HabboxLive Ideas

[Sarah]

No, we have tonsssss of song reviews as well as the playlist, weekly shows pages etc etc and merging would just mean less people would get to see/read those. HabboxLive has always had a seperate site and it's worked well for years so why change things?

In terms of the DJs obviously it's difficult to hire DJs that please everyone but obviously they weren't just hired for no reason, they must've had a good app/sound clip so you can't just go around willy-nilly saying this DJ is crap, so is this one etc because Gemma/James clearly take things into account and don't just hire any old applicant.

The community thing is a load of rubbish, all it would mean is that they have to go to a different site to listen to the radio, explain how that'd improve the community whatsoever? They definitely don't need to be merged and I think if you ask most HabboxLive staff and regular listeners they'd disagree with the merging idea.

No one is doubting that it has worked in the past, be obviously (the listener numbers are showing) that it may not be working anymore. The content on the HabboxLive site could easily be done by the articles/news team - there is no reason it needs to be done specifically on the habboxlive website.

[sammy]

No one is doubting that it has worked in the past, be obviously (the listener numbers are showing) that it may not be working anymore. The content on the HabboxLive site could easily be done by the articles/news team - there is no reason it needs to be done specifically on the habboxlive website.

So the articles/news team could choose a listener of the week? Song reviews and especially playlists are music related so it makes sense that DJs/the habboxlive department should be preparing them rather than the articles team. I suppose they could do it if it ever was to be merged but you don't have any stats to show how many people use the habboxlive site alone so you can't say that having a seperate site doesn't work anymore .

[Grig]

So the articles/news team could choose a listener of the week? Song reviews and especially playlists are music related so it makes sense that DJs/the habboxlive department should be preparing them rather than the articles team. I suppose they could do it if it ever was to be merged but you don't have any stats to show how many people use the habboxlive site alone so you can't say that having a seperate site doesn't work anymore .

This is where I disagree fully. When I was managing news with Martin we were going to do this, but HxL decided to go against everything and do it themselves. I do not understand why. DJs are not article or news writers, the professionalism and quality of such articles will shoot up if they are done by the news and articles team. I know for a fact that a bulk of the team there listen to music and can analyze songs very well, and do it much more thoroughly then they are done now .

[Nick]

I think it's time for HabboxLive to get a 'facelift'. It is getting a bit outdated and the fact that other fansites are getting more listeners is just not good!

The Layout - I think there should be a new layout or either merge with Habbox.com because the old layout is getting a little old and a little 'childish' if you know what I mean. In all respect, it looks more of a website I'd go to order my little cousin's birthday present, not a radio site for teenage kids with the average age of about 14/15. A few years ago HxL was getting 200 listeners but now it is only hitting 100, this is because the old listeners have grown up, if this is the case HabboxLive need to grow up to suit the majority of listeners. This problem partly being Habbo obviously.

Well since i havent been with habbox all that long i think the layout habboxlive has right now is fine. But i do see the point of "old" habboxlive users seeing the same old boring layout.

[Sarah]

So the articles/news team could choose a listener of the week? Song reviews and especially playlists are music related so it makes sense that DJs/the habboxlive department should be preparing them rather than the articles team. I suppose they could do it if it ever was to be merged but you don't have any stats to show how many people use the habboxlive site alone so you can't say that having a seperate site doesn't work anymore .

It would appear you don't seem to have the stats either - so you've just argued against yourself. Listener of the week surely has nothing to do with the site? The little box and logo could easily be placed on the new site while Habboxlive Management/DJs choosing the Listener of the Week.

This is where I disagree fully. When I was managing news with Martin we were going to do this, but HxL decided to go against everything and do it themselves. I do not understand why. DJs are not article or news writers, the professionalism and quality of such articles will shoot up if they are done by the news and articles team. I know for a fact that a bulk of the team there listen to music and can analyze songs very well, and do it much more thoroughly then they are done now .

Totally agree! It should be done by the articles & news team - if a DJ wants to write reviews on music then they are open to applying for that department also.

[Hecktix]

Okay, so I'm gonna be the first one to point out that in the past 30 days listener numbers have been up 10-20% on the previous 60 days, in comparison to other sites we're doing particularly well however of course there is still a lot of room for improvement.

Layout wise I'm not really gonna comment, HxL won't be getting a new layout for now, at least. I'm pro merging onto Habbox.com but that's all I'm saying there, our new v6 would be able to encompass all the HxL content and have potential for more.

People moaning about young DJs really gets on my nerves - I don't mean to sound rude but at the end of the day we are a Habbo fansite, Habbo's target audience is 11-16 therefore this is our target audience too (however we do try to cater for 16+ too) - I believe the majority of HxL DJs at the moment are 15-17 and I'll prove this with some stats later once I've collected them. However we aren't gonna stop the younger ones being DJs - we don't get the amount of applications we used to due to lack of Habbo interest in fansite therefore we can't afford to be massively picky. The problem I see at the moment with New DJs getting things wrong is A) the amount of monitoring of HxL conducted by HxL Management and B) the amount of help/support given to these new DJs, some of them may have never DJ'd before and SAM isn't the easiest thing to use in the world, there are Senior DJ msn accounts etc for reasons however they aren't getting utilised. Throughout my time as AGM I've seen show feedback PMs from senior staff such as JamesOYES and Sammify however I could probably count on 1 hand how many I've seen, the PMs that I have seen have been absolutely fantastic in terms of guidance however it's simple - there aren't enough being sent.

I'd personally like to see any trialist DJ assigned a mentor who listens to every single one of their shows in the trial and sends them a feedback PM after every single one - at the moment we don't seem to have the senior staff level to do something like this but it's something Bolt660 myself and HxL management are looking into - boosting the senior staff in such departments as staff simply aren't getting the support they need to improve.

[sammy]

It would appear you don't seem to have the stats either - so you've just argued against yourself. Listener of the week surely has nothing to do with the site? The little box and logo could easily be placed on the new site.

No but i didn't say "it doesn't appear to be working anymore", that was you. If it's been like that for years it's obviously been okay and it should just be kept as it is. If not many people use the HabboxLive.com site then fine but we can't really comment on how many people we think use it because we don't have any stats.

How does the listener of the week not have anything to do with the site lol? News/articles writers will really know who's tuning in all the time, sending in shoutouts and requests and coming to party rooms lol :S. Anyway, how will everything fit into the main site? Are you just saying we should have it all under a little tab? If so I don't see how that would work, there's obviously content on the hxl site so how would we fit the whole thing into the main site in a little tiny space like this:

[Hecktix]

No but i didn't say "it doesn't appear to be working anymore", that was you. If it's been like that for years it's obviously been okay and it should just be kept as it is. If not many people use the HabboxLive.com site then fine but we can't really comment on how many people we think use it because we don't have any stats.

How does the listener of the week not have anything to do with the site lol? News/articles writers will really know who's tuning in all the time, sending in shoutouts and requests and coming to party rooms lol :S. Anyway, how will everything fit into the main site? Are you just saying we should have it all under a little tab? If so I don't see how that would work, there's obviously content on the hxl site so how would we fit the whole thing into the main site in a little tiny space like this:

j/s that's an invalid argument regarding the space as v6 looks nuttin like that

[sammy]

j/s that's an invalid argument regarding the space as v6 looks nuttin like that

oh well if you're talking about doing it in v6 then obv i can't comment i presumed she was on about the current version

[AgnesIO]

No, we have tonsssss of song reviews as well as the playlist, weekly shows pages etc etc and merging would just mean less people would get to see/read those. HabboxLive has always had a seperate site and it's worked well for years so why change things?

In terms of the DJs obviously it's difficult to hire DJs that please everyone but obviously they weren't just hired for no reason, they must've had a good app/sound clip so you can't just go around willy-nilly saying this DJ is crap, so is this one etc because Gemma/James clearly take things into account and don't just hire any old applicant.

The community thing is a load of rubbish, all it would mean is that they have to go to a different site to listen to the radio, explain how that'd improve the community whatsoever? They definitely don't need to be merged and I think if you ask most HabboxLive staff and regular listeners they'd disagree with the merging idea.

I can tell you what is rubbish. Your pathetic biased view on this matter. It would improve the community, the fact everyone would go to Habbox. All the departments would help EACH OTHER. I doubt the regular listeners give a damn about where they listen, I know I ALWAYS used to go to Habbox.com to listen - and guess what? That's when I started using Rare Values. I also then started using the forum and viewing guides.

I am almost certain my WRITTEN applications will ALWAYS be one of the best sent in to Habbox. But I think we all know, that doesn't make me the best applicant. My infraction record proves this, so I probably wouldn't be the ideal moderator - based on my previous behaviour. But I bet my application is always one of the best

I am probably wrong here, but I swear at one stage habboxlive.com was linked to Habbox? I seem to remember it appearing to be anyway - I could access all the information I wanted, and it was all on www.habbox.com