What do you think of the community?

[Inseriousity.]

Lmao habbox seems like the bloody mafia with all this in group out group protection malarkey

I agree with her. I don't think it's as simple as the 'spam crowd' acting like a mafia. I think more generally there's this idea that if you're active and involved then you're protected by that status within the community whereas if you don't have that, you're on your own until you've made friends. It's natural in a way but it does mean that people can be put off if they try to get involved and are spurned because they haven't yet gained that status and the community can be quite brutal to newcomers - there seems to be this line of maturity you have to be to fit in and if you don't fit that you're derided for being annoying, childish etc. Not in words necessarily (although now and again you can see these posts) but more by exclusion.

I have seen it happen somewhere else I used to frequent. Older members thinking the newer, younger members are beneath them. It is the attitude that killed it (didn't have the people to replace the ones that left cos they were too old) and it's why I keep going on about Habbo because that's the best place to fix it.

[Kyle]

I agree with her. I don't think it's as simple as the 'spam crowd' acting like a mafia. I think more generally there's this idea that if you're active and involved then you're protected by that status within the community whereas if you don't have that, you're on your own until you've made friends. It's natural in a way but it does mean that people can be put off if they try to get involved and are spurned because they haven't yet gained that status and the community can be quite brutal to newcomers - there seems to be this line of maturity you have to be to fit in and if you don't fit that you're derided for being annoying, childish etc. Not in words necessarily (although now and again you can see these posts) but more by exclusion.

I have seen it happen somewhere else I used to frequent. Older members thinking the newer, younger members are beneath them. It is the attitude that killed it (didn't have the people to replace the ones that left cos they were too old) and it's why I keep going on about Habbo because that's the best place to fix it.

Lol I know it's the case I was just laughing at the phrases people are coming out with. Spam were almost exclusively people who didn't use habbo if we look back 4 or 5 years and that really is indicative of the problems with the current situation too. People don't use habbo so have nowhere to bond with other members in a less rigid environment than forum discussion so community becomes disjointed and hard to become and remain part of.


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[Jssy]

I like it. I first joined in 2009 and posted around a little bit but I felt really intimidated by people, I wouldn't dare post in spam because I felt I'd be ridiculed. Even when I DJed here in 2011ish I felt really intimidated by certain people like Matt but now we're friends haha. I like the community but the community is definitely a lot smaller and we have a wide mix of people really don't we. There are people that cause drama intentionally but you get that everywhere really.

[Absently]

Don't worry lads if you feel intimidated on the forum and want to find a place to meet a lot of us habbox users, pop on down to the help desk *morphs into @Yupt; from advertising *

I think a few of people just jump on the bandwagon with the hatred towards other users and like was said before some people don't seem to get warned when it's deserved because it's acceptable enough to dislike said people. I've noticed a lot of threads i wouldn't touch with a barge pole because of the arguments or typical debates that have happened and making a comment on what the thread was originally about would just look out of place.

[-:Undertaker:-]

I don't think it is bad at all generally as a community, indeed with Spam being more open nowadays I find that the whole forum gets along much better - perhaps because there's less of us - than back in the older days when if you posted in Spam it appeared as though you were entering the private property of a small group. I remember not posting in Spam purely because I couldn't be arsed with the snide remarks posted back constantly, especially to newer members. It was pretty awful.

In terms of General Management this is probably the best General Management set we've had, and i've experienced GM from 2006-2007 and 2009-2010 and now 2014-2015 directly as a Manager. A lot of criticism is always levelled that there's not enough activity, yet we've never had a more active General Management in my view. The problem is of course that nowadays Habbox has less of a pull on the hotel and there's less of us/we're all older, so it's much harder to run as a site today (with events, presence on the hotel etc) in 2014 than it was back in 2008 when Habbox had a lot of weight and influence on the hotel: partly due to the decline in rare values but also the general decline of fansites as a whole that has been ongoing for a number of years. Not to mention the fact that numbers using Habbo Hotel have also declined over recent years. That's not the fault of Habbox, and indeed it's encouraging we've survived whilst many others went to the wall.

In terms of staff, a lot of staff stuff now seems to be done off the forum and off Habbo which I personally have found hard to grasp as I am used to the staff community being located on the forum: and there's much less of a staff feel/community on the forum nowadays which is pretty disappointing but again not something you can really do when people naturally now gravitate toward Twitter, Skype and other forms of media. That said, and linking in with above, staff communication among lower members of staff is now much better with other departments/General Management itself and it has broken down a lot of barriers in a way.

The facts are that things have changed, and Habbox has adapted pretty well to them. It's downfall has been predicted for years yet it's still here.

[e5]

I think our community, overall is great. Everyone has their moments on here and gets caught up in things but they are capabale of actually being nice and having a conversation. People jump on bandwagons and hate because someone they see is saying it and they wanna be 'involved', which is silly because everyone should have their own mind.

i don't think there's anyone I dislike here. Some people I disagree with but tbh by lunch or whatever I've forgotten about it and move on, I don't like holding grudges!

[Empired]

I'm actually really pleased at how the community has grown over the last few years. When I first signed up in March 2011 I looked around for a little bit but was so intimidated I didn't have the courage to post properly until October, and even then I would never dare post in spam. Once I started posting I was met with a lot of negativity. I still cringe looking back on the first few pages of rep I got because they're mostly -reps from the same individuals over and over again because I was young and didn't hold the same status as them. The idea of -repping has never bothered me but one or two of the comments I've received over the years have really hit home.

I only started to feel comfortable posting in spam about six months ago and I really think the community has changed in that area. Those who were already 'in' probably won't notice much of a change but for those who were outsiders like me, the difference has been enormous.

However I think Habbox's main problem at the moment is getting new, younger users to sign up and actually stay. Most of us (me included) are guilty of acting harshly to young users because they've said something silly or behaved childishly but if we continue like this Habbox will end up dying. There are very few young members I can remember over the last five years who have properly joined the community. I can only think of me, Sharon, Gina, Alex (CrazyLemurs), and a handful of others who managed to get through the awkward stage of being young and annoying at Habbox.

I still think there has been a difference in attitude for the whole community over the past few years. We're far from perfect but at least these days I feel like I can completely disagree with someone about something (e.g disagreeing with people in the argument about the arcade) and still respect their opinions in general and enjoy reading their other posts without a problem.

[Describe]

haven't logged in or posted for an age but it's good to see so many people still here.

@buttons @scottish @FlyingJesus @dbgtz @e5

v. nostalgic.

[Absently]

It's hilarious looking back at how many -reps I got in 05, because I was so little and so stupid haha. Do people still constantly -rep the poor little people?

[Kyle]

I think te only people that issued constant -reps were Ross and Scott lol


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