Deals.Woot

Good call. My count is now up to 10 over the last hour or so.

@reemus: Yeah, there was a question commenting specifically on @ktdann, and now it's been deleted. I HATE it when staff does that. What's the point? We're going to talk about it somewhere.

In addition, I'd posted the fact that meritline had signed me up to their newsletter (and yes, I was VERY careful to not opt in to anything, thanks), and I strongly disapprove of such behavior. I won't buy anything from meritline again (and yes, of course, I opted out right away, and yes, I'm grateful for throwaway gmail accounts).

@shrdlu: I second this question?

@reemus: Just to show you my level of paranoia, I make images of questions/answers when I think they have the possibility of being edited/deleted. Yep. I'm just that crazy.

[Edit] Yes, I know that most of the spam was deleted, but that doesn't mean that references to it should be deleted also. How will we know when someone's a repeat offender if their previous misbehavior is removed, like fingerprints from a smoking gun?

(ooohhh, I really like that simile)

I @PrettyWootPrincess apologize for deleting comments please don't beat me I have spoken to @ktdann and all is good. I shouldn't have deleted them.

I have contacted @sovietmilitarystuff and trying to deal with that.

@prettywootprincess: All is forgiven. You know that we like you the best.

@prettywootprincess: I'm still kinda mad. Only a Bag of Crap will make me happy again.

@prettywootprincess: Are they kosher? If yes, then mail away!

@jumbowoot: I do like the enthusiastic new member! I didn't really like calling them spam since some of them did just join, but couldn't think of a better term.

@jumbowoot: I think that we all need to take a deep breath each time we see it, and differentiate between Newbs and Feelthy Spammers. There are far more of the former than the latter. I probably use the word spam on tattles, and will probably continue to do so, because I know that the people seeing it know what I mean, and will act on it.

We should all (starting with myself, of course) make an effort not to make new posts here in AtW, even though it's tempting, without at least trying to make the Title and Description less inflammatory.

Obs: Floundering does have that nice semantic overload. For example:

"Newb: New floundering occuring on Deals

@dealsstaffnamegoeshere: I just saw @theflounder make more than 10 posts on the Fresh tab, and it looks like he's not stopping."

See? Pretty simple, right? BTW, I just made that account (TheFlounder). Much to my sadness and chagrin, Flounder was already taken.

@jumbowoot: I thought "spammer" was the substitute word.

Actually, now that this has moved to Popular, perhaps we could change the Title. It doesn't really involve just one user, and has certainly moved on from that to a more general discussion in any case. Hey, whoever voted for my doppelganger, cut it out. I liked having zero votes. I think it's also an excellent name to use for examples (since we know who it is, there's no feelings to hurt).

@jumbowoot: ++ on the idea that all deal posters are the same, at least when they start out. First person to speak against Erika (she is an example of a good retailer) answers to me. Not kidding.

wtf W00T!!!!

@jabathewoot: I love you. I just L O V E you.

@jabathewoot: +++1 whoever you are (@wootvan) is that you?

@jumbowoot: I just now saw the changed tags. :-D

Truly perfect. My favorite may be #swinepearling.

@realistpm: I don't think that you fall into this category. Not sure why you were mentioned. But then again, I kinda off and on.

sgoman5674... there are a few people on here i would consider huge "brownnosers" and since they are on here regularly, the site moderators have learned to "jump" when they have a suggestion or tattle at something they feel isn't a deal...

its funny how 4 or 5 of my deals were deleted today, which some had votes from other members, just because these snobby-nose-in-the-air members have hit tattle...

i didn't know woot has become so high-class and swanky... what a disappointment

@shrdlu: I thought the thwack was a sign of affection.

@sand4me: Actually, you know that I've said so before. It's rather like the gentle cuff a mother bear gives her cubs. It sends them rolling, but doesn't really cause any damage. That's why I use a flounder. Smelly, not dangerous.

@realistpm:
Those that post ballgags are subject to being closely monitored.
Those that use inappropriate language are subject to being edited.

I think we've posted other places on what seems to be spam, but (to get back on topic) we might start thinking about ground rules for the volunteers who haunt the Fresh tabs (both Deals and Ask the Wooters). Sometimes spam is obvious. The crazies that hit AtW with the Timberland stuff were obvious. Other times it's not so easy.

We all need to remember that each and every Tattle generates an email on the other side. That tattle button doesn't work any better (or worse) for me than it does for @jabathewoot or @theflounder, accounts that were just created today, have no voting privileges, and if it weren't for people voting them up, would also have no reputation. We have the Deals woot staff outnumbered, people.

Personally, if I see something that looks like a spam run, I just hit the most recent, and say that the user is either new, or doing it on purpose. No one needs to tattle on every single one. It'll just slow down getting it fixed, and we don't want that.