Hobba

Hobbas were volunteers from the Habbo community selected by Habbo staff whose roles were to aid moderators and deal with rule-breakers using many special tools available only to Hobbas. Hobbas were unpaid, experienced members of the Habbo community and as such were regular players as opposed to official Habbo staff.

The Hobba program was officially shut down on 31st December 2005 after running since Habbo's opening in 2000. Due to many security issues and flaws with the Hobba programme, it was decided that they would be replaced by an increase in the numbers of official Sulake moderators.

Types of Hobba

Hobbas were separated into three different levels, each with a different set of moderation powers.

Silver (Trainee) Hobbas 

Silver Hobbas were the lowest rank and was level given to the new recruits. Silver Hobbas were assigned a mentor which would be someone of a higher rank and received training that would allow them to become effective moderators.

Silver Hobbas were granted a few basic powers and privileges:

• They could send alerts with the :send command.
• They were immune to kicks.
• They could enter full rooms.

Gold Hobbas 

After passing training, Silver Hobbas were promoted to Gold level and awarded a gold badge to show that they had been promoted.

Higher powers and privileges were granted to Gold Hobbas in order to allow them to moderate more effectively.

• They could mute (:mute) and unmute (:unmute) players and entire rooms.
• They could log conversations and have them sent to their email.
• They could open and close guest rooms.
• They had special powers for kicking habbos which included the ability to kick all habbos from a room.
• They had the right to ban players, both temporarily and permanently.

Super Hobbas

Super Hobbas were a select few gold Hobbas who had been part of the programme for over 12 months and were given further rights and privileges:

• They could edit the settings of guest rooms.
• They could reset room rights .
• They had access to the records of individual Habbos.
• They had access to the Hobba activity log, which showed the activity from all Hobbas.