questionscan we add a "spam" option to tattles?

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by abramokids
asked 8 months ago

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I second this motion.

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Great idea! Seems like the amount of spam being posted has increased lately.

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Awesome idea! And I'm sure whoever down voted this question is a spammer...

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We've asked for this in the past. Many times.

I'm amazed to see that someone voted against this question, by the way. Must be someone who doesn't like @abramokids. It would be danged funny to find out it was a spammer, though.

[Edit] @mustardsquarepants: Great minds think alike?

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I like the idea as well and hope Woot! entertains your suggestion

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REAL PLATINUM JEWRY AT ITGSNOTFAKE.CO !! 600CARROTS!!

But yeah, that would be nice...for the time being though, I just put "SPAM!" at the top of my tattle under "other" heh

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@drchops: That's what I do too. It's a b*tch when I check on my deals' comments and see a spammer has added their crap! It makes more work for the staff.

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Agree... HOWEVER, consider the pandora's box impact... Enough folks around here dislike the "downvote" aspect, is this yet another area ripe for abuse? I suppose less so, since it just goes to Woot! staff who can apply commonsense... plus as far as I know tattles are "private' which minimizes any "pile on" effect.

BUT just playing devil's advocate to point out that another "negative" feedback mechanism (downvoting) has met a LOT of resistance, much of which based on the idea it's being misused or used carelessly (e.g. herd mentality of downvoting). Is this not subject to the same?

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Another vote for the "Hell yes!" contingent.

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@drchops: Lol, Jewry. It's funny because I'm Jewish. I didn't know we came in platinum!
@shrdlu: We've established in the past that everyone is out to get me :P

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they should...there was some moron that wouldn't stop posting knock off shoes on all kinds of different sites yesterday.

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What if the deal was Spam, like the canned meat product...

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@auzroz: It would be just this side of canned unicorn meat. With sprinkles!