Many changes needed

[Samantha]

I can't comment on the present management (they seem an alright bunch to me) but I will just say that it has always been, generally, the case that the Habbox hierarchy is based on who is 'in' and who isn't, and ultimately that leads to people who aren't the best for the job getting management positions over those who know their stuff better.

Just as it has always been the case (in my two stints at least) that department managers don't have nearly enough freedom from central management. Indeed if you ask me, department managers should be the main focus or driving force of this website and the position of General Manager (and all the rest) should merely be there as a co-ordinating or emergency role, rather like the Queen is to the Prime Minister.

Decentralise it, radically and get things moving.

This has changed since you were a manager Dan, I think it started to change when I was Assistant Rare Values Manager the first time - we had to PM General Management when sending out the PM reports, warnings, staff changes, anything. Now we only tend to do it if we're warning someone (in some cases) and if it includes them i.e. name changes. A lot more freedom was given though.

[GoldenMerc]

bring back danube

6t ~ mind did get it back 9 months later

This has changed since you were a manager Dan, I think it started to change when I was Assistant Rare Values Manager the first time - we had to PM General Management when sending out the PM reports, warnings, staff changes, anything. Now we only tend to do it if we're warning someone (in some cases) and if it includes them i.e. name changes. A lot more freedom was given though.

RVR Dept died once marketplace came out

[-:Undertaker:-]

bring back danube

But did he not stay all that long? this is my point. If we are going to have Community roles etc, why are non-staff members (who aren't interested in climbing the management ladder) considered for the posts? the likes of GommeInc, FlyingJesus and others would be much better suited.

The present system seems to me like an escalator system into positions higher and higher up. I was never interested in going above Rare Values and would have turned it down - and i'm sure there are many managers (Adzeh stayed as News for a very long time did he not?) who are the same.

[Aiden]

There's 3 staff who normally work on the actual site and one (Assistant) Manager who is site orientated (me and Will being the exceptions for that) but recently a lot of Habbox.com things are being updated due to the want for it. HabboxWiki I think is needed and it even comes up on Google when I search for things, there's also a little addition at the bottom saying how many times a page has been accessed, regardless of it being random page or not it shows how many use the Wiki.

Last I checked there were 12 active Wiki users, about half were the staff I believe but others such as @,AAiden; and @runeaddict99 etc. do use it, likewise with other staff members.

The General Manager isn't usually away, it's only really been this month when members have started to notice more as it seemed reason after reason cropped up (good and bad), a lot of staff are away at the moment too which could be why there doesn't seem to be a lot getting done.

6t ~ mind did get it back 9 months later


RVR Dept died once marketplace came out

TBH I Don't think that RV has died that much because when I'm trading on Habbo people always say to me 'wait.. I'm checking habbox.' So yeah! Might just be me though And yes I am a active wiki user.. I like to learn the history of Habbox really!

[Samantha]

But did he not stay all that long? this is my point. If we are going to have Community roles etc, why are non-staff members (who aren't interested in climbing the management ladder) considered for the posts? the likes of GommeInc, FlyingJesus and others would be much better suited.

The present system seems to me like an escalator system into positions higher and higher up. I was never interested in going above Rare Values and would have turned it down - and i'm sure there are many managers (Adzeh stayed as News for a very long time did he not?) who are the same.

Community is mainly the Habbo side of it, hence why they overlook Events, Help Desk, Competitions, Rare Values and Habbox Live as you need to play Habbo for some of them.

[xxMATTGxx]

There are so many things wrong with habbox and in every department, it would give me a headache writing about all of the issues. Forum decline is the main issue, the way departments are being ran is another. We have an AGM here who is frequently inactive, why hasn't he been removed? Nothing is being done to try and bring in new members here... The moderation department is sloppy, sending out incorrect pm's and following rules literally without using common sense. I've had an encounter here today which reminded me of the ---MAD--- era, in fact, at least during that era there was an active presence amongst general management, something which can't be said for the current one. There are loads of outdated pages on the habbox website which aren't being updated as "there's no point" since a new versions coming out soon (where have I heard that before?) Hxl is pretty much dead and do people even use habbox wiki? There are so many problems with habbox and I don't see management (which looks like a one man team tbh) coming up with any solutions.

Your warning's been removed by the way. Everything you have said has been mentioned in other threads and been answered by those departments, especially the one about outdated content where changes have been made for them to start editing those pages again.

Is HabboxWiki a waste?

No not really. It actually gets a pretty good amount of hits and more than the HabboxLive site to be fair. It's got great information on and can offer more detail than the main Habbox site can.

Will the General Management Team post 40+ a week?

Most likely not. The only person who actually would is myself because I do that without having to force myself every week and often do over 40. Does that mean they should be fired? Everyone will have different views on that but does seem to silly to fire staff members over that. Forcing people to post doesn't seem to be an an ideal solution - When does that actually work? I'll let you post your views on that one.

Do Managers have freedom?

You could say they have too much freedom now. But I often get PM's or spammed on msn to do this that and the other because the department manager hasn't done it for them or they have disagreed.

But did he not stay all that long? this is my point. If we are going to have Community roles etc, why are non-staff members (who aren't interested in climbing the management ladder) considered for the posts? the likes of GommeInc, FlyingJesus and others would be much better suited.

Best to ask Jin that question as he has more say over General Management than anyone posting in this thread.

[GoldenMerc]

I can say since MP, iv seen 2-3% say let me check Habbox, or lower.

[The Don]

Your warning's been removed by the way. Everything you have said has been mentioned in other threads and been answered by those departments, especially the one about outdated content where changes have been made for them to start editing those pages again.

Is HabboxWiki a waste?

No not really. It actually gets a pretty good amount of hits and more than the HabboxLive site to be fair. It's got great information on and can offer more detail than the main Habbox site can.

Will the General Management Team post 40+ a week?

Most likely not. The only person who actually would is myself because I do that without having to force myself every week and often do over 40. Does that mean they should be fired? Everyone will have different views on that but does seem to silly to fire staff members over that. Forcing people to post doesn't seem to be an an ideal solution - When does that actually work?

Do Managers have freedom?

You could say they have too much freedom now. But I often get PM's pr spammed on msn to do this that and the other because the department manager hasn't done it for them or they have disagreed.



Best to ask Jin that question as he has more say over General Management than anyone posting in this thread.

none of those threads mentioned inactivity of agms which is one of the main focuses of this thread, otherwise it would be 'targeting'

[xxMATTGxx]

none of those threads mentioned inactivity of agms which is one of the main focuses of this thread, otherwise it would be 'targeting'

No they didn't but your others points did.

[Lee]

Will the General Management Team post 40+ a week?

Most likely not. The only person who actually would is myself because I do that without having to force myself every week and often do over 40. Does that mean they should be fired? Everyone will have different views on that but does seem to silly to fire staff members over that. Forcing people to post doesn't seem to be an an ideal solution - When does that actually work? I'll let you post your views on that one.

If that doesn't work why are moderators being forced to post 40 per week, but I think it does it increases their presence on the forum and im going to be honest 3-4 posts over seven days for somebody in such a senior position. Is it that they have no desire to use the forum and it's only the title keeping them here? Maybe not I don't know but can we really go on like this?