hey i know the story isn't public, but it goes something along the lines of COTD staff were backing their own deals. i think we should still be able to post deals when they're good, and maybe QQQ can give us further discount like usual if he feels like it. dunno why a few COTD staff caused the whole domain to be banned, banning them is all that is required.
i know sockpuppeting is a big offense, and any act of it will cause a banning of accounts and possibly business. but it's not like COTD is a new startup company, it's well known and i'm sure alot of people on here still buy from them.
i reckon it's not a good reason to ban the whole posting of the domain, but rather just banning the IPs of the staff involved in sockpuppeting. there can't be that many of them right? COTD are so rich i don't think they care that much about their site being posted on here imo. so in the end it's just the members here losing out on exclusive discounts we once got.
but then again i don't know the whole story and how severe the sockpuppeting was or who was involved, so maybe staff can comment further. it's just a pain to see COTD deals posted in the forums now, having to check two places for good deals. keeping in mind bad deals of theirs just like any site will get negs and won't appear, whereas the good ones will get +ve, so it all comes down to the community. therefore they only get the exposure they deserve.
let me know what you guys think, thanks
lol that's just a slice of the cake, there's heapsss more great bargains now accumulate large amounts of positive votes. not to mention the exclusive deals made just for OzBargain. so many reasons, some of the comments show they really know nothing about these companies.
seems like COTD is still banned, maybe after the 12th it'll be unbanned :)