habbox can improve. discuss.

[Nixt]

Maybe we could have a 'strengths' thread instead then for a change just to see what pops up
That'd actually be quite interesting

much love for grig3
psst here's that [insert hong kong currency for a tenner here].

Hong Kong dolla!

Habbox will always be fluctuating in its 'performance' as it were. It has quiet periods, super busy periods, quite periods and it just carries on like that. Been the same for as long as I can remember innit. Obviously management need to sort some crap out, but that's all impending I am sure.

[GommeInc]

A "chillax" stategy might do the trick, things do appear tense and the way rules are handled comes off as strict. For example, I saw one of the updates and it was all well and good, but the writing came off as threatening (the one about profile pictures - "you can now have yourself as your profile picture, but if you have it as your avatar we will kill you" was the tone of the update).

The moderator warning update is good though, it doesn't come off as threatening and scary It's nice and neat rather than chuck it down your throats, though there is still some room for improvement. I say this because, it's all well and good saying "we try to be nice by writing PMs in a friendly way", but you shouldn't have to think to write PMs, they should come naturally, so the way moderators think and work needs looking into, because you can tell something isn't quite right with the use of language.

[beth]

like most people have said, the forum needs to loosen up a bit, it's all a bit tense and like a bit hostile really.
i think mgmt need to realise that a large proportion of their regular posters are now people from 06/07/08 who have grown up with habbox and i wanna see a bit more of a relaxed approach.

i don't think new users should always be yr main priority.

[The Don]

It's not so much the AGM's or the senior staff, it's the the individual departments lacking to get enough attention to habbox. We need to advertise the forum A LOT more on the main website. The department heads should sort their act together (not all, just some) and make sure their staff do the jobs properly. I resigned from my jobs because I couldn't commit, well wth is the point of having staff who barely do anything. A Major staff clean out would be good, get rid of the weak and try and get some of the stronger forum members a board. People I see around like Saurav, Immense, Flying Jesus, Nemo, GommeInc. These are all old time forum members who always give feedback, maybe you should get some wise people from the forum and form a council of some sort which can give help when in need.

I don't know, I think Habbox can bounce back, but only if things are sorted correctly and the managers step up. We need more habbox events to advertise habbox. We need helpfull helpdesk staff who can convince new people to come to the forum. It's not the forums fault as such, it's the in habbo departments job to get people to come here, then it's up to forum staff to make sure they stay. It's simple!

[Sarah]

Yeh this is true, nothing is perfect. Habbox has some strengths in terms of competitions and news (although that could be promoted slightly more)- but it needs a lot of work on some other aspects; like forum activity with some forum based events and maybe some larger radio campaigns for the radio.

Obviously forum activity hasn't been at its best but It's something we are really trying to work on. I know that over Halloween there will be events (some of which I'm currently planning) but we are limited - unlike other departments the forum doesn't really get many (if any) donations to provide events the only thing we can offer is VIP (which some are happy with) but obviously newer members who are from Habbo would prefer furniture.

Hong Kong dolla!

Habbox will always be fluctuating in its 'performance' as it were. It has quiet periods, super busy periods, quite periods and it just carries on like that. Been the same for as long as I can remember innit. Obviously management need to sort some crap out, but that's all impending I am sure.

I would agree we have quiet periods and super busy periods, maybe not always in a rotation but we definitely have these periods. Obviously we're limited what we can do because of timing issues - we all have things we have to do in real life such as school, uni and jobs. However that said other fan sites manage it, and we should really be able to do it and hopefully it will improve.

A "chillax" stategy might do the trick, things do appear tense and the way rules are handled comes off as strict. For example, I saw one of the updates and it was all well and good, but the writing came off as threatening (the one about profile pictures - "you can now have yourself as your profile picture, but if you have it as your avatar we will kill you" was the tone of the update).

The moderator warning update is good though, it doesn't come off as threatening and scary It's nice and neat rather than chuck it down your throats, though there is still some room for improvement. I say this because, it's all well and good saying "we try to be nice by writing PMs in a friendly way", but you shouldn't have to think to write PMs, they should come naturally, so the way moderators think and work needs looking into, because you can tell something isn't quite right with the use of language.

I don't think it was as blunt as we will kill you But maybe rewording of some things needs to be done to make it seem more welcoming whilst keeping some strict enforcement of some rules and maybe the easing of others. Its something that Forum Management would most likely have to discuss with General Management.

like most people have said, the forum needs to loosen up a bit, it's all a bit tense and like a bit hostile really.
i think mgmt need to realise that a large proportion of their regular posters are now people from 06/07/08 who have grown up with habbox and i wanna see a bit more of a relaxed approach.

i don't think new users should always be yr main priority.

Its fair enough to say that old users want the easing of rules and its great that they've grown up with Habbox, but we're also obviously trying to attract some new users and we have to keep some of the rules to attract their audience - so some things would have to stay strict. But some things could change, and the things you would like easing up - do you have any suggestions?

[Jamesy]

A "chillax" stategy might do the trick, things do appear tense and the way rules are handled comes off as strict. For example, I saw one of the updates and it was all well and good, but the writing came off as threatening (the one about profile pictures - "you can now have yourself as your profile picture, but if you have it as your avatar we will kill you" was the tone of the update).

The moderator warning update is good though, it doesn't come off as threatening and scary It's nice and neat rather than chuck it down your throats, though there is still some room for improvement. I say this because, it's all well and good saying "we try to be nice by writing PMs in a friendly way", but you shouldn't have to think to write PMs, they should come naturally, so the way moderators think and work needs looking into, because you can tell something isn't quite right with the use of language.

I remember Garion insisting I put that in there about the avatar thing.

like most people have said, the forum needs to loosen up a bit, it's all a bit tense and like a bit hostile really.
i think mgmt need to realise that a large proportion of their regular posters are now people from 06/07/08 who have grown up with habbox and i wanna see a bit more of a relaxed approach.

i don't think new users should always be yr main priority.

I think this is coming down to the same old problem "loosen up" is such an ambiguous term as compared to even a year ago we are far, far more laid back. If you have specific suggestions we are always extremely happy to see what we can accomodate

[Inseriousity.]

It's not so much the AGM's or the senior staff, it's the the individual departments lacking to get enough attention to habbox. We need to advertise the forum A LOT more on the main website. The department heads should sort their act together (not all, just some) and make sure their staff do the jobs properly. I resigned from my jobs because I couldn't commit, well wth is the point of having staff who barely do anything. A Major staff clean out would be good, get rid of the weak and try and get some of the stronger forum members a board. People I see around like Saurav, Immense, Flying Jesus, Nemo, GommeInc. These are all old time forum members who always give feedback, maybe you should get some wise people from the forum and form a council of some sort which can give help when in need.

I don't know, I think Habbox can bounce back, but only if things are sorted correctly and the managers step up. We need more habbox events to advertise habbox. We need helpfull helpdesk staff who can convince new people to come to the forum. It's not the forums fault as such, it's the in habbo departments job to get people to come here, then it's up to forum staff to make sure they stay. It's simple!

There was a council and it didn't work I dont think.
I don't think a major staff clear out's really needed. Normally department managers do this frequently anyway especially with certain rules brought in

However, I do agree with the advertising. It's widely known that comps management and the staff constantly advertise www.habboxforum.com/comps wherever we find the gap and it's often joked about that we're desperate! Although we also have the proof that it does work and I think the whole 'stigma' of advertising (that it's desperate, sad etc) really prohibit Habbox from getting out to the wider Habbo community.

[Conservative,]

We shuld hold a massive 24 hour rave on habbo, fill the room as soon as possible and keep it filled for 24 hours, give away thrones and free donator, tell people to tune in... and then say "If u dont come back, we have ur IP, we will hunt you down"

[Robbie]

We shuld hold a massive 24 hour rave on habbo, fill the room as soon as possible and keep it filled for 24 hours, give away thrones and free donator, tell people to tune in... and then say "If u dont come back, we have ur IP, we will hunt you down"

I agree do this best night ever

[immense]

/agreed