What could Habbox do with/without?

[Sureall]

Not too sure why I'm putting my thoughts in here but hey ho! I came back to habbox after a few years off from habbo(x) and I can see how things have changed and things haven't.

The thing I see as one of the biggest problems not just habbox but habbo in general now is popularity... (I know you can't do much about it) I came back thinking it'll be mainly new people but not guna lie I recognise so many peoples names even the guys on the forum. If you look at the community especially on the client, its the people I'm guna call the oldies (no offense!). They've been around for a while and are known, and then they're staff. Other than these people I dont tend to see many people at events or in the helpdesk. This compared to when I last had DJ/Events/HD/RV jobs a few years ago where you use to see many others who werent staff and barely knew anything about the site but still tuned in and went to all the events.

As for departments, I've only been around a month again but I have noticed a few things, however tbh I haven't looked at many other departments other than the three on the client so Im just guna comment on them!

Events: As I mentioned above somethings gotta be done with getting people who are'nt staff turning up. I know it can be hard and Its getting better now with a higher number of events. I wasn't keen on the any staff can host events and I felt bad for the likes of Matt and Cassie when this happened because it sorta made the department redundent as anybody could do it! However this has encouraged people to apply because of the funding scheme. PS reward cassie!! She does the most work by far and deserved manager in my eyes!!

Help Desk: Again community is mainly staff again or the people have been around a while. I know it can be hard in the room since people tend to leave as soon theyre questions been answered. I like the fact the Saturday Night Quiz is still around and when I have managed to get on for it it's always the busiest I see the HD so I agree with maybe doing more weekly events but trying to find a way to branch out so its not just staff winning all the time!

HxL: I'm not guna lie I haven't listened that much so can't say much but clearly the whole
Of habbox has dropped in numbers since its peak (no longer days of 150 listeners!!) some of the djs I have listened to however some have been alright I guess, the ones who have been around the longest but then some don't seem to know how to entertain people without sounding rude!! I dunno if theres weekly shows or not but if theyre is bring them back!!!

I can't comment on any other departments really but I will say i think Rv should be kept as yes the MP is there but those values can never be trusted too much as theres so much variation there but the RV have to be done by people who genuinly have an interest and know what theyre doing. From a staff person point of view I'm still not sure if I agree with thigs like the staff rewards schemes. It can make people think of the jobs as easy ways to get rewards and I know its monitered closely so its not abused. But surely if you got rid of it then you'd only get the staff that genuinely had an interest in the job theyve applied for.

If I'm honest I couldn't really care if people agree with me or not but wanted to put the views of a returning person out there! Feel free to pick them apart all you like.

[Brad]

- Articles
getting better, need proper proofreading that isn't just correcting spelling - hire an editor or something capable of rewriting articles with a good premise that are incoherent. conversation starters are a nice addition, hope to see more.

Thanks for this feedback. Proofreading is definitely one of those things that it is a learning process... and not everyone is going to be 100%, and since this is all on a volunteer basis I can't force people to do more than they can.

I do hope that the conversation starter blossoms and grows.. I know there's only been three out so far in the past seven days that it's been released, but I am hoping that it may draw people into Articles to help bring activity to the forum through "conversation starting" and have an incentive to do so through the Articles Department.

[Richie]

- Articles
- Content
- Rare Values

Pretty sure rare values died as soon as the marketplace was introduced, the other two i don't pay attention to.


All the rest of the departments are fine but they all lack in the same thing, trying to bring in new members. As I suggested before but it never happened was for all departments to take one specific day to focus solely on advertising. There's plenty of ways to advertise, I think we forget there's other ways to inform people about the site other than the client. Open a new small department for advertising and have staff constantly brainstorm and execute plans, to keep us alive.

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Na but in all seriousness, I don't see why the site would have all these departments but not have a department to figure out ways to bring in new members to use said features.