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How do you all get good at tattling on deals.woot?

Dec 6, 2011 3:00 PM

It seems like my "tattle" gauge is ALWAYS on empty on the leaderboard tab. I've gone through on more than one occasion and tried to tattle on expired deals. That one gauge is the ONLY one that is perpetually on empty, so am I missing something? Doing something wrong? Do I need to post bad deals and tattle on myself???

kidincredible kidincredible

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I'm in the same position, and wondering the same thing. I have top marks in every other meter, but the only time I've ever had it come off of Empty, was when I tattled half a dozen duplicates in a row. then, it shifted up to about the 5% or so mark... 2 days later, it dropped back to zero, and my black triangle left with it.

waltertangofoxtrot waltertangofoxtrot
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since we can expire our own deals now, i'm thinking a lot of the tattle meters will start dropping. people are also getting better about not posting duplicate deals, so that doesn't help.

@waltertangofoxtrot: shouldn't it be whiskeytangofoxtrot? or is your name Walter?

carl669 carl669
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Go to the last page of the deals section. All the deals are 2+ years old. Tattle. Say expired. Problem solved! ;)

crowsnest crowsnest
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I use the Fresh tab and go through every deal. I also have a good memory. When I see a duplicate, I tattle on it. Sometimes I'm first, sometimes I'm not.

It doesn't take many to keep your tattle meter pegged on the right.

I also tattle on my own deals when they expire, then expire them.

baqui63 baqui63
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that tattle meter has been out of service for a few years now. someone keeps taking the "under construction" sign off it. just ignore it and it'll go away

w00tgurl w00tgurl
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@carl669: I was drunk when I signed in with the name initially... Its a mix of Military alpha and Western Union alpha, both of which I was using at work at the time.

waltertangofoxtrot waltertangofoxtrot

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