HabboxForum Suggestions Box! [+15Rep to all reasonable suggestions!]

[Santorefish]

Well like somone suggested, alot of poeple seem to be stuck inside the spam thread Maybe getting rid of that will spread them out.

Also, there are no new sort of, prizes or group comps and things, there is a lack of interest for new members that may want to join, possible due to lack of advertisement of habbox, only being restricted to habbo hotel itself (unless im missing somthing)

Also (and this isnt a dig) alot of habbox posters have been banned ... perhaps a little rashly if you know what i mean.

[,elaboratedolls]

you will find that on any forum you're new on though, everyone has to start somewhere. just post where you're interested in, people won't ignore you because you're new but if you're annoying/rude no matter how long you've been here then you will be attacked, just report it if anyone's rude. yeah there seems to be a divide of people i.e the djs are mostly friends with each other and in spam there are different "groups" of friends i suppose but a lot of them started off not knowing each other and you just gradually do

ps what's welcome committee lolllllllllll

Yeah I guess you do eventually start to get new friends. Like i found yuuuuh! But to get new members and people posting more I think we should have some old members of the forum to welcome new members and show em around and stuff. Like the Habbo Guides that stupid habbo got rid off

[-Danube-]

I'm not keen on shifting things around drastically on the existing skins - but for the new site skin I will definately be doing things like this. They currently get a PM from Matt (automated) with that kind of thing in it.

Yeah it would be nice to do this just on the site skin, as this is the one that automatically comes up by default. The automated PM from Matt is a good thing to introduce them and tell them where to post, but it'd be nice to have other users sending them welcome messages and chatting with them if they decide not to post a welcome thread.

[,elaboratedolls]

Well like somone suggested, alot of poeple seem to be stuck inside the spam thread Maybe getting rid of that will spread them out.

Also, there are no new sort of, prizes or group comps and things, there is a lack of interest for new members that may want to join, possible due to lack of advertisement of habbox, only being restricted to habbo hotel itself (unless im missing somthing)

Also (and this isnt a dig) alot of habbox posters have been banned ... perhaps a little rashly if you know what i mean.

Yeah... How 'bout on Hxl and Habbox we have one side of lets say Hxl, an ad with Habbox on with a hyper link to the site and on another side we have an ad for HabboxForum with a hyperlink to there. So then on forums we have Hxl and Habbox then on Habbox we have Hxf and Hxl you get what I mean?

[Santorefish]

Yeah... How 'bout on Hxl and Habbox we have one side of lets say Hxl, an ad with Habbox on with a hyper link to the site and on another side we have an ad for HabboxForum with a hyperlink to there. So then on forums we have Hxl and Habbox then on Habbox we have Hxf and Hxl you get what I mean?

Yes i do, but what im talking about is advertising the whole of habbox on a widerscale, HxL HxF the habbo site on completely different sites .. miniclip for example?

[Kimber]

I'll throw my input here, given I've been around since February now on a near-daily basis.

I strongly disagree with the members that are claiming Moderation is over the top with your Forum. Some of the rules here are so lenient that I sometimes can't believe the stuff certain members get away with. It's been said again and again in this thread that your forum is run like a business - Let me tell you now, it's not. You have so much open discussion on every single change and its not uncommon for you to get the Administrators if this site to change their mind - In business, what the man/woman at the top says, goes. It's very rare for large businesses to change their stance on anything due to user input.

You don't have the ability to swear here, and that's not a negative. Going onto a website and seeing it full of vulgarity is an instant turn-off for many users and with every system that allows you to disable a profanity filter, almost always it will default to "on" when you login for the first time.

Whilst I rarely visit the spam section, when I have it feels like a very hostile place for a specific group of friends. If you threw a new member into there, it's like throwing him, or her to the lions. I won't name people here, but if you want a close knit community that's fantastic, and I'd like to think your Administrators would support that, but at the same time you shouldn't be locking out new users from worming their way in. It's been a common trend within this thread to mention that older users are leaving, and if you're not going to support the newer users into your community then unfortunately that community will eventually seize to exist.

The Forum can only be as good as the members make it, and it doesn't require 10,000 posts per day to be good, it just takes some politeness to the newer members and welcoming them into your community. You don't have to instantly be best friends, but you'd be surprised how when you're nice to somebody you can learn to like them.

You have many, many dedicated Moderators and Administrators on this site who give up masses of their time to ensure that the Forum is as good as it can possibly be, and whilst I would suggest a rule or two be changed to cater for more the more modern 13-15 year old, your Forum the majority of the time is a pleasant place to be. Heck, if people actually check you will notice that either I or another staff member of Kazopark is online at least twice per day reading through your thoughts, and not just within the Kazopark section.

If increasing the post count is what you wish to do, I would firstly suggest relaxing the rules within the Spam Forum section. I believe a member brought it up recently that you are not allowed to "advertise" websites within that section - That makes me question as to whether or not it actually is a spam section, or just a second General Discussion section. The Moderation within this section should also adapt to not touching users just because they are known for causing issues - Buttons springs to mind here, and whilst there is a limit on what I can see, I believe this is another point for relaxing on the Spam section.

Whilst Spam doesn't increase the post count of users, you have to face that it is within that section the different groups of friends are. If your wish is to let the newer users join in with these groups, the Spam section should really have an over hall entirely with the rule set.

To further on this point, I am in agreement with a recent post by Niemo (I believe) that the Reputation system should be changed and adapted to actually mean something, however I would personally suggest a Reputation reset before implementing the changes (and I know that won't be popular) - Right now, from what I've seen, Reputation means more or less nothing. It's a number, which unless you get a little red mark, is completely ignored. By resetting the system, you can implement the idea that was given of, say, 250 points for 1 month Donator/VIP and extend it even further from that, so for 500 points you could get additional features within the Spam section. I would suggest, however, removing the points after they are spent. (you could even have it so for 750 points you can add sparkles to your name, similar to the God rank)

The key concept that you have to remember is that your Forum is here to have fun on, and it feels like at some point a few of you (maybe even the Administrators included) have forgotten this. It doesn't require large-scale events (Big Brother) to encourage users to post, all it takes is a better attitude from some and, in my opinion, an improvement on some systems.

Additional info: I'd also suggest removing the "Staff only" discussion board and changing it to a "Staff Annoucements" - Hidden points are pointless posts, you don't want even more niche groups.

[Hayleigh]

Well the website is aimed at the UK mainly atm whereas before the merge many americans etc used habbo Uk and therefore habbox uk, so i dont feel its your fault but instead the merge.

[CJSS]

There's not a motive for people to post.
People these days don't bother doing things unless they get something in return.

[Art]

I would personally suggest a Reputation reset

Please don't :\

[Inseriousity.]

I haven't read the thread so don't flame me for duplicating a suggestion however...

I use the student room sometimes, and there's a module on the home page that tells you 'Who Quoted You', I find this feature extremely hand to go back to threads that maybe are like 10 pages long, and wouldn't read again, so I wouldn't be aware that somebody has replied directly to me - this would increase my post count!

I find that feature really handy and you're right, it does make me go back to threads I'd have no intention of visiting again! I wonder if you'll visit this thread again and notice I've quoted you.