Health Forum

[Chippiewill]

I believe a new rule should be implemented for the health forum as follows:

No threads asking for medical advice or asking for advice about serious medical issues where it is obvious they should see a doctor. E.g. a torn frenulum. In the event of such a thread occurring I propose that mods lock it, hide it and PM the OP telling them that a) it's not allowed and b) they should seek advice from a medical professional.

Several reasons:
a) No member of Habbox is professionally qualified to answer that sort of question
b) 90% chance of them are probably trolling
c) They might not go to a doctor if they are given some semi-helpful but fundamentally flawed advice despite the fact they should anyway
d) Legally grey.
e) If the thread shows up in google then someone (aka an idiot) might treat it as sensible medical advice discouraging THEM from seeking proper medical advice.

[David]

i agree

[xxMATTGxx]

Yeah it's probably something we should do.

[dirrty]

yeah, it seems like the answer to SO many of the threads are "go see a doctor".

[Kardan]

I agree as well, until I get my doctorate in medicine...

[GommeInc]

This will be an unenforceable rule:

They're unavoidable. Instead of penalising just tell them that they should see a doctor - how do you even know they're trolling? They're clearly asking a question, they wouldn't know to go see a doctor unless told to hence they're asking a question. Saying people using Google may find these threads is clenching at straws, Habbox wouldn't be anywhere near the top of the results as it's a tiny, pathetic fansite and not a medical based website which would be at the top (or ask.yahoo.com etc)

The best course of action is to simply remove the "Health" part of the Health, Life and Relationships forum as it seems the logical course to take given the reasons you've provided.

[Kardan]

This will be an unenforceable rule:

They're unavoidable. Instead of penalising just tell them that they should see a doctor - how do you even know they're trolling? They're clearly asking a question, they wouldn't know to go see a doctor unless told to hence they're asking a question. Saying people using Google may find these threads is clenching at straws, Habbox wouldn't be anywhere near the top of the results as it's a tiny, pathetic fansite and not a medical based website which would be at the top (or ask.yahoo.com etc)

The best course of action is to simply remove the "Health" part of the Health, Life and Relationships forum as it seems the logical course to take given the reasons you've provided.

I don't think people should be penalised if the forum is kept, just simply close/remove the thread with a PM reminding them that they are better suited for different websites.

Removing 'Health' will probably do just as much good though, I'm struggling to think of things that would fall under 'Health' and not be a medical query...

[David]

yeah removing health seems logical

[Chippiewill]

Removing 'Health' will probably do just as much good though, I'm struggling to think of things that would fall under 'Health' and not be a medical query...

Mostly questions related to puberty where professional medical advice perhaps isn't needed, or maybe asking for a remedy to their cough or stuff like that but google should answer those kinds of questions anyway so removing it isn't any harm.

[GommeInc]

Mostly questions related to puberty where professional medical advice perhaps isn't needed, or maybe asking for a remedy to their cough or stuff like that but google should answer those kinds of questions anyway so removing it isn't any harm.

And anything puberty related could come under "Life and/or Relationships" so it's perfectly reasonable