Have the triangle Items gotten out of control?
Lots of triangle items being posted. I've put up a few myself.
@tiamat114: Except for the fact that this isn't a scavenger hunt site. It's a deals site, and every single one of these stupid theme postings basically renders the site unusable to normal users. The entire listing of deals becomes nothing but this useless theme garbage that people are posting for novelty rather than because it's an actual deal. It's stupid and makes the site useless.
@ninjamarion: [shrug] Not much difference from the previous onslaughts of crabs, zombies, bacon, and a few other nonsense categories. Are you aware you can set the search feature to ignore black triangles?
Its racist! what about all of the white triangles???
@ninjamarion: Looking for deals is is sort of like a scavenger hunt....
at first i was like LOL
but then i was like lol
If you don't like it, just type "-triangle" into the search box. The same thing works for any flash meme, like "-crab" "-bacon" "-senseofhumor".
@rookie3001: If you look at some of the postings the WOOT staff are not only watching they are involved in the posting and voting. I think it's funny.
Agreed, this isn't the place to have a scavenger hunt. I wish Woot! staff would do a better job moderating this kind of stuff.
@ninjamarion: But if a user who does not contribute to the community leaves, does it make it a sound?
All these deals are just rubbing it in my face that I have a purple triangle.
I like WOOT and the nutty things that come up along with it. Fun and good deals too. Being that I am not a complete over-the-top shopping addict, and I don't "need" something.....showing up at my front door every single shipping day on the calendar to exemplify my expertise in attaining max merchandise at minimum prices, I think the diversion is pretty fun.
And for those who say they will quit looking, well just quit. But I bet it's like driving by a wreck, no matter how much you tell yourself not to look, you can't help it.......you sneak a peek..... and you'll come back here and you'll sneak a peek.
Plus, I believe that woot! enjoys this sort of thing. I am wearing a shirt with a crab on it that says "VOTE!" - sent to me FREE by Woot for participating in the crab-day festivities. @Jumbowoot, am I wrong?
@ninjamarion: You seem to be working yourself up into quite a snit. Surely there are more productive ways to spend all that energy? Perhaps a nice cup of tea would help?
Most of us are either still shopping for Christmas or Hanukkah (which begins tonight at sundown) or are resting up from doing so. There are literally thousands of sites you can go shop on for the next few hours if you just don't want to use the simple search method that will let you avoid any reference to black or triangle.
Did you check the link I gave you for snapster's comments? (I'm deliberately leaving out the 'at' symbol, since I don't particularly want to invoke him here.) He points out that the community on the site is a valuable part of the business model. If he thought this flash-mob thing was a problem, he'd have acted to stop it, if only by having the mods delete stuff.
Really, try a nice cup of tea. Or something.
@90mcg112: Good suggestion. Back in the days of usenet newsgroups, one group I hung out on for years used to get whining posts from lurkers complaining that no one was posting what they wanted to read. The usual response was that "we're not here to entertain you. If you want to read about that, then post about it and start some conversation.'
@ninjamarion hasn't added a single deal, hasn't voted one up or down, and has commented on only one. If everyone "used" the site that way, there'd be no deals here at all.
@nietz: I understand your concern. It's not easy being green.
@ninjamarion: Repeating the same complaint over and over does not make it more valid. It's unfortunate that you're unhappy here, but I'm not personally going to try to make things better for you except by opting out of being part of your audience.
@ninjamarion: Ok, something just occurred to me that I'm sure we can all agree on.
This site isn't about what neither you nor I want, seeing as neither of us own it. It's about what the woot staff wants it to be. Makes sense, right? You own a house, you design it how you please. With me so far?
Let's say that, for some reason, you decide that you're going to allow random people to paint your house the way they please without first consenting with you. Anybody can walk up to your house and paint whatever they want on it. Obviously, someone will eventually take too much liberty with this freedom. If someone were to paint something you didn't like on your house, you'd have no choice but to put a stop it to. See where I'm going with this?
In case you haven't been around the other woot sites, it's easy to see that the staff has a very good sense of humor. And, in case you haven't noticed, across several of these deal memes, they've never bothered to try and stop them.
Get the picture?
@ninjamarion: Go here:
Scroll down to read snapster's comment about it all. I think he summed it up pretty well.
@peregrinari: :::pat pat pat::: It generally doesn't last "a couple of days," you know. It'll likely be over by the end of today.
To a great extent, a site such as this is driven by its regular users; "the community of users" is a powerful business force. If you're already not paying much attention to what's here and don't use the site regularly, why would the community think it should change things to keep you happy?
@peregrinari: I understand your frustration, but it really isn't up to deals.woot to make your life interesting. Have you tried some fresh air?
@ninjamarion: Where would you find deals if no one added them? You need posters to add deals before you can use the site. It's a two way street. If all people did was use the site to find deals, no one would be adding deals. Maybe you can practice what you preach and add some deals yourself that are what YOU would like to find here on woot?
Glad it's not just me! I thought I was imagining things! LOL! too early on a Tuesday morning...lol...
@peregrinari: Woot is also a community, not just a business. Being part of a community means contributing to that community. Some people have a little fun by taking part in a flash meme. It's short-lived and dies of its own accord. I get that it's not everyone's cup of tea. I thought it was funny, but didn't feel the need to post my own deal. However, even if you disagree with it, there's no need to resort to childish name-calling.
@minglet: what's wrong with black triangle bras and cufflinks?
Can't we all just get along? Let's hug it out.
@magic cave: Green is an envious color. I am sure Brown would love to be Green. White, too, for that matter. ;)
when did the woot community become the whaaa... :_( community?
I'm so confused!
FYI to the 4 people upset on this page... There are 28 pages of triangle deals. Guess you are outvoted.
@ninjamarion: Did you maybe pay attention to my triangle? I didn't think so.
I am sorry you are a procratinator, but the community is having fun.
@ninjamarion: We are deals.woot What you see is what we are, a community of individuals with enough sense to appreciate humor created by a team effort, while at the same time having the basic understanding of how to search for deals by clicking the right-arrow button.
I don't like the meme biz at all, but then again I'm antisocial and misanthropic.
That being said, I tried to use the power of the community features to help out by downvoting any black triangle... "stuff" to put it nicely, and upvoting more of the actual deals so the popular tab filled with deals and not triangles.
Okay, we understand why some of you are upset. Well... Maybe we don't.
We all come here to shop, true. But, if it was only for deals they wouldn't have a forum.
You gotta love the ingenuity of the memes. The different posts. It is all in fun and not meant to upset anyone. Guess it's true... You can't make everyone happy. Well, people, it is only for a little while AND you can skip the meme if you want. After all, it isn't ALWAYS about YOU!
@peregrinari: We are celebrated for our quirks see the shirt that woot made for our crab infestation: http://deals.woot.com/questions/search?q=crab+shirt
Please have fun with us, it will be gone soon!
@neolithicx: I'd TOTALLY upvote that comment..
But I don't wanna hurt my rep :) heh
@kimbobalong: About reaching black triangle status. I was green last Friday. It was easy to reach black.
Ask questions in the community. Answer questions in the community. Post deals. Vote on deals. Comment on deals.
Tattle (I haven't done this yet, I was raised with the belief that tattle=bad, but now I realize the tattling is on expired deals, not people).
Like I said, it's really easy.
@q ... Triangle wars.
I don't think I will ever make it to the "Black Triangle" status, so it's nice to see all of them here
@nietz: Aw did you have to go there with the 'racist' comment?
Can't we all just get along?
I think it was a little much, in all honesty. It's not really my thing. There are a lot of people that are not fully engrossed with woot.com and it can be annoying if all you see is a black triangle. I mean.. to me it reminds me of a flash mob. When I first saw it it was cool and then as it went on it was just kind of Ehhhh.
So when do we start the posting of the Black Square items? I missed last Thursday's meeting behind the Wal*Mart.
Absolutely
@turbizzi: and yet you are so close...
Whoa! Now @ninjamarion is a yellow triangle! Looks like they're going to attempt to bicker their way to the top!
I just got here today - don't understand the problem from looking at deals posted? Have/has whatever was offensive to those complaining been removed? I have not seen anything that would bother me at all. I HATE BEING CLUELESS. Somebody, please?
@klozitshoper: On the main page, search for "black triangle". That'll give you an idea of what the page looked like a few hours ago.
Still, don't see what the complaining was about.
@lobstrain: Will do, thanks.
@caver2130: I got the same shirt, However i downvoted all of those deals and never posted anything of the sort... The shirt was given out simply for voting..
Most things get out of control on Woot! I am tired of the triangle crap, though!
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