Deals.Woot

Another example: http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/fb9afce8-142b-4d8e-881f-32769daafce5/win-the-war-between-your-ears#2

This deal he/she's a white triangle and been around since '05

I disagree. We've all been white triangles once. And I've made some posts even after that wouldn't necessarily be considered deals, but were liked by many people. I like the pumpkin carving post. If the user posted like that all the time, then I would agree with you. But for now I just use the voting system to guide them, and as for the deals that are blatant self-promotion or spam, tattle on them.

@mtrlgrl: You can tattle all you want... doesn't mean it will stop them from reposting when the staff deletes the "deal".

@jsoko: I don't know, and I agree we would prob. be better off just without them, but I was just being a pain and saying sometimes they aren't that bad.

@miquinn: Understandable, and I appreciate your input.

I'm thinking they are still white is because they never made an official Woot purchase...

@jsoko: mm you dont have to buy anything to get out of whiteness

@pickypickypicky: I was a noob last year, good times... then I was accepted by the community and I feel so loved. If I wasn't allowed to add anything when I a white triangle, I think it would kinda sucked... I would have just kinda tagged along having trouble getting out of whiteness.

@jsoko: I see what you mean. I know the deals.woot staff does eventually delete ebay posts that are not high level or venders they are not that familiar with. I posted an ebay deal once that sounded good (it wasn't my own - I am not a seller), but it did get deleted and the reason they gave when I asked was because it wasn't a vendor they were familiar with.
Ebay is troublesome, must be hard for them to weed out the good and bad sellers.

I don't think that white triangles should be blocked - maybe limited on how many deals that can post, but not blocked. If white triangles are not allowed to post deals, we could be missed some awesome finds. My first deal was posted when I was a white triangle and since the deal went popular, it helped me achieve a rep upgrade. At the time of my first post I was not a voting member as I had not purchased anything from woot and voting and posting deals count greatly towards your reputation. Do we really want to limit people who may contribute greatly to the site because they haven't attained a colored triangle? I understand the frustration of the ebay spammer from the last couple of days, but to punish all for the deeds of a few, just doesn't seem fair.

@miquinn: That's exactly what I mean. I would hate to see new members discouraged, it's too high a price to pay, to eliminate spammers. there is a fine line, between the camaraderie, that comes from enjoying D.wooters that you have gotten to know, and creating an insular elite, that starts feeding off itself.
A new member, placing a few deals, that are not copacetic, is not all that disruptive to the site. A spammer, spewing the whole catalog of bogus deals, is detrimental to both Woot itself, and to us wooters, and discourages potential new members from sticking around. As has been mentioned many times, a spam button on the tattle, would be a welcome change, but when mods are overworked, may not go far enough. There are days, that it seems, I do nothing on D.W, except report spam.

I'd agree with all those who disagree. A large number of white triangles might be spammers sure, but we all have to start somewhere. If someone is new to the site and genuinely wants to share good deals and participate, s/he shouldn't be barred from doing so just because they're new.