Speaking in a blog post on parent site Sulake , chief executive Paul LaFontaine said that the firm "was reviewing the long-term plans for the Habbo community". Habbo claims that it tracks 70 million lines of conversation daily and employs more than moderators. Many felt the move to mute conversations was unnecessary. One tweeted: "Habbo Hotel has always been full of paedophiles. Avoiding them was part of the game. Retailers WH Smith, Game and Tesco have announced that they have taken the Habbo gift card off sale, pending further investigation.
In the game, players, using avatars, move from room to room, chat to other users and furnish their rooms using credits. Posing as an year-old girl, a Channel 4 News producer said she had witnessed "very sexual, perverse, violent, pornographic" chats.
Rachel Seifert spent two months on Habbo and said after she took part in online chats, she had quickly found herself in the middle of conversations of extremely explicit sexual nature.
Habbos that entered the Welcome Lounge were polled about their opinions about the events. Those that answered were given a badge to recognize their support. A few were given trophies. You can not currently receive this badge though. On June 15, two days into the mute, Paul announced "The Great Unmute", a campaign that allows Habbos to have their say, telling Sulake what they want to see in Habbo.
The site opened on Wednesday at UK time for six hours. It allowed Habbos to openly voice their concerns and opinions to Sulake. Habbos were given questions to answer "What does your community mean to you? When the six hour period ended, www. After seeing the massive amount of responses to The Great Unmute, Paul LaFontaine described a new concept called "protected democracy" which would allow a regulated environment that protects free speech while keeping the community safe.
On June 28, Sulake introduced the Parental Advisory Summit, a campaign that allows parents to participate in discussions regarding safety. The summit would involve a three-day online forum facilitated by senior managers of Sulake. According to another the blog post published on June 26, these safety measures are also planned: [7].
In response to community feedback requesting the revival of the Hobba program, Sulake decided to introduce Guardians. Habbo Finland underwent a testing stage for the new chat system on June Any words not on the list would not be said.
Spain and Brazil had their chat systems updated a few days after Finland and would provide a representative sample of users to make sure the system works efficiently. On July 3, Norway , Sweden , and Denmark got the new chat. Finally, on Friday, July 6, Habbo.
The limited chat system worked by essentially filtering words - words that are friendly and neutral e. This meant users could only say pre-approved words that are on the white list. If a user were to say a word that's not permitted, it appeared in the speech bubble as three black padlocks. While typing, words that could be said appeared in a normal font, while words not allowed were underlined and coloured red.
Top: An uncensored speech bubble with allowed words. Bottom: A example of what saying restricted words appear as. The original sentence was, "The injured man didn't accept their aid. To be able to begin chatting, users must take a safety quiz which tests their knowledge of the Habbo Way and responsible behaviour.
The actual quiz consists of 5 scenarios with multiple-choice answers. A perfect score of 5 out of 5 is required to pass and begin chatting. Players must also prove they are capable of free chat by spending enough time on limited chat. These moderators cover all time-zones and the multiple languages in which Habbo users converse. We were flooded with emails and tweets as well as messages to the Channel 4 News Facebook page. Some of the messages strongly criticised our news story but some people backed the findings and said they had had similar experiences.
Last year I sent Habbo an email with evidence of a male asking if I want to see his private parts…. We do not accept screenshot as evidence as they can be altered. Yours, Habbo. I have personally witnessed a great decline in moderation.
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