R.I.P. official fansites!

[Aaron]

I kind of like this, be good to see how it goes.

[Mikester941]

Why do they call this a "new relationship" with Habbo when there totally abandoning us and focusing on stupid mobile games, there is no relationship if there is hardly any articles, moderators, community staff etc and now theirabandoning fansites cos they clearly cba. SMHID!

Liking the sneak peak factor though for fansites and the new habbo client looks pretty good however that grey infostand looks awful!

[beth]

think it's a complete sham, they can't be arsed with fansites anymore so they're gonna bang em on a mailing list. and it appears any old tom, **** or harry can sign up for it.

absolutely stupid. think habbox should just go off our own merits and not rely on them beings as they seem so unwilling.

(bring back v.i.p woo)

[xxMATTGxx]

Another tweet:

[@]@VanS_HT[/@] we will make the site links visible on the site and also in FB (I hope). Please bear with us.

[GommeInc]

An interesting idea, but they could keep official or "highly recommended/regarded" fansites (though official is a better word). Some sites will naturally out perform others and do a better job promoting Habbo, and you would think they would give these fansites special recognition, especially when fansites help engage the Habbo Community where Habbo either cannot do, or fail drastically to accomplish.

A pity premium services are still a don't. They should allow fansites to offer premium services which help support the fansite - Habbo can easily look at a fansite and see if any fraud or misconduct is being committed e.g. huge, unjustified costs. VIP on Habbox was pretty good value and helped support a site which did notthing but good for the franchise.

[wiktoria]

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It still seems flawed, and not thought out enough.. It doesn't help any of us gain members, does it?

i don't like this at all it's so ugly ugh.

i think it is a good idea though.

[Damoz]

didnt anybody notice the image posted? and the glory days were when sites would have the badge (red one)

[xxMATTGxx]

If you haven't read this already then it was tweeted by Jason a couple of hours ago:

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A bit of background and a HUGE Thank you...

I would like to thank all of the sites that have shown support in this program so far, I have been inundated over email an Twitter and it has been very warming to see your passion and enthusiasm. Let me give you a bit of background....

Before I picked up this project not a lot was happening with Sulake and fansites on a global scale. I wanted to get fansites back on the agenda, build relations and give you an avenue where we listen and provide you content. Previously some countries had official sites, some didn't. Some had support from Sulake, some didn't. Our aim was to change this, for the better.

This fansite project needed to be scalable so it works for all countries (11 markets), all sites, (no matter what status) and is manageable.


As you know, moving forward we are opening up and delivering you unseen and newsworthy content, but we need to do this fairly. Here is a little quote (lol)...

'Our fansites are to live in a world of equality and fairness' - fansite_jason.

So....This means more sites, more news, feeding a better and well informed community. We encourage the fansite community to self regulate in light of the do's and don'ts posted yesterday.

A BIG Thank you!!
Sulake would personally like to thank all of the sites that have delivered great content for their audiences over the last years. You professionalism has not got un-noticed and we appreciate the level of support you have shown for the Habbo product, you guys rock. Moving forward we encourage you to keep doing what you do and go from strength to strength.

I know a lot of existing sites are worried about visitors and badges, but this is where it gets interesting. What do great sites do well? How do you engage with your audience better? Rich media? Social functions? That's for you to decide. Time to get creative!

I am currently looking into the future of the 'site badge', as I know a few people brought this up on Twitter. We may create a new badge, but this is to be decided (more info on this soon). I will also look at how we can promote the fansite mailing list in Habbo and on the official FB pages.

Please remember this program is in its infancy, let's walk before we can run. Things will get more interesting as we move along.

[@]@paul[/@] recently visited the uk office and presented his vision of Habbo to me, it's a very exciting time and we want you to be a part of it (together).

Let's keep the creativity flag flying, whilst looking through the sites I have been amazed at how well some of these sites look and have been put together (although some of the music blearing out in my earphones isn't really my taste lol). Great stuff!

You know where I am if you want to talk (email / twitter), and don't worry, I am listening.

Thanks

Jason

[e5]

As long as Habbox give us the sneak peeks too... but tbh, where does it say about official fansites etc? just means they'll mail any fansite owners...

[xxMATTGxx]

As long as Habbox give us the sneak peeks too... but tbh, where does it say about official fansites etc? just means they'll mail any fansite owners...

Why wouldn't we give you the sneak peeks? That's the whole point of us getting them so we can share them to our userbase. In terms of official fansites, what do you mean? There is no more official fansites and if you own a fansite, you tweet him/email him with your site URL and contact email and then you are added.