Habbo removing...

[Josh]

This is the dating section. I can see numerous rooms that have "Beds" in the name. What does this imply? If they're allowed then people are going to think talking explicitly is allowed aswell.

Sorry but I think that's a little inappropriate. I'm sure parents of 13, 14 year olds would love to know there is a dating section on Habbo so their son or daughter can chat up and flirt with some random stranger on the internet.

[Suspective]

I'd have to agree with Wiizz there. With no disrespect intended.

Is there some way you can filter 'beds' from room names? As it really is inappropriate to be honest. I've seen strip clubs pop up in the early hours, and they aren't even shut down yet a blocker is kicked from another room. This really needs stamping down on, as by the looks of it Habbo are branding it as acceptable by not taking action and doing a crack down.

Thanks for visiting HabboxForum, its brilliant that Sulake are taking on the views of players!

[Camy]

First of all i can't really be bothered to read through 18/19 pages worth of debate, so yeah, hopefully im not too far off topic.

Entrapment? Only if you equate online dating with getting your kit off on a webcam.

There's a big difference between dating/flirting and extremely explicit sexual talk or cam/phone sex sessions. Habbo is mostly the 13-17 age range and obviously at that age range many of you date. I expect many of your parents allow you to date but wouldn't be too happy if you sat in the living room having phone sex whilst they were trying to watch Corrie. Would you then say that your parents allowing you to date was 'entrapment'?

It's simply about behaving appropriately in public. A virtual chat room is no different to being in a cafe or other real life room with a group of people. Would you sit and describe having sex in a graphic way in the middle of Starbucks with your girlfriend? If the answer is 'no', then why would someone think it's any more appropriate to do in a public chat area?

All Habbo asks is that people don't engage in graphic sexual talk or try and initiate real-life sex. It's not a really big ask is it?

I agree with what you've said, i joined in 2005 and back then for the 2 years i played thats all it was, it was just a place for people our age to have fun and perhaps edate.
I went on it last night, first time in an absolute age, and i was really surprised at the volume of 'dating' and 'gay/bi/lesbian' rooms there were, i dont remember having even like 1% as many rooms as when i used to play. So, i thought id check a few rooms out, basically everyone in these rooms were talking graphically about sex and other acts, and the number of people who spam asking for webcams is crazy, i reported a few people and just got told to mute them if i don't like what they're saying. :S
I was on with a couple of friends, so we thought it'd be interesting to see how differently treated girls are to boys, so a couple of us changed our characters to girls, went to a new room and just sat in it. The group of us who were girls all got like 15 friend requests in like 10 mins, then all of them private chat/messaged us asking if we had msn or skype and webcam, and be willing 'to get our kit off' It's really scary.
Basically what I'm trying to say is, habbo is clearly alot more populated with perverts and pedophiles than it used to be, obviously it was going to be with how much popular its become, but what are you doing to combat them? Because i would say having rooms like these is not helping at all, and just telling people to mute the spammers isnt really enough?

[KazyKazy22]

Lol this sounds like fun. Too bad I wasn't there lol

[Zak]

This is the dating section. I can see numerous rooms that have "Beds" in the name. What does this imply? If they're allowed then people are going to think talking explicitly is allowed aswell.

Sorry but I think that's a little inappropriate. I'm sure parents of 13, 14 year olds would love to know there is a dating section on Habbo so their son or daughter can chat up and flirt with some random stranger on the internet.

Surely having these kind of rooms though promote Habbo Hotel, more visitors = more $$$?

And we all know companies LOVE $$$.

[lTraditional]

Surely having these kind of rooms though promote Habbo Hotel, more visitors = more $$$?

And we all know companies LOVE $$$.

I agree however if teenagers wanted to actually date then why not use another popular dating site which is actually aimed for dating and is not out of control??

[Zak]

I agree however if teenagers wanted to actually date then why not use another popular dating site which is actually aimed for dating and is not out of control??

I'm guessing Habbo is just an attraction for those who are teenagers, it's a game as well besides the dating.. They might just like playing and dating. I wouldn't know what these other dating sites were but I'm guessing they aren't game orientated like Habbo, therefore not as fun?

It's also going to be a big attraction for peadophiles as they can easily trick girls into thinking they're someone there not. Sick wierdos.

[lTraditional]

I still think that Habbo should just be a place to chill and chat and RP and stuff and do stuff you wouldn't usually do in the real world yet all this dating ruins it and they wonder why they loose players.

[Zak]

I still think that Habbo should just be a place to chill and chat and RP and stuff and do stuff you wouldn't usually do in the real world yet all this dating ruins it and they wonder why they loose players.

Yeah I agree with that, but that's just our opinion and not the opinion of those who probably only use Habbo for those sort of activities.. I think it's seen as the cool thing to do on Habbo if you're a young teen.

[lTraditional]

True however I hate seeing all those dating rooms knocking the great rooms off the most popular rooms list. I think people make those rooms for popularity aswell!