HxF Beauty Contest - What could've been done better

[hamheyelliot]

I agree that a few more simple ground rules could have been laid out, nothing can ever run smoothly on Habbox and most of us know that by now. Nothing remains unchallenged for fairness, nothing can stop hierarchy and nothing can stop 20 billion feedback threads on one subject.

If organisers just took a teensy bit more time to just clear things up we could abolish threads such as this one. It's a purpose built popularity contest, it's also a choice to enter it/vote on it. There's nothing we can do about that aspect, but staff can stop foolish stuff like voting for yourself, for example.

[Hecktix]

people on this forum take it SO SERIOUSLY. Yes it wasn't completely clear. Yes it is in some senses a popularity contest but I see no difference between a popularity contest and a beauty contest - they're both equally morally questionable. And no, it doesn't actually matter AT ALL.

might suggest to ma managers that they should just run the "HabboxForum Popularity Contest" next time, see what complaints come then

[Richie]

I am not going to tell people that they can't +rep someone for voting for them... you guys are constantly saying how we're too harsh, imagine what you would say if I told you that you couldn't go around +repping people lol.

I agree that it should have been made clearer whether you could/couldn't vote for yourself or not and I will take full responsibility for this as I checked over the thread before Scott posted it. For the rest come on, it's pretty self explanatory..

I think it has worked out how it was intended, it was intended as a bit of fun and has been fun until it just got ruined by some people being extremely immature because they're taking it far too seriously.

Does that mean I can -rep people who don't vote for me? not that I would, I'm just curious, would it be classed as pointless?

[kuzkasate]

I was carrying this discussion from the actual thread btw.

And @Myke - No, it doesn't need to be spoonfed, but it needs to be clear - especially stuff about voting for yourself - I had no idea if you could or not.

And Oli - it's a BEAUTY contest, not a popularity contest. Private polls mean that people can vote for who they want without other people knowing so they can try and be bribed but then they can vote for someone else anyway?

I totally agree. If its a popularity contest Oli, then re-name it and remove the pictures.

I personally think +repping is okay, its hardly a bribe, but people paid furni on habbo to vote for them, LOL.

[Nicola]

Does that mean I can -rep people who don't vote for me? not that I would, I'm just curious, would it be classed as pointless?

You can if you like but if they report it I'm not gonna lie, I'll remove it.

[Hecktix]

Does that mean I can -rep people who don't vote for me? not that I would, I'm just curious, would it be classed as pointless?

If someone posted in a thread where you were asking for help and their reply fitted with all HabboxForum rules, but wasn't quite enough to help you - would it be fair to -rep that post? Probably not, would it be fair to +rep another post which did help you - yes. I think that's a silly argument Richie so don't go there! It's merely saying "thanks for saying im good looking" - if you were to -rep it you would be making assumptions about what they think about you

Can I be (what would appear to be) the first to say well done to Scott for doing this? I did it last year and it's an awful amount of work - just wait til you're counting these votes scotty .

[Conservative,]

Im not sayin +rep is bribing - but as UncleJoe said - there have been instances of Habbo furni...

[Hecktix]

Im not sayin +rep is bribing - but as UncleJoe said - there have been instances of Habbo furni...

Report it, you can either PM scott or if it's a post use the report button.

[kuzkasate]

Report it, you can either PM scott or if it's a post use the report button.

But that'd be hard to prove if you get me. It's like if I PMed scott now and said such and such bribed, he would contact them and ask them. They would obviously deny it?

[scott]

Im not sayin +rep is bribing - but as UncleJoe said - there have been instances of Habbo furni...

Like Oli said you can send me a PM and I will look into it, if it's on the forum report the post I will see it from there too

But that'd be hard to prove if you get me. It's like if I PMed scott now and said such and such bribed, he would contact them and ask them. They would obviously deny it?

Well if you were going to report it or knew that it was going on then you'd have some sort of proof so if you PM me with that