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churningindawake
Dec 18, 2008, 5:28 PM
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Just a suggestion,
Could we get moderators to delete the advertisement and spamming in the hot deals thread. It would be nice if it was kept toward hot deals, and questions about where hot deals could be found.
Thanks,
Wolfgang
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adatesman
Dec 18, 2008, 5:33 PM
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churningindawake
Dec 18, 2008, 5:37 PM
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No problem. It would be annoying having to hide all those posts.
Edit: Maybe put a link in that thread to get the people that would like this to happen say their opinion here?
(This post was edited by churningindawake on Dec 18, 2008, 5:38 PM)
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adatesman
Dec 18, 2008, 5:50 PM
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j_ung
Dec 18, 2008, 6:46 PM
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Huh, I wasn't even really aware that was happening. Would somebody mind posting a link to an example in this thread, so I don't have to hunt one down?
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adatesman
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churningindawake
Dec 18, 2008, 6:53 PM
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Here is an example:
MW_team wrote: 10% Discount from Mountain Warehouse! Mountain Warehouse welcomes you to its fantastic online store. http://www.mountainwarehouse.com With Christmas only days away Mountain Warehouse are getting into a truly festive spirit to ensure that you have got Christmas wrapped up early - whatever the weather! So on go our Santa hats and from our sack full of presents we would like to offer you all a superb 10% discount on all orders up until 31st December 2008. Just visit our site and enter the code redholly12 Mountain Warehouse supply all the essential outdoor gear including; winter jackets, fleeces, walking boots, camping equipment and even ski and snowboard equipment for those of you going away this Christmas. So if you know of any outdoor fanatics and are stuck for gift ideas pop along to our online store where you will be spoilt for choice. Whilst you're shopping for others why not reward all your hard efforts and get back to basics with some new winter essentials for yourselves - ideal for walking off all that merryment and Christmas turkey whilst keeping warm! Please feel free to email us any comments and questions. Have a Happy Christmas from all The Mountain Warehouse Team! |
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j_ung
Dec 18, 2008, 7:15 PM
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Gotcha. Thanks folks.
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churningindawake
Dec 18, 2008, 7:17 PM
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Your welcome Jay!
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churningindawake
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Anything to help out RC.com
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churningindawake
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Thanks for fixing it Jay and adatesman.
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shockabuku
Dec 19, 2008, 2:37 PM
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Users posting hot deals is a user service.
Retailers posting advertisements is close to theft of service. It also doesn't necessarily pass the same level of scrutiny. They should be permabanzed!
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truello
Dec 19, 2008, 2:37 PM
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Is it possible to put a restriction where you must have at least 20 posts to post in the hot deals thread?
I think that would clear up a lot of the spammer issues.
Next step would be to ban anyone for a week that tries to post an eBay deal...
edit: "at least 100 posts" was a bit high
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I think that a governor (so-to-say) might be a bit inhibiting of the information that we pass on this site. I've seen it on other forum boards, where as your PC increases you are granted further access into the forum boards. On one hand, it limits the amount of spam posting to the valuable forums, but on the other hand it also limits information to be viewed and commented on by newer users.
I don't believe that this sort of thing is beneficial to the passing of useful information for everyone. We (the greenies) try to keep an eye on it but our numbers are limited. If you (everyone) see something that you find not inline with what should be somewhere, PM an online moderator and/or post up in this thread/forum about it. Please refrain from flaming the post/user about it. The advertising section is set up for retailers, vendors, and manufacturers and systems are set up on our end to point them to use this resource.
Cheers,
Jay
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tomtom
Dec 19, 2008, 6:21 PM
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truello wrote: Next step would be to ban anyone for a week that tries to post an eBay deal...
Mods: Thanks for cleaning up the mess.
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churningindawake
Jan 24, 2009, 6:14 PM
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Looks like a few people got off topic again. Would it be possible for a mod to go and delete those posts.
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adatesman
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churningindawake
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adatesman wrote: churningindawake wrote: Looks like a few people got off topic again. Would it be possible for a mod to go and delete those posts. Done, along with a(nother) gentle reminder to only post deals there and to take discussion into another thread. -a. 
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Adk
Jan 24, 2009, 9:25 PM
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Thank you, thank you so so much
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churningindawake
Jan 25, 2009, 4:11 AM
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There have recently been more off topic posts.
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churningindawake
Jan 25, 2009, 5:08 PM
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adatesman wrote: Sorry... Didn't seem right for me to use my modly powers to hide evidence of a rather amusing typo in a post of mine, but they've had a couple hours to amuse themselves and its all hidden now (the mother joke pushed me over the edge on abusing the mod powers.... My mom is a wonderful woman. Stubborn at times, but defending her would have taken things even more off track.....). I still hate that keyboard on that computer, but seeing as I'm in the middle of reinstalling this one I didn't have much choice as to which one to use.
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