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Can we do anything about sponsored deals posted in the main section?

Oct 11, 2012 6:50 PM

I know this has sort of been asked before but I'm looking at it from a slightly different view.

I've noticed that many of the buy.com deals posted by @wootbot seem to be negatively received. Every once in a while there's something decent, but normally the deals posted stay at 0 or are voted upon negatively. I get that these are sponsored, so I'm not suggesting we do away with the wootbot posts, but is there some way to change the types of things that are posted, so that they have a better chance of bettering the community?

This way, users see things they'd actually have an interest in purchasing, and Woot can see a better gain from their partnership.

Is this at all possible? Good idea, terrible idea, further elaboration?

thedogma thedogma

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Are they really sponsored deals? I thought is was just an RSS deal feed that wootbot posts. Wootbot posts from buy, thinkgeek, and walmart.

Mr.Miller's explanation of the wootbot of war

squirtle456 squirtle456
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@squirtle456: sponsored is probably the wrong word. I just couldn't think of a better alternative

thedogma thedogma
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ok. this is me trying to be helpful: since i get an email from these places just about every day listing specials, why not make those the things that wootbot posts? and PLEASE add an expire function to wootbot.

ok. lets summon someone that might be able to pretend to suggest this to the programmers: @jumbowoot @gatzby

moosezilla moosezilla
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I say let them remain as they are. If it wasn't for the WWW (Wootbot Working Weekends) this place would shrivel up even more on Saturday and Sunday.

jsimsace jsimsace
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I say let @girlwootbot have a say on this! it is, after all, her beloved's rep! In all seriousness, I find it slightly annoying to have to open all of the individual deals from a compressed entry.

klozitshoper klozitshoper

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