real news" section. If anything you could have a feed that picks up BBC News, Sky, CNN etc., but nothing more.

Exactly. Why would I go on Habbox to read real-life news when I could get much better quality analytical news on a news website . It's a complete waste of time.

[xxMATTGxx]

Is it not still inviting people to talk about his dismissal? I didn't know the reasons why but from that post you get a really good idea what the main reason was

It was more ruining the general concept of this thread and making it change to talk about one specific person getting fired isn't really going to help the whole of Habbox.

[Kieran]

In some cases, I know the other day we didn't post the events returning thread until I'd written a news report for it, based on the number of replies in the thread and considering that they were just given the article link I think that was pretty successful.

Another thing is just the time from announcing news to get them out, don't get me wrong we have some staff members so eager to write and they do but it's just a process of getting more urgent news out sooner.

@Grig; shockingly not many real life news reports are written and are usually only about Jan if they are, this could be due to others resigning but I don't think they want to write real life news as much.

When v7 gets here news reading and writing should get better.

The imperative being when

[Samantha]

Exactly. Why would I go on Habbox to read real-life news when I could get much better quality analytical news on a news website . It's a complete waste of time.

Real life news focus on a variety of things. For example my weekly article is about gaming and goes on that type, others include others things that to someone could be valuable. I wouldn't get rid of it as afterall they're gaining experience. If habbo went down for a week, the habbo news would be minimal unless you want a running commentary on the downtime. No room reviews unless you ventured onto another hotel and interviews would get boring after a couple. That only leaves real life to write.

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The imperative being when

I wanted to sound hopeful as I want some things on v7 lol.

[FlyingJesus]

Real-life news on small articles of interest makes some sense as it might be something that people wouldn't otherwise see in mainstream news (as with the gaming article), but I think front page topics like Sandy and Iran and such should be left to the tabloids rather than making a bunch of kids who won't have access to the full facts attempt coverage, especially since as has been said people will go elsewhere for news on those things

[lawrawrrr]

Let me get this right...

Everyone moans when there's no real life news as none of you are interested in just reading Habbo...

So we bring back real life news.

Now you're moaning you don't want real life news?

I shouldn't be surprised really.

End of the day, Real Life news is often more popular with News Reporters, and we have it incase Habbo news is slow. It's difficult to get articles written before someone posts them on the forum, as it takes time to actually write, not counting getting the source and actually writing the article. It's just not possible most of the time - like Sam says, there is the occasional time when we do. Also trying to boost editorials more than articles - but these are a lot more difficult to write.

It would be easier if we had more staff, but it's difficult as not many people want to join.

[Zelda]

Yea me and Sam are probably the only ones writing them now.

I have to say tho that real life is a nice idea imo. I personally prefer like stories picked out from obscure sources or well hidden in news sites etc, but also reports more expressing views on current affairs and the like, as this offers something different.

News reading is a bit of a problem ill admit, but for outsiders it probably seems quite appealing due to no news on the habbo site now. We had quite a rise when me and Laura did a day in the life of, so I spose we just need to be looking at how to get more interest in.

[Futz]

how can you nitpick so many faults with such a small forum ran by a few people

[lawrawrrr]

I will be writing real life news again now - I've just been away from my roles for the last 3 weeks. Getting back into it this week though!!