HxF Beauty Contest - What could've been done better

[Rozi]

Oh yeah super amounts of love to scott who probs knew it wasn't going to be the easiest contest to run from last year and who I think has actually done a good job seeing as it isn't even a strictly official thing I don't think. or is it? i'm confused actually.

[Hecktix]

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?

Depends what kind of evidence you had, if it was a screenie say on Habbo "vote me here and i'll give you 5c" - I would say that's enough for disqualification. Likewise with PMs etc.

[Richie]

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 .

My point is if you're going to have reputation on this forum, use it both ways, otherwise it's pointless. -rep and +rep are not equal, if you aren't going to use them equally remove them because I honestly don't see a point. Can you give me an example of some posts I could -rep that wouldn't get removed when reported?



EDIT:
I suppose this is going off topic so feel free to pm me some examples I'm intrigued to know what I can actually -rep.

[Hecktix]

Oh yeah super amounts of love to scott who probs knew it wasn't going to be the easiest contest to run from last year and who I think has actually done a good job seeing as it isn't even a strictly official thing I don't think. or is it? i'm confused actually.

It's official in the sense it's run by a habbox staff member, thats what I got told last year - last year I just started it as a member but got told off as I was a s'mod and "represented habbox" when i implied for it to just be some fun to generate a bit of excitement. I suppose this year with Nicola endorsing it it means that there is a prize (last year there wasn't a prize) and it's free to be stricter on guidelines in terms of the bribery.

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My point is if you're going to have reputation on this forum, use it both ways, otherwise it's pointless. -rep and +rep are not equal, if you aren't going to use them equally remove them because I honestly don't see a point. Can you give me an example of some posts I could -rep that wouldn't get removed when reported?

Post:
You're a ******* **** Richie, I wish you would fall off a cliff and die.

-rep: "Don't be mean to richie" -rep "Don't wish death on me" etc ~ absolutely fine

Let's give an example of a real situation that occurred recently:
"I think we should forgive Osama Bin Laden, he's been killed for Christ's sake and people are happy. RIP Osama Bin Laden"

-rep "I disapprove" -rep "You are sick" -rep "This opinion is disgusting"

These are just two examples of many, besides this thread is not about the rep system

[kuzkasate]

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



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

Depends what kind of evidence you had, if it was a screenie say on Habbo "vote me here and i'll give you 5c" - I would say that's enough for disqualification. Likewise with PMs etc.

But proof? Hmm, if you class a screeny as a proof then nearly everyone would be disqualified because nearly everyone on habbo said 'vote for me and ill give you furni' and how are you's supposed to know who is bribing and who is joking?

[Hecktix]

But proof? Hmm, if you class a screeny as a proof then nearly everyone would be disqualified because nearly everyone on habbo said 'vote for me and ill give you furni' and how are you's supposed to know who is bribing and who is joking?

Well, they would be stupid to say it because it can bring up a disqualification case, obviously also if someone did take a bribe this is extra evidence.

[buttons]

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

lol that'll be the yearly habbox award thing jack used to do
or just the rep system in general. the most popular people tend to be those of the highest rep.

[myke]

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?

that first point is just silly LOL, why on earth would you be able to vote for yourself in a contest?

[Conservative,]

that first point is just silly LOL, why on earth would you be able to vote for yourself in a contest?

Because some people may want to? I've seen it happen where you can vote for yourself to enhance your votes. It still needs to be clarified.

This thread isn't bashing the idea. It is, in theory, a good idea and I applause Scott for thinking of it and doing it and giving up his time to do it. However this is a thread for constructive criticism as to how it can be better next time.

[Richie]

Brb going a thread in spam saying I'm beautiful, the tension on the forum today has been crazy lol, jealousy is a ***** and to be honest why bother hosting the competition next year if you know it's going to start a ***** fest. I wouldn't bother ha