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Has anyone else noticed the similarity in the triangle color population?

Oct 1, 2011 3:47 AM

It seems to me that lately the black and the purple population are almost always identical in number when they show up in the front page "square". Anyone have any thoughts on this?

jsimsace jsimsace

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Yea, I totally saw that too for at least the past week! Another odd thing I noticed is that triangle next to my avatar on my post on woot.com is purple, but here and at the top where it says "Welcome", my triangle is blank.

underinsomnia underinsomnia
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@underinsomnia: log out then log back in...then they will be the same.

jeffyn jeffyn
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I've noticed that the number of black triangles has been slowly creeping upwards since that "ad" started being displayed about two weeks or so ago.

I haven't paid as much attention to the purple (after all I am a black triangle), but I'm thinking that you're basically right.

baqui63 baqui63
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Yeah us copper colored gingers aren't allowed to mingle with you blacks.

GINGERS HAVE SOULS!!!

phizzo phizzo
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@phizzo: Look closelier. That's not a soul!

lavikinga lavikinga
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@jeffyn: I logged out and back in, posted something on the BOC discussion on woot.com and still purple next to the avatar...

underinsomnia underinsomnia
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@underinsomnia: Try clearing your cookies between logging out & in.

gregorylikescheapstu gregorylikescheaps…
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@phizzo: Looks like you have now turned green with envy.

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