Connecting Habbo Hotel to your social circle
This is my first post to the sulake.com blog, and what an exciting topic it is! Just before
Christmas we made it possible to play
Habbo
Hotel inside Facebook, and share the fun with your real-life friends in addition to people
you've met inside Habbo. Today, I'm happy to tell that we've extended this idea further, and now
you can share Habbo with your friends and connections over
Twitter,
Yahoo,
Windows Live,
Hyves and other networks, too.
I want to use this opportunity to explain what you can do with this, and why we think it
makes Habbo more fun. I'm also going to address one concern I've heard repeated since we launched
this feature.
As our loyal players can tell you, Habbo can be a great, fun way of meeting people outside of
the constraints of the real world, and many have made lasting friendships with other people they
might have never otherwise met. Habbo Hotel is also a place where all kinds of activities, mostly
invented by other players, happen every minute. Where else?
The flip side of this freedom created by anonymity is that it's not always easy to find your
real life friends inside Habbo Hotel, and many players may not even realize they're mingling in a
place where people they know are also active. Yet feedback from the Habbo community tells us that
it's best enjoyed with friends and people you know you have common interests with.
Linking the real life and Habbo Hotel together is a way to bridge these things together. By
logging into Habbo Hotel using your social network identity, you make it easier for you and your
friends to come together.
As an added bonus, it's one less password to keep safe.
But what about anonymity? Habbo has always been anonymous, and we've advised our users to
never reveal their real life identity to strangers.
This remains true even today. Your name will not be shown to other players unless you're
already friends with them outside Habbo Hotel, and both of you want to share Habbo Hotel to your
social circles. If you do not want to connect your social network and your Habbo friends together,
you're welcome to continue using Habbo Hotel the way you've done before - and nothing changes for
you.
We are constantly seeking for new ways for our users to maximize their Habbo experiences.
More updates coming soon!
