Deals.Woot

Um. Whoa. You guys over on the clean up side are quick. Q U I C K!!! Impressive. I hates the spammers, yes indeed I do. Shootin's too good fer 'em, hangin's a waste of a rope. I say we pitch them in the middle of the river, and turn them into fish food.

Strangely enough, the suggested similar deal was for "Back to the Future Flux Capacitor T-Shirt for $5.99". That's just funny in so many weird ways.

Oh I am on this like a fat kid loves cake!

@prettywootprincess: Yeah? He's back, already.

@shrdlu: FYI, the server error was not a timeout error... The servers can handle lots of traffic. The issue seems to be that if you tattle on a post that is less than 30 seconds old, sometimes you might get an error. For now if you get an error when tattling on a new post, wait a minute or 2 and try again. We will work on fixing this after the holidays.

@josefresno: Interesting. Next time I see the creature sneak in, I'll give it sixty seconds. I still say you've got to block new accounts (note the creation date on his account, which is in the future for me over in the Pacific time zone). I think you've got to block people who can't vote. Please, tell Snapster you heard me weeping, sadly. Whatever you think it'll take.

@shrdlu: lol "non-frilly female" crying does make men work faster!

@prettywootprincess: Shrdlu /= girl. Adult. Just not male. Female. Shrdlu is the least frilly female you will ever know. I've heard it said that in a group of Alpha Males, I'm still the Alpha. Rowr!

@prettywootprincess: Yep. Too bad for spammers. I stay up pretty late (and it's barely 9:14PM at my house). Thanks for killing...

I have this vision of a frothing at the mouth shrdlu compulsively marching back to her computer every 10-15 mins, watching the deals.woot gates, just daring anyone to trespass...

Hey, pretty woot princes. Spammer is back again. We hate him.

@shrdlu: Ok, now I'm positive. You're my sister and you've gotten a new screen name. We must harness your powers for Good. :)

@shrdlu: Aghh sorry I went to sleep, he tired me out! I fail!

I just want to say thanks to prettywootprincess for helping us clean up the existing spammer issue; and to the community as a whole for letting us know. Keep reporting abuse; either via posts on the questions board or via tattles. I assure you we are listening.

While this may alienate a small segment of the site - perhaps posting of new deals should be limited only to wooters who have purchased 3 or more items (or whatever arbitrary number greater than zero is deemed appropriate)

This would, at least ensure that the wooter is a real person, interested in the site - and not just someone creating bogus accounts to leech off of woot's popularity.

Ok, so what'd I miss?

@shrdlu: Yeah. I live in NY, but I can't get to a comp until 8ish my time. Plus shopping yesterday....

By plea for help do you mean her headbanging habit?

@shrdlu: oooooooo I might become popular!

@Hobbit: Popularity was the idea (in this case), since it's more likely that the developers/problem solvers over in the land of Woot will see it. In the Fresh tab, it had a high probability of falling off the first page before Monday, where it would not have been seen. Yes, this is gaming the system, but for a good cause. ;-}

@shrdlu: wanted to make sure the website was actually suspect first...I don't buy a lot of tech stuff online except at woot or woot referred websites.

going to tattle now....why do I feel like I am in kindergarten?

@Hobbit: Although I'm sure you're kidding, announcing you've posted deals probably isn't the best way to win friends and Reputation. Good deals work their way up quickly.

Yes, I know that I posted about posting a deal, but not for it to be popular (it amazed me, seriously, that it did). I had wanted to understand specific questions (especially the one about having trouble with pictures), and the only way I could see through to understanding was to do it. Thinking of something I would actually want to post made my brain hurt.

Posting here about spammers is not as useful as using Tattle. One hopes that you are merely venting here, but also reporting there. As Reputation becomes more obvious, I think much of this will disappear. On the other hand, people that suck are always with us.

@Hobbit: I don't think I'm the only person that sits on the Fresh tab. I've seen things go to Popular in 10 minutes (but they were pretty geeky things). As more women arrive on the site, it'll get better. It may be that we need to encourage women to watch the Fresh tab more often, since appealing things might not be ABLE to be voted up.

Don't forget that new accounts aren't going to be able to vote, so just because someone's happy about what you've posted doesn't mean that it's going to ever hit Popular.