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Is anyone else tired of all the whining?

Jul 12, 2012 2:28 PM

Waaaaaaa Woot's so different and I hate it. Waaaa the deals all suck since Amazon bought them. Waaaa why don't they sell more buckets of chum?

Seriously, grow up. They still sell unusual items, and most are still good deals. Woot still has great write-ups and an awesome community of loyal wootizens. Why does every thread have to get highjacked by people complaining? Everything changes. Adapt or die.

The most annoying thing about woot right now isn't the changes in the site layout, ownership structure, or boc issues, it's all the self-righteous whiners.

daveinsocal daveinsocal

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Damn, after complaining about the complainers, I just realized I started a whole 'nother thread about complaining.

daveinsocal daveinsocal
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I've .

inkycatz inkycatz
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@daveinsocal: "The most annoying thing about woot right now isn't the changes in the site layout, ownership structure, or boc issues, it's all the self-righteous whiners."

The whining has been a part of Woot since the early days ... so seeing how that part did NOT change ... well, we shouldn't be complaining about that now, should we? ^_^

Speaking of which, I haven't said much about shirt.woot recently ...

narfcake narfcake
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@narfcake: Touche sir! Or madam.

@inkycatz Good one :)

daveinsocal daveinsocal
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Just a couple weeks ago, woot had, what I felt was like, a very fun and successful Woot-Off. Everyone was happy about the Woot-Off and the new changes to the site.

I do think there might be a little too much whining, since Woot usually gives us lots of pleasant surprises on a fairly regular basis :)

dmaz dmaz
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@dmaz: This past woot off with all the server issues? I would have to say that one was much less fun than some previous ones. But the one before that I thought was completely pleasant and fun.

chellemonkey chellemonkey
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@inkycatz: Love it.

okham okham
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i am in love with you, @daveinsocal.

pemberducky pemberducky
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@pemberducky: :-) /blush

daveinsocal daveinsocal
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@inkycatz: So the recent spate of cat shirts at shirt.woot is the staff's way of quieting the Anvil/AA discussion? :)

neuropsychosocial neuropsychosocial
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@inkycatz: Well done ma'am!

jsimsace jsimsace

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