Deals.Woot

See, that's a thing I often wonder myself. I hit Tattle every time some one posts their login page, or I see shirt dot woot show up as a deal, or (sometimes, but not always) more than one person in the comments says that a deal isn't available, or has expired.

I think they're quicker to respond when you expire your own deals (I mean, who should know better than you it's expired, right?), but you've got to figure that there's someone on the other end trying to verify each and every time someone hits the Tattle button, so I'm not sure what we as users can (or should) expect.

give me the links I will do the ripping

@chris12345: It's a mixed bag, I suppose. It depends on when you do it, and on who is manning the other side. I know that I picked a time when I was pretty sure who was working before I did some housecleaning on stuff I'd posted.

I wonder what it'll look like in a couple of weeks, here. The traffic's lower than it was during the beta test.

@weakgeek: It may be that they focus more on Popular deals than on older ones, yes, but the things that were mine that I Tattled on are now all RIPped. Patience, and sympathy for those on the other end of that Tattle button.

Actually, considering how often I see a "Deal" for someone's login screen, the recent rash of shirt dot woot deals, or other unpossible things, I expect that the Tattle button gets hit for all sorts of things where the person using it is a clueless wonder, rather like the people who call 911 to ask about the weather.

Before our gentle readers get all excited, I am NOT saying that people who post non-deals as Deals are clueless wonders, but merely suggesting that there are some excitable and trigger-happy folks out there on the other end of the keyboard.

@weakgeek: I suspect that Tattling multiple times just adds to someone's work load. I use it once (okay, there have been a couple of times otherwise, but there were extenuating circumstances). Some things are more important to the community at large than others. Someone posts a deal that's basically a link farm? That needs to be taken care of before RIPped deals. Letting us all know that a deal is Expired is good. Keeping the crap out is even better.

I am also going to be much quicker to report something on the Popular tab (many people never make it off that page) than something that only ever got two votes. If it's my stuff, I look at it once a week (I have been surprised to see something I submitted go Popular, but usually they don't). If the deal is gone, I'll use the Tattle, but I don't check back right away. Everything I've tattle on that was mine is RIPped.