Staff Posting Competition

[Inseriousity.]

Once again I don't see why people should be bribed to post, if they don't want to post leave them be, jesus. It should be a criteria for staff to post around the forum on a day to day basis anyway.

Lol those two sentences really contradicted each other there Richie. Leave them be but there should be criteria?

Anyway, yeah, I don't agree with a staff posting competition mainly because an attitude change is required and posting competitions just cover that up in the short-term.

[Richie]

Lol those two sentences really contradicted each other there Richie. Leave them be but there should be criteria?

Anyway, yeah, I don't agree with a staff posting competition mainly because an attitude change is required and posting competitions just cover that up in the short-term.

No lol I meant like, they shouldn't be bribed to post, if they want them to post make it a criteria

[Catzsy]

The forum community isn't the Habbox community, it's part of it but it's not the Habbox community. Each community staff member will communicate with the community in the way they do it best and sometimes this isn't on the forum. To set a guideline for staff would be nothing but misleading, moderators are expected to post around the forum and interact with the forum community - if I started saying mods had to spend 4 or 5 hours on Habbo in HxHD each week they'd flip out. I agree with encouraging staff posting because the forum is a great way to interact with the community, but there are other methods of doing this and if some staff prefer those then they are entitled to do that.

Nowhere did I say that 'The forum community isn't the Habbox community' but it is part of it.
I will await to see 'what other methods' are found because you are confusing their job roles with interaction with the community - two separate things. I dare say that staff would also
be pretty angry with being enforced to be signed on the forum very much more than 5/6 hours a week to do their work! Same thing applies. When I was Community AGM there was great emphasis on serving and relating to the members on the forum. It may be just a part but it is a very important part to the members we have along with the site and radio.

[Hecktix]

Nowhere did I say that 'The forum community isn't the Habbox community' but it is part of it.
I will await to see 'what other methods' are found because you are confusing their job roles with interaction with the community - two separate things. I dare say that staff would also
be pretty angry with being enforced to be signed on the forum very much more than 5/6 hours a week to do their work! Same thing applies. When I was Community AGM there was great emphasis on serving and relating to the members on the forum. It may be just a part but it is a very important part to the members we have along with the site and radio.

You don't seem to understand me, you seem to think the only way of interacting with the Habbox community is via HabboxForum and this isn't the case, there are staff who post on the fourm to interact but there are also staff who interact with the community in different ways and this isn't a problem, so whilst posting will be encouraged we won't be taking upon your suggestion of a quota.

[Catzsy]

You don't seem to understand me, you seem to think the only way of interacting with the Habbox community is via HabboxForum and this isn't the case, there are staff who post on the fourm to interact but there are also staff who interact with the community in different ways and this isn't a problem, so whilst posting will be encouraged we won't be taking upon your suggestion of a quota.

I did understand you and but your examples of HXHD being enforced to be on Habbo, or DJs doing their shows is essentially no different to mods being enforced to being signed on the forum probably for an awful lot longer on average. That's all - it was the reasoning behind you argument for the staff not posting more. Also I gave up on the suggestion of a quota many posts ago and suggested that it should just be an aim that they were aware of. Nothing more than that. I am guessing that the word 'encouraged' means just that.

[myke]

Yes yes yes! I agree with that! I wanna win loads of credits lol. sry <<< But pls make one competition like that.

and this my friends, is why a staff posting competition is bad.

rosie we're not EXPECTED to post on the forum. the only time we're expected to is if we have to reply to an important thread.

edit: ignore that bit only just got round to reading the last essay 'cus got bored halfway through the thread :rolleyes::rolleyes:

[Alex3213]

and this my friends, is why a staff posting competition is bad.

rosie we're not EXPECTED to post on the forum. the only time we're expected to is if we have to reply to an important thread.

I agree with this I'm afraid. There are 9 moderators and 2 super moderators on the forum. I see maybe 1 or 2 attending to a few events and I see about 6 in total visiting the Help Desk often, maybe 5. Following your logic, Rosie, if staff were forced to post say 10 times a week, doesn't that mean that moderators would have to visit the Help Desk for 2 hours a week and visit at least 4 Habbox events? Course not, it doesn't work like that. Staff are volunteers and like an ex-Competition Manager said, MissAlice, "It's not the quantity of the posts that matters, it's the quality!" Sure it's an old expression but also a valid one (with the exception of the er... posts part). The forum is a discussion board and used to be the centre of the site however I think that's now starting to move abouts with the new Habbox V6 BETA and as it's a BETA we can expect more from it anyway (hopefully!) As I said earlier, staff are volunteers. This means that they give up their time to do their role. Whether that's DJing, writing competitions or adding content to the site. A moderator is forced to post because they are moderators and should be known as they lie on the forum. Likewise, a Events Organiser is told to go to as many events as possible (and even the Help Desk) to make themselves known on the client, as that's where their area is. I see lots of DJs going to party rooms as that's their department. Do you get why I don't think it'd be a good idea to have a forced amount of posts a week?

Also a staff posting competition will get the same rubbish which has been posted before. "What's your favourite drink?" 2 months later "What's your favourite drink?" So no I don't think it'd be a good idea. Sure staff should be encouraged to post but if they need incentives to get it and in return the discussion board actually isn't discussing anything useful or genuine, there's no point having a competition.

[Catzsy]

and this my friends, is why a staff posting competition is bad.

rosie we're not EXPECTED to post on the forum. the only time we're expected to is if we have to reply to an important thread.

edit: ignore that bit only just got round to reading the last essay 'cus got bored halfway through the thread :rolleyes::rolleyes:

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I agree with this I'm afraid. There are 9 moderators and 2 super moderators on the forum. I see maybe 1 or 2 attending to a few events and I see about 6 in total visiting the Help Desk often, maybe 5. Following your logic, Rosie, if staff were forced to post say 10 times a week, doesn't that mean that moderators would have to visit the Help Desk for 2 hours a week and visit at least 4 Habbox events? Course not, it doesn't work like that. Staff are volunteers and like an ex-Competition Manager said, MissAlice, "It's not the quantity of the posts that matters, it's the quality!" Sure it's an old expression but also a valid one (with the exception of the er... posts part). The forum is a discussion board and used to be the centre of the site however I think that's now starting to move abouts with the new Habbox V6 BETA and as it's a BETA we can expect more from it anyway (hopefully!) As I said earlier, staff are volunteers. This means that they give up their time to do their role. Whether that's DJing, writing competitions or adding content to the site. A moderator is forced to post because they are moderators and should be known as they lie on the forum. Likewise, a Events Organiser is told to go to as many events as possible (and even the Help Desk) to make themselves known on the client, as that's where their area is. I see lots of DJs going to party rooms as that's their department. Do you get why I don't think it'd be a good idea to have a forced amount of posts a week?

Also a staff posting competition will get the same rubbish which has been posted before. "What's your favourite drink?" 2 months later "What's your favourite drink?" So no I don't think it'd be a good idea. Sure staff should be encouraged to post but if they need incentives to get it and in return the discussion board actually isn't discussing anything useful or genuine, there's no point having a competition.

No I don't agree which is quite unusual as far as you are concerned as 'Moderating' is our main job and the posting is an added extra which none of the other staff have.If our main job was 'posting' I would agree with you as then it would only be fair. Also mods are volunteers as well. I think this has been resolved by me saying ages ago in this thread that if a quota was not fair then it should be an aim and with Hecktix saying that staff should be 'encouraged' to post and I totally agree with the MissAlice philosophy as I stated in another post. Having said that you were a valued member of staff for a long time and a very active poster so it can be done.

[AgnesIO]

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No I don't agree which is quite unusual as far as you are concerned as 'Moderating' is our main job and the posting is an added extra which none of the other staff have.If our main job was 'posting' I would agree with you as then it would only be fair. Also mods are volunteers as well. I think this has been resolved by me saying ages ago in this thread that if a quota was not fair then it should be an aim and with Hecktix saying that staff should be 'encouraged' to post and I totally agree with the MissAlice philosophy as I stated in another post. Having said that you were a valued member of staff for a long time and a very active poster so it can be done.

I think managers should HAVE to post - a manager not posting is, in my eyes, a big fault.

Staff should post, and I genuinely believe if DJ's posted more, more newer members would stay. Hey, I might be wrong, but I think young habbo players would love to sign up and talk to their favourite DJ.

[Alex3213]

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No I don't agree which is quite unusual as far as you are concerned as 'Moderating' is our main job and the posting is an added extra which none of the other staff have.If our main job was 'posting' I would agree with you as then it would only be fair. Also mods are volunteers as well. I think this has been resolved by me saying ages ago in this thread that if a quota was not fair then it should be an aim and with Hecktix saying that staff should be 'encouraged' to post and I totally agree with the MissAlice philosophy as I stated in another post. Having said that you were a valued member of staff for a long time and a very active poster so it can be done.

Of course moderators are volunteers (lol i nearly wrote VIPs ) and they put in a hell of a lot of effort and all do a good job (and anyone who's reading this thread, let's not make some pointless "MODERATIN WAS BETTER BEFORE" thread :rolleyes however the way I see it is whilst you're browsing the forum, especially in your category, you can always add a little comment at the end. This means the members know you're a moderator of the section and you do browse it and you're active in it, meaning I think a quota is fair for the moderation department. As I said though, other departments are based elsewhere and that means the forum isn't their primary site, just like the client isn't the moderation department's! Like I said earlier, I think there might be a chance the actual Habbox site will become centre of attention in the upcoming months especially with the Habbox/HxL merge. Staff should post yes but we can't force them after all, whether it's a minimum which must be met or an aim. In my opinion, an aim will just be discarded and no one will pay attention as it does not need to be met.

P.S. I was never an active poster! My average posts is like 1.4 or something and that's probably because of all the CNBs

I think managers should HAVE to post - a manager not posting is, in my eyes, a big fault.

Staff should post, and I genuinely believe if DJ's posted more, more newer members would stay. Hey, I might be wrong, but I think young habbo players would love to sign up and talk to their favourite DJ.

Again I don't think they HAVE to post but I think it's important for them to do so. If they don't, it's their loss. Seeing "______ MANAGER" in their usertitle immediately promotes their department as well as their signature which is likely to promote their department. For example Mike's has a nice little image which can be clicked to show you all the comps, HOORAY, ADVERTISEMENT! If they don't want to it's OK imho as it'll only downgrade the amount of promotion the department could potentially receive. However, on the other hand, a post count in the double digits and in management is an entirely different matter and that is not acceptable.