Comments / Feedback / Suggestions Thread

I've created this thread for general day-to-day comments/feedback/suggestions, because I think it's better then having to make a new thread every time you have got something little to ask/say.

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        • @twocsies:

          I don't think your opinion differs from ours, it's just that moderators rely on reports for the most part and if you see a clearly invalid negative vote from a user then it's most likely that no one has reported it yet (which was the case in those 2 examples you provided) or we haven't reached that report yet (during busy times). The 2 negative votes in that thread you reported hadn't been reported by anyone else and another moderator revoked them shortly after your reports, so yes you should report clearly invalid negative votes as per the list of votes that moderators will revoke at the bottom of this page

          Needless to say that members generally see what is published and miss most things that are unpublished - during the past 36 hours we have revoked 18 negative votes for example (it's not usually that high, but just to give an example that we are actively revoking them as they are reported).

          Also keep in mind, in other cases, that a user who has negative voted may have made multiple comments (possibly over multiple pages) - we need to assess all comments they have made. For example they may have wrote 'not a bargain' on page 1 and then 'It's $10 cheaper at XYZ store' on page 2 - so there isn't an invalid negative vote there due to their page 2 comment.

          Thanks for the feedback and hope that clears it up.

  • Have we considered merging the comments of duplicate deals before they are hidden? I know mods are usually pretty quick to shut the dupe down but occasionally there is a bit of new information in the new deal that the previously posted deal could benefit from. Not a particularly useful improvement but if it's easy to implement then it might add value.

    • We can merge if there is useful information. The comments usually consist of people pointing out that the deal is duplicate. If we merge then we need to remove these comments as they are out of context.

      If there is a specific example (was it the OW printer deal?), then certainly let us know.

      • Haha, it was the OW printer deal! Like I said, most of the time it would not be useful but I had both deals open and was evaluating the info, I refreshed the dupe as the comments were coming in quick and it 404'd and I was concerned I missed out on some info.

  • +1

    I wish there was an option to revoke a report lol saves mods dealing with it, and saves replying

    • Just report something else telling us to ignore previous report. We'll understand what it means. Before the mods were all on chat (and to lazy to start a mod forum topic), we'd often give our opinions by reporting what was originally reported.

      • Good idea will do :)

  • I like how the prices are highlighted in red in the bargain titles. Is it possible to highlight the word "Free" in the same way? I always put "Free $0" in the title just to get part of it red. It's a bit redundant.

    • +1
      • But no response :( If there's no response this time I'll create a separate thread.

        • Suggestion noted!

        • @neil: Thank you.

  • I think after 8 years and 15 pages of comments, this thread needs to be retired. Please use the 2016 thread. I believe we should have all suggestions listed from this thread and others in the OzBargain Development Wiki.

    Comments / Feedback / Suggestions Thread 2016

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