Have I missed something?

[Adam]

Just close Habbox and all problems will disappear.

[Nick]

but who will claim the award when he's missing!!

I will!!!

[Samantha]

I've been on the fence the whole time. Personally, I think the merge could've worked. It was change and people are resistant to change but the whole transition was just done wrong, placing the department in a state of limbo and not able to rejuvinate itself. Both general management and department management are to blame for that. Applications should've been opened because it was only with new arrivals that the success of this department could be accurately measured. As newbies to the department, their opinion on the merge and what work they did would not have been about how it was different to what came before but based on the merge's own merits. They could've easily been asked to choose a department if the merge had been reversed.

The department management have had their fighting spirit eroded so I took the helm. I am not convinced by this idea that the writing styles are different. I've also worked in both departments before and found no transition difficult at all. If content is about throwing the kitchen sink in then imo that should change because the similarity between both is that they are to both instruct and entertain and that style is consistent in both news and content.

On the other hand, the lack of fighting spirit should be an indicator that it was never going to be championed from the rooftops so when asked, I told Matt we should unmerge.

Some of the notable differences include:

- Content is not personal to the readers, hence why we have to substitute words like your, you etc. for player, character and so on.
- News is more recent therefore we can use the present, past or future tense as we wish whereas we need to speak in the past tense for Content.
- We can't be repetitive in News, we can in Content.

Others can be found, although the two above should be easy to transition, some do find it difficult.

[Tom]

Some of the notable differences include:

- Content is not personal to the readers, hence why we have to substitute words like your, you etc. for player, character and so on.
- News is more recent therefore we can use the present, past or future tense as we wish whereas we need to speak in the past tense for Content.
- We can't be repetitive in News, we can in Content.

Others can be found, although the two above should be easy to transition, some do find it difficult.

This is rubbish tbh. Don't you learn about tenses, when to use you, you're, your etc. in primary school at age 7/8? If they can't make a transition so simple I would question why they are in the department in the first place.

[Samantha]

This is rubbish tbh. Don't you learn about tenses, when to use you, you're, your etc. in primary school at age 7/8? If they can't make a transition so simple I would question why they are in the department in the first place.

It's not rubbish - I think I remember someone resigning because they couldn't write like news or like content, I didn't say I agreed with them as I know the transition and yeah I still make some of the mistakes I highlighted in my post, but it's not hard to change like you said. They are different writing styles though, mainly with those, but others, facts and opinions, history etc. I don't believe you were calling my post rubbish were you? As those differences are correct.

[Inseriousity.]

If they are correct then they shouldn't be was my argument. Content shouldn't be cold, indifferent and seperate from the reader which seems to be the common theme here. It still needs to capture the reader's attention and it needs to keep them engaged. Everyone writes differently, that is to be expected. It is not beyond the realms of possibility that people can be nurtured and honed to adapt to a way that works for Habbox whether that's working for news, content or a merged department of the two.

[Adam]

Can you not discuss this in your staff forums please? You're making Habbox Forum a horrible place to be.

[Samantha]

If they are correct then they shouldn't be was my argument. Content shouldn't be cold, indifferent and seperate from the reader which seems to be the common theme here. It still needs to capture the reader's attention and it needs to keep them engaged. Everyone writes differently, that is to be expected. It is not beyond the realms of possibility that people can be nurtured and honed to adapt to a way that works for Habbox whether that's working for news, content or a merged department of the two.

It won't work though as surely a Wiki doesn't need to be involving the reader at every chance, it has the facts in, similar to news reports, but they are different. Also Content is about what happened and having the evidence to back that up, new can be rumours too, as well as guides and such - content can be guides too, but in a different sense and probably not on the Wiki.

Like I said though, I don't mind, I'm not allowed to show my true opinions publicly so I think hardly any of us will.

[Alkaz]

This would have been a really good idea if it had been / is being implemented.

[Samantha]

This would have been a really good idea if it had been / is being implemented.

Wanna bet ? I honestly don't mind the merge now were in it, although there are differences. I just like writing though, for both sides.