r.e referral rule

[Favourtism]

There's a huge difference between asking someone to register and refer me when they do, to the lockerz/free ipod ********.

[Jemmwah]

Fair point, the security bloke here is awesome & everyones pretty tight on it. I know Habbox bein strict isnt the case for their security, although its an attribute which helps towards being secure against security threats. Some rules on Habbox are just plain silly, like someone got infracted for a posting a picture that someone posted of themselves already on the forum. completely bonkers lol. Yeah Habbox has LOADS of old users but the old users are dying away and i think habbox know that which is why theres less members on the forum everyday. I like Habbox for the ppl I talk to on here, clubhabbos ok but when I was management there I got the sorta community feeling I get right now being a member of habbox for almost 5 years. tis just the viewpoint.

anyway completely derailing this threads purpose lol.

nah the earlier comparison of CH to habbox was what derailed it! haha but i just think some rules are really crappy. Then again ive used habbox since i was liek what? 12.... but ive never really been part of the community, i like a lot of ppl on here... it just doesnt suit me... i love freedom and i dnt feel like there is enough here... and iagree with the person who made this thread.... it isnt reffering sited that gets you hacked, its people gaining access to your accounts by knowing information about you. How is clicking on a link gunna do that?

Sure signing up to a forum gives ppl info, but only really an IP anyone can find that out though.... The rest of the info u submit could be fake, i always use fake info.

[Pyroka]

There's a huge difference between asking someone to register and refer me when they do, to the lockerz/free ipod ********.

if its another site thats uncool idk why guess its just cuz habbox is worried itll lose some users. fairly acceptable reason no?

if it was habbox you were tryin to get someone to refer you as, thats a bit crap.

[Favourtism]

It was HFFMForum :L you need refs to apply as a mod lmao

but y'know peeps advertise crap in Show of your fansites all day long and some say refer me, ;S no biggie

[Jemmwah]

hffms forum is really bad, like really... hate it hah but seeing as its an official fansite, i dont see why it cant be posted, im sure there are a few threads reffering to it....

Bit of a harsh rule, but thats habbox i guess

but i supose the rule wasnt made just for fansites, its probably to protect people from singing up to hacking sites and stuff just incase, but still... silly rule, just ban anyone who posts a hacking site permenantly, works fine with ch...

[Hecktix]

hffms forum is really bad, like really... hate it hah but seeing as its an official fansite, i dont see why it cant be posted, im sure there are a few threads reffering to it....

Bit of a harsh rule, but thats habbox i guess

but i supose the rule wasnt made just for fansites, its probably to protect people from singing up to hacking sites and stuff just incase, but still... silly rule, just ban anyone who posts a hacking site permenantly, works fine with ch...

I think you misunderstand what he means Jem

You can mention any fansite you want (as long as it's not illegal), but bribing people with referrals is not allowed, i.e. "SIGN UP, PUT ME AS YOUR REFERRER & I'LL GIVE YOU XXX"

[Blinger1]

i agree with favourtism. This rule is stupid especially for sites like this (where you are asking / bribing people to write your name down). I don't see any harm in doing it tbh.

[Catzsy]

wow really you all play the compare with clubhabbo game... sweet.... i'll join in!

atm...
Habbox 70 members
ClubHabbo 73 members


not bad ey? -.-

anyway i think this place is really strict compared to ch aswell... which is fair enough... But i get too scared to post anything on here because everything seems to be against the rules.... i feel more relaxed posting on ch as it isnt as strict and you can post pictures, and offer rep for anyone that can help you... just little things...

I hate not putting a pic of me in my av idk why.... just the fact im not allowed makes me want too

but thats a diff rule entirely i guess.

No absolutely not. It was in answer to this quote by favourtism which is blatently untrue.

It's not forcing anyone, this place is unpopular compared to CH etc 'cause it's as strict as.

They are the biggest fansites and everyone knows that. You obviously prefer that site but it doesn't take anything away from this one. Everybody has their own preferences. Anybody can advertise their websites here. The problem with referral threads is that they grew like mushrooms and were spamming the forum which a lot of the members found irritating and annoying. Habbox doesn't have to be like any other fansite. Just because something is allowed on another sites doesn't mean it has to be on here. It seems to have survived pretty well over the years by having it's own identity. =]

[Nixt]

Habbox has always been run on the principle we offer something different. I for one won't be changing any rules simply because they exist on other forums. We change / add / remove rules on the basis of where they are or are not needed. This rule will remain for the reasons that have already been summed up by both Catzsy and Oli in this thread. By allowing referrals, we get numerous annoying threads offering X if you join Y. There was a period where this got out of hand and was, quite simply, pissing everyone off. I dare say I am in no hurry to piss everyone off, and thus the rule will remain.

You are free to advertise your websites. Lets face it, if you need to bribe people to join, perhaps the website isn't worth running in the first place any way .

[Favourtism]

No absolutely not. It was in answer to this quote by favourtism which is blatently untrue.

They are the biggest fansites and everyone knows that. You obviously prefer that site but it doesn't take anything away from this one. Everybody has their own preferences. Anybody can advertise their websites here. The problem with referral threads is that they grew like mushrooms and were spamming the forum which a lot of the members found irritating and annoying. Habbox doesn't have to be like any other fansite. Just because something is allowed on another sites doesn't mean it has to be on here. It seems to have survived pretty well over the years by having it's own identity. =]

You can boast about Habbox's popularity all day love, but ask the community on Habbo. People dislike Habbo as its layouts/skins are crap and almost nonhabboey, also over 'professional'. It's more of a teen forum, over half the members hate Habbo.


@Garion, I was asking someone to refer me on HFFM (for a competition basically) and offering them a HC sofa as thanks. Not bribing them to join, I was asking them to refer and offering a thankyou gift.

If you seemingly want to get personal by taking it that I own the site and saying it's not worth joining, in just two weeks me and Doug had opened HabboHarmony, it had 100-200 members on daily and was shortlisted for official (we opened like 5 days before voting). So I think when I run sites, they don't totally flop ty