Habbox Rules

[FlyingJesus]

I don't think many of the older members care that much tbh, we get on with the rules fine for the most part. Fair play it might be a laugh to allow bullying (or be more lax on it like the old days) but the rules here work

[Black_Apalachi]

This is just something Habbo would do, mess with something that's fine and make it worse. The rules are fine. I also like the style of writing they carry because it is very clear and concise. I think if someone were to be set the task of going over tham all editing bits here and there, they would become a lot less... professional (for want of a better word).

I would not mind it been removed if there was a Illegal immigrant on the forum who found it offensive but i doubt there is so i don't see why it would be removed when one Habbo fansite would allow it and another would not?

So you are suggesting there is the chance that such a person could be using the forum? The forum is on the internet. That means any type of person in the world has access to it. So if you know of a type of person who would or could be offended by anything you post, then there is the chance that they will see it and it will offend them.

I'm not arguing right or wrong over your post in particular, I'm just saying the exisitng rule is clearly in the best interests of Habbox's potential audience, regardless of how much of a minority that may be .

I think the rules are quite alright, and there are tons of young people on here, it's just that you don't see them posting in the spam forum every 5 seconds Plus I'd disagree that Habbo has gone to an older market, I'd say it's gone to a much younger market.

Lol yeah, I didn't even use the Spam forum until like last week! And I would deffinitly agree that Habbo's audience has gotten much younger. If anything, it's obvious just by how Habbo looks these days. Sulake are a corporate company who do their market research. So if Habbo's current website looks like it's aimed at much younger kids than the classic old orange and blue one was, which they had when I joined, then that's because their audience is younger.

[RandomManJay]

I don't think many of the older members care that much tbh, we get on with the rules fine for the most part. Fair play it might be a laugh to allow bullying (or be more lax on it like the old days) but the rules here work

It's probably because most of the older member have grown up to use these rules on the forum. so they follow them naturally .

[Chippiewill]

I think a clause to the foreign language rule should be added so that we can post the lorem ipsum dummy text...

[Black_Apalachi]

Why would you need to post that lol?

[buttons]

A Mod asked me to post here because they did not believe that people would agree when i said that Habbox rules are to strick and that they should be catered for the age group that uses the Forum now instead of the age group that used the forum over 4 years ago.. like Clubhabbo do.

I think Habbox rules are way to strick and i think they should change because it's no longer 11-13 year olds using the site yet the rules are still probably the same, maybe a small bit different as to when they where written over 5 years ago.

Habbox & Clubhabbo are both fansites based around Habbo so you would think that both fansites would have the somewhat the same rules / near enough but no they are completely different. I'm not saying that Habbox should have the exact same rules as Clubhabbo because they shouldn't im saying i think you should update the rules because they where written over 5 years ago and i would hardly call adding full stops and a few words here and there updating them. You're no longer dealing with under 14 year olds and this has come up over the past few weeks and it has been proven in a poll and you have not done anything about it. Habbo's age group has even changed as most of their users are 15+.

All this is referring to a post i made which can be seen clicking here i dont find that racist as it is meant to be a joke and as on Clubhabbo no one complained so therefore it was not removed. But when i post it on Habbox and people find it funny and no-one complains it gets removed? I would not mind it been removed if there was a Illegal immigrant on the forum who found it offensive but i doubt there is so i don't see why it would be removed when one Habbo fansite would allow it and another would not? This stuff is spoken about on the new all the time as you hear of people coming here illegally and committing benefit fraud and most of the stuff is true and it also happens to be funny.

So maybe think of updating the rules for real instead of adding a dull stop here and there and make a rule more clearer.

It doesn't matter if the majority of the members are over a certain age, there are also guests and others who don't post who could be younger than the average. There's no way to tell if all 14/15/16/17 year olds behave in the same way or have the same views so not everyone could agree on certain issues like the filter options. The poem was racist and written to offend that type of race, again it doesn't matter if there are no illegal immigrants on the forum, if it's seen by new guests or people that haven't registered then it could steer them away from the fansite especially if moderators were putting up with it like on clubhabbo where some of them posted that it was funny. It's not because clubhabbo is less strict and can handle a "joke" it's because they are unprofessional and immature, in my opinion anyway.

What kind of rule is meant to be clearer? No racism is a rule aswell as not being offensive to others so the rule is clear it's just some people try to get away with things trying to make it look like a "joke", again it doesn't matter if members aren't bothered by it it's the whole habbo community who read that you have to consider.

As for the filter I couldn't give a **** )) if you could read which swear word I wrote, it's usually quite clear what they mean and if filter was taken off then the insults would really start and because there is a rule of no insulting where exactly would we get with taking itoff? I don't mind if it comes up swearing or if it just filters out, I don't see why any of you would even want to see the swearing because it doesn't make a difference, all it does is create conflicts and makes the forum look bad. The rules are fine, where do the problems lie? There's nothing wrong with them at all, although mods can be quite strict when it comes to bullying/insulting others and they need to learn when it's friendly banter, you would still probably complain if they did nothing about it and think that they were being the unprofessional ones. Either way, there are still going to be complaints and because the rules are fine as they are there aren't any changes needed.

[Yoshimitsui]

I don't see how they are STRICT. It used to be the case that you could get an infraction for pointless posting, could you imagine how many people would be perm banned by now? It is also the case that you have several chances before even getting an infraction, and the system bans you when you reach ten instead of a moderator making the judgment.

The difference between Habbox and ClubHabbo is the fact they don't seem to have any sort of rules, they just let people do and say what they want unless someone upsets one of the select special people. You also have to remember that we are an official fansite and therefore what goes on it is judged and also monitored.

The lower age limit for Habbos stands at around 11, although im sure many younger than that use it, as well as the forum. Now this is also a good reason why what is posted on the forum is not whatever utter rubbish some people would love to post, young people catch on quickly and soon develops.

You also have to take into account that whatever is posted on the forum stays on the forum for the eyes of everyone and anyone, this means that something you say is stuck there and could cause trouble well after is was posted and also makes the forum look bad. This is where the swearing comes in.
You may think it is acceptable to swear everyday in real life along with many others, plenty of people do it, however when it is on a forum and stuck in a post we do not need to see swear word after swear word just for the sake of trying to look good and not having anything at all better to say. If you can't control yourself not to swear on a forum and get irritated by it then that person is going to have problems.

Overall it might not suit you but it has to be the best for everyone around you as well.

[Jin]

WOW, I really can't believe this thread actually took this turn.

I would actually say the older members find that overall we have become a little bit more relaxed on the rule over the rules.

[Wootzeh]

I think mods are confused, it seems I have had so many infractions reversed lately that something needs to be done with the rules.

Also it seems if the slightest argument breaks out it gets stopped. Why? If it gets out of hand them sure I'm fine with that, but not if it stays civil. We don't need to be nicey nice to each other all of the time.

I disagree Jin, but then again your staff have it in for me

[Yoshimitsui]

I think mods are confused, it seems I have had so many infractions reversed lately that something needs to be done with the rules.

Also it seems if the slightest argument breaks out it gets stopped. Why? If it gets out of hand them sure I'm fine with that, but not if it stays civil. We don't need to be nicey nice to each other all of the time.

I disagree Jin, but then again your staff have it in for me

Because on a forum you can't send a group of people one way up the street and the other group in the opposite direction. Sure we could infract them, but would you be happy to get one for being involved in an argument when if it was in real life and at the least you wold be moved on by the police? No. We could ban them, but that would be too harsh. So arguments have to be clamped down so they cannot continue, if it comes about someone wants to continue trouble they get infracted, much like you would get arrested or a fine in real life for public order.

I really disagree with the comment that the staff have it in for you, i think if you were to consider your actions you wont have as many problems.