"Admin wants you to view a thread before you can continue browsing the forum"

[Richie]

It's annoying if you click to view a thread, and that show's up, and you forget what thread you wanted to see lol

jesus made the back button for a reason


I agree its annoying and only threads really necessary that will effect habbox should force people to read.

[The Professor]

I love it when management don't agree.

Lol management NEVER agree Sam and oli are just the two people that are most likely to say it in public

[Hecktix]

I love it when management don't agree.

As I said in my post, I wasn't too sure of Sams reasoning for the thread. I am now aware this is an important survey which will affect future forum decisions and it is absolutely essential we recieve as many votes as possie to gain a fair representation. All we wanted from you in that thread was a vote. The other two threads this week were of equal importance, one to remind users to follow a certain rule (which is to your benefit really, I could have just let the mods issue infractions even though people seemed unclear about the rule) and the other forceread was about the removal of blogs which we needed to show everyone to avoid complaints from you when your blogs vanish.

[FlyingJesus]

I'll be honest myself and probably most of the others who voted/posted in that poll would probably not have done if it wasn't a forced thread, as feedback polls don't happen all that often and so people don't tend to check them. A one-off like that where it's designed to get a rough view of membership so that management know who they're dealing with isn't going to hurt anyone really.

Just out of interest, how long do such threads remain compulsary to view? Like if one were to be offline when it's made and not get back on for a couple of days, would they still be made to see it? I imagine there's a cutoff point somewhere, just wondering what it is.

[Hecktix]

I'll be honest myself and probably most of the others who voted/posted in that poll would probably not have done if it wasn't a forced thread, as feedback polls don't happen all that often and so people don't tend to check them. A one-off like that where it's designed to get a rough view of membership so that management know who they're dealing with isn't going to hurt anyone really.

Just out of interest, how long do such threads remain compulsary to view? Like if one were to be offline when it's made and not get back on for a couple of days, would they still be made to see it? I imagine there's a cutoff point somewhere, just wondering what it is.

We can choose the cut off, I usually choose 24 or 48 hours, I'd probably say Sams should be over a longer period so it can get more votes.

Some are permanent, however this is uncommon and they are usually usergroup specific.

[Meanies]

People seem to hate notices to and would probably press dismiss rather than clicking the link going to the thread.

yes, that would be the point of having an ignore button or whatever. don't have to look if you don't want to


and also on the poll thing, didn't there used to be polls at the top of the forum home rather than forced threads?

[hah]

ye there was cus i remember i had one stuck on my profile cus it ended and i cudnt vote

[Meanies]

ye there was cus i remember i had one stuck on my profile cus it ended and i cudnt vote

i had that too!!!

why wasnt this poll thing used for the age thread??
surely it'd have been equally effective

[GommeInc]

yes, that would be the point of having an ignore button or whatever. don't have to look if you don't want to


and also on the poll thing, didn't there used to be polls at the top of the forum home rather than forced threads?

That sounds like a good idea.

Most of the notices are fine though, some like the blogs disappearing could of gone unmentioned, and as a thread like it is at the moment - it's not been taken off the front of the forum quite yet.

[scottish]

Most effective way perhaps but I don't think it would harm putting it as an announcement and then people would find out for themselves that they're filtered. If they then break the rules or question it, they could be linked to the announcement.

It's beginning to get to the point where it is a nuisance. In my opinion a feature like that should only reserved for very important things (Like it was done in the past) and then people will pay close attention to it. If it's kept being used for things which don't interest people, then people may just skip over them.

i didnt read anything past page 2 but i agree with this

i know myself everytime i get forced to read a thread i click it and click off as it has a 98% chance of being crap and of no use to me

So when something really important is forced people will just start to skip it as we're being forced to view crap like vote your age


edit;

jesus made the back button for a reason


I agree its annoying and only threads really necessary that will effect habbox should force people to read.

that doesn't work though as if you use back it still thinks you've not read it and forces you to read it again