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Has it ever happened that each of the 5 sponsored deals, on the same day, had a negative vote total?

Aug 13, 2012 8:23 PM

I have seen 2 or 3 of the five sponsored daily deals have negative vote totals. Since I've only been coming here about a year I was wondering if there was ever a prior time when all 5 sponsored daily deals were so bad they all got voted down?

jnissel jnissel

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Never happened to my knowledge. I don't even recall when there were 3 that were in the minus.

I suppose if they ever decide to offer vacations, hair accessories, exercise equipment, shoes and streaming video on the same day ...

narfcake narfcake
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i have seen three in one day but only once and it was since they went to woot4.0
and yes, one was video related (blockbuster maybe?)

moosezilla moosezilla
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@narfcake: I am reasonably sure I have seen 3 in one day. I just don't remember when.

jnissel jnissel
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@moosezilla: Thanks @moosezilla. You've confirmed that I did see 3 negative sponsored deals in one day. I wasn't sure but I doubt we're both hallucinating about the same thing at the same time...Unless we're really the same person with a split personality, each having it's own Woot! account. :-)

jnissel jnissel
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@jnissel: I saw the three negative deals, maybe it was a month or two ago? However, I have never seen more than that.

jsimsace jsimsace
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@jsimsace: I thought it was further back than that but I could be wrong.

jnissel jnissel
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this occurred on 12-oct-11:

http://puu.sh/6VyD

afaik this is the record for # of downvotes (from 24-feb-12):

http://puu.sh/ihje

pinchecat pinchecat
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@pinchecat: Thanks for posting them. I remember the Netflix one but not the other.

jnissel jnissel
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The perfect storm of sponsored downvoting would be any five of these:

Crocs
Feather hair extensions
Netflix
Exam Prep
one or more of those travel deals that require your contact info to actually see the deal
Body by Jake
Distressed Rocker Onesies

baqui63 baqui63

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