Comments / Feedback / Suggestions Thread 2024

scotty on 04/01/2024 - 12:17
Last edited 04/01/2024 - 12:29 by 1 other user

New year — new feedback post. Please use this post to submit feedbacks and request features. Again, no guarantee that requests will be responded or implemented, and often feature requests can take months to be pushed out, when there are other issues blocking them.

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            • Moderatorneil on 05/01/2024 - 17:32

              @GoIdDigger: I can't locate what wisdomtooth is referring to but I believe sorting by "score" is on the to-do list. See 2018 comment.

              Also there is this functionality with the floating comments bar where you can see the top voted comments in a thread, OP comments, rep, etc.

              commentsbar

              • GoIdDigger on 05/01/2024 - 21:08
                +1

                @neil: Thanks mate! I didn't know this

              • wisdomtooth on 07/01/2024 - 22:01

                @neil: Here is when I last suggested it.

                • Moderatorneil on 07/01/2024 - 23:01

                  @wisdomtooth: You sure that's it?

                  You said:

                  I suggested that a few years ago, and got shout… er… told by an OB mod/dev in no uncertain terms they'd never adopt reddit's commenting UI.

                  and Scotty wrote what I wrote (without the gif):

                  On a node page you can click on the 3-dot menu at the bottom of the page & "Show Most Voted Comments"

      • whyisave on 06/01/2024 - 20:57
        +2

        I like reading all the comments, in chronological order.

        Reddit's commenting layout is sometimes confusing,
        and also at times, too many levels deep, that it branches out into new pages.

        I like OzB's +3 layers of commenting.

        • wisdomtooth on 07/01/2024 - 22:06
          +1

          I think the suggestion is basically to sort — or allow sorting — by criteria other than chronological order: most upvoted, most downvoted, most voted, most controversial (i.e. |upvotes–downvotes|/(upvotes+downvotes), etc. Not so much related to the indenting of the thread levels.

    • SpainKing on 05/01/2024 - 15:39
      +1

      I would like if, when you went to the next page of comments (because a thread has over 100) it wouldn't wipe the orange "New" box that appears next to them if they were created since your last visit

      On some popular threads I can't read fast enough and want to see all the juicy new opinions without reading the old dusty ones (unless I need context)

  • thisusernameistaken on 05/01/2024 - 13:03
    +10

    Auto removal of ?si= URL parameter in YouTube links. This URL parameter is added whenever a video is shared and contains a unique ID likely for tracking purposes. si most likely stands for "share id"

    Here's an example of a comment that has this si parameter

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/14800730/redir

    • Muzeeb on 05/01/2024 - 14:47
      +3

      Ohh. Yes. This reminds me also with Aliexpress. If a link is posted surely a line of code can truncate the affiliate part and just show the raw link to the product.

      • Jimothy Wongingtons on 06/01/2024 - 17:49

        I think Scotty replied me in another thread to say not possible for auto process of url for Amazon and AliExpress

        • Muzeeb on 06/01/2024 - 18:39

          That makes sense. Cheers

      • Clear on 06/01/2024 - 23:04
        +3

        Getting rid of vi. at the start of the AliExpress URLs would be the best. People keep clicking on affiliate links around the place set to the Vietnam region. You'll see English until you hit a store page and then it's all in Vietnamese.

        At least I'm getting fluent in reading Vietnamese now.

    • whyisave on 06/01/2024 - 21:00
      +1

      Also, if there's a way to remove "?fbclid=" and "?gclid=" from any URL posted on this website.

      Those are FB & G trackers and it's a pet peeve of mine, to see links with that appended.

      • wisdomtooth on 07/01/2024 - 22:09
        -1

        In fact, removing (mostly) all url parameters would also almost always resolve the issue of pasting affiliate links on the site (instead of scolding the user for doing verboten).

        • whyisave on 07/01/2024 - 22:26

          I'm not requesting removing affiliate links.

          I just don't like "fbclid" and the like.
          If you start noticing this, you'll find them in many, many places.

          • wisdomtooth on 07/01/2024 - 22:33
            +1

            @whyisave:

            I'm not requesting removing affiliate links.

            No need; it's already banned.

            But, instead of scolding the user; the site could just remove it. In most instances, it's just a matter of removing the url parameters; in some — e.g. Amazon, AliEx — it's a bit more involved — the link is shortened, and needs to be resolved by the store site — but I'm pretty sure it's doable too.

            • whyisave on 07/01/2024 - 22:39

              @wisdomtooth: I don't know who does the 'scolding', as it not me;
              nor do I neg people's comments (which I have never done).

              For those Amazon, AliEx and eBay links, I just remove everything manually anyway,
              from memory, eg.:
              Amazon has the item number from "/dp/…"
              eBay has the item number from "/itm/…",
              etc.

              I just like seeing those shorter URLs,
              but for "fbclid" and "gclid", they are watching other things :-\

  • relentless on 05/01/2024 - 13:31

    When I attempt to remove a product from showing up in deals, it appears to be taking a while and sometimes still shows up. Recent examples are protein powders and prams.

    Could tag recommendations also be implemented as sellers can bypass blocked product filters easily by not applying these tags. Recent example is again, protein powders.

  • Peelaw on 05/01/2024 - 13:42
    +8

    The ability to automatically "JV" a comment or post which randomly bolds words for you.

    • whyisave on 06/01/2024 - 21:01

      Are you asking for the ability to people to write their own bots,
      and incorporate them into the OzB API system a la Reddit ?

  • payton on 05/01/2024 - 14:01

    Can we have a user's default search preferences saved please, eg search deals only and always sort by post date and option:titleonly

    • Drakesy on 05/01/2024 - 14:36

      I mean, maybe not monetization, but rewards such as a monthly raffle etc, much like what PetrolSpy does for contributors.

    • mapax on 05/01/2024 - 14:41
      +7

      That already exists. You just don’t contribute enough to know about it.

    • Randolph Duke on 05/01/2024 - 18:06

      Papa Elon has the hookup you need @SpicyStew, if you can beat all the bots to it.

    • Dreamcast on 07/01/2024 - 13:18
      +4

      No one's being forced to post. The whole point of this site is to share bargains. Once it's 'monetised', you'll see an influx of useless posts.

      Heck some users will be posting their own products on discount and then being rewarded for it. Yeh nah.

  • jakepods on 05/01/2024 - 15:15

    online black jack?

    jakepods on 05/01/2024 - 15:15 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
  • belongsinforums on 05/01/2024 - 15:34

    Probably been suggested before but a price tracker would be super handy

    • wisdomtooth on 05/01/2024 - 16:17
      +1

      Like that?

      • belongsinforums on 05/01/2024 - 17:43
        +1

        Yes but displayed on deals automatically

        • wisdomtooth on 07/01/2024 - 13:35
          -4

          Yeah, that was the idea.

          It fell on deaf ears, it seems.

          • CodeXD on 07/01/2024 - 13:42
            +3

            @wisdomtooth:

            It fell on deaf ears, it seems.

            Scotty literally replied to you in that saying it will be too much work for him. How is that on deaf ears?

            Poor effort trying to call people out when you ignore their reply and then pretend like they ignored it.

            • belongsinforums on 08/01/2024 - 01:41

              @CodeXD: what if it was user submitted? too much cleaning up for mods?

              • CodeXD on 08/01/2024 - 08:43
                +1

                @belongsinforums: Users can barely get the title right lol there are a lot of comments with "add price to title" or "where is the deal?"

              • wisdomtooth on 08/01/2024 - 11:14

                @belongsinforums: Well, that Google sheet still works, parsing the prices from the titles — it shouldn't be too hard replicating its logic. Malformed titles don't enter the tracker, of course.

                • belongsinforums on 08/01/2024 - 11:44

                  @wisdomtooth: What if price was an input separate to the title?

                  • wisdomtooth on 08/01/2024 - 11:53

                    @belongsinforums: That'd be ideal — sorta — but people would argue many deals have more than one price, for different models of the same product, e.g. flight deals, or for different delivery options, etc. There sure is a data structure to accommodate all that but, regardless, that's not how the data is currently structured. And restructuring gigabytes of data is a massive job.

  • Homr on 05/01/2024 - 15:46

    An official chatroom

  • mountaineer on 05/01/2024 - 15:47

    Can we please ban any post with "political intention". Ozbargain should be just as apolitical as possible please.

    • Protractor on 05/01/2024 - 16:27
      -2

      Good luck but, everything is political.Even your comments request.
      Hate speech should be banned. Not dressed up as free speech.
      I agree that obvious clickbait nutjob posts should be banned from the get go. There's all sorts of fictional scenario posted deliberately to ostracise and inflame and stereotype.(neighbours being a classic chumming topic)
      Sadly that precedent has been set and approved as OK.

      • whyisave on 06/01/2024 - 21:23

        hate speech

        .

        nutjob

        PS:
        I didn't neg you.

    • DustyAfternoon on 05/01/2024 - 21:31
      +1

      I’d settle for banning culture war bs.

      If it’s only an issue because it’s what US grifters are talking about, it really doesn’t need to be here.

      • wisdomtooth on 06/01/2024 - 14:27
        +1

        What's wrong with banning oneself from getting involved in it? What compels to ban others, under whatever criteria, instead?

        • DustyAfternoon on 06/01/2024 - 16:54

          The crowd that sort of stuff attracts invariably makes a community worse.

    • Gnostikos on 06/01/2024 - 14:10
      +2

      That ship sailed a long time ago.

      Political discussion has been a mainstay of OzBargain since pretty much day one and like it or not, it definitely draws viewers and contributes to the site's ever-increasing popularity without which, it just wouldn't be the same in terms of the mix of personalities and the variety of topics that are found here. That and the fairly unregulated nature of OzBargain's forums, relative to cesspools like Reddit or Whirlpool where the mods are psychotic control freaks, gives rise to some fairly memorable and open discussions.

      You come for the bargains, you stay for the political shit-fighting (TM).

    • wisdomtooth on 06/01/2024 - 14:30

      This is a discussion forum; people come here to discuss. Many of us do want to discuss consumer rights, laws, companies policies, etc. If those don't interest you, you can just scroll past them.

  • bennybaubles on 05/01/2024 - 16:14

    All I’d like is a free ozbargain t shirt

    • Jimothy Wongingtons on 06/01/2024 - 17:51
      +1

      Me too

      Hell I’d pay for it

      • WatchNerd on 06/01/2024 - 17:59
        +2

        I heard scotty is going to start sending them out for free when you hit 10 years as a member.

  • pformag on 05/01/2024 - 16:19
    +12

    The default search sort should be Post Date, not Relevance. Every time I search, I need to change the sort, because Relavance is not the newest post.

  • ihfree on 05/01/2024 - 17:50
    +1

    Some filters for search results and list views like voted would be useful.

    For example by year/month, poster, category, voted.

    On occasion, I've looked for deals I've voted on and purchased a few years ago. I often resort to using Google and a date range search.

  • cdaddy on 05/01/2024 - 18:05
    +5

    Bro we need a review features for products.

    • whyisave on 06/01/2024 - 21:28

      +1

      OzB users are an astute bunch,
      and the reviews would be better than ProductReview.

      However, it's going to be a nightmare to regulate,
      handle disputes and allegations, etc.
      because the reviews can attribute to defamation too.

  • digitalbath on 05/01/2024 - 18:55
    -2

    Delete the forum.

    • kerfuffle on 05/01/2024 - 19:02
      +2

      Oh, but then we won't be able to see all your negative apathetic comments!

      • digitalbath on 05/01/2024 - 19:31
        -2

        I’m very empathetic, just not towards narcissistic, entitled idiots.
        I’d be a terrible nurse if I wasn’t (-:

        • kerfuffle on 06/01/2024 - 09:07

          I'm sure going by how you are on here that your bedside manner is terrible. My condolences for the poor people under your care.

          • digitalbath on 06/01/2024 - 10:20
            -2

            @kerfuffle: Quite the opposite actually. I’m paid to do a job and I do it well. Unlike you and most other people in here I’m sure.

        • morse on 07/01/2024 - 08:50
          +1

          If you were a real nurse you’d know at least 50% of your patients are narcissistic, entitled idiots (as per the general population) and that you’re still meant to at least pretend to be empathetic.

          • digitalbath on 08/01/2024 - 09:05
            -1

            @morse: “Real Nurse” haha.
            In my field, it’s more like 90%, so I think I know how to pretend to be empathetic. Thanks for the tip though.

  • Eeples on 05/01/2024 - 20:20
    +1

    Forum posts which are obvious jokes to be moved to a Joke forum.

    Posts such as this one….

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/824497

  • chiuy on 05/01/2024 - 22:09
    -1

    an [intro] tag, for introductory offers.

    also, bring back giphy integration.
    i know it was only for april fools, but i really liked it.

  • TightAl on 05/01/2024 - 23:47
    -2

    Ban JV

    • pegaxs on 06/01/2024 - 10:51
      +2

      This would literally break the site's backend code.

      JV isnt so much a person as it is a shell account for OzBargain Premium subscribers to log into to make troll comments to protect their regular account from the Penalty Box.

  • johnwinds on 06/01/2024 - 07:56
    +1

    A way to hide cashback deals similar to how SUBS can be hidden.

    • SpainKing on 06/01/2024 - 08:05

      Couldn't you just hide all posts from Shopback, TopCashback and Cashrewards?

      • johnwinds on 06/01/2024 - 09:27

        That's a good idea.

        But also, aren't new ones (companies offering this) popping up all the time?

        • kerfuffle on 06/01/2024 - 09:37
          +1

          Yeah but they don't usually last long 🙃

  • mrvaluepack on 06/01/2024 - 08:33

    Cant see sub-categories in mobile view, only in desktop view. For example: i am able to click DEALS > COMPUTING > LAPTOP but only in desktop mode. In mobile im only able to drilldown to COMPUTING. I cant see all the other subcategories to select such as LAPTOP, LCD MONITOR, ETC.

  • Skramit on 06/01/2024 - 09:13
    +7

    The need for "($0 with Prime/ $59 Spend)" on every amazon deal title seems totally unecessary. There must be a better way somehow to capture this info than in the title.

  • Cronium on 06/01/2024 - 13:49
    +4

    Make DDR5 (and probably DDR4) a subscribable tag. RAM as a category doesn't really cut it as most users would probably be looking for specific types of RAM.

    • Moderatorscrimshaw on 07/01/2024 - 12:29

      You can create search alerts as a work around. For example if you were specifically after DDR5 CL40 try this as a search alert.

  • cobknob on 06/01/2024 - 16:59
    +1

    Do posts under deals get posted to main page by some algorithm or by a mod? If by a mod can we please see the time difference from when the post was attached to main page from deals. I'd like to get a general metric-like idea how quick OOS appears for items from the time they get moved to main page, when I randomly check site for deals etc :)

    • pformag on 06/01/2024 - 21:36

      It's triggered by amounts of votes.

      • cobknob on 07/01/2024 - 02:21
        +1

        No it's not. Rice had 20+, on main page. Maxwell cr2032 battery's had 37+, and not on main page. Unless mods remove deals regularly on main page.

        • morse on 07/01/2024 - 08:45
          +1

          It’s how many votes within a time period. Not sure of the formula but say 20votes in 10mins vs 2hrs. Worth noting that deals posted at 3-4am often don’t make the front page as not many people online to vote for them. So maybe formula should also reflect votes as percentage of people online at time as well.

        • Moderatorscrimshaw on 07/01/2024 - 12:31

          If a deal gains votes rapidly the system takes that into account and will push it on the front page. This means a deal can have <30 votes but still hit FP. Explained here.

          https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:faq_merchants?&#i_ve_…

          let v = positive votes - negative votes (total number of votes). let m = minimum votes (default=30)

          A deal will be on the front page if

          • v >= m, or

          • v >= m /2 + (current time - deal posting time) / rate

          Currently rate is that for every 30 minutes, new deals need one more vote above m /2 to be on the front page. Due to the way rounding works, a deal needs

          • Only 16 votes to be on the front page within the first 30 minutes

          • 17 votes if it has been posted for more than 30 minutes but less than an hour

          • 18 votes if more than an hour but less than 1 1/2 hours

          • 19 votes if …

          m would be different if you have changed your front page minimum votes, but basically that's how it works behind the scene to bring recently posted deals to the front page even when it does not have enough votes.

  • peterw1 on 06/01/2024 - 23:06
    +1

    As many of us travel overseas, could you keep a regular heading for duty free shopping. It can be used to compare prices prior to or during travel. ie price of JW black in singapore/malaysia etc and in what quantity ie how many ml bottle. Just like keeping a page for pizza coupons, this page could be updated regularly for popular items and travellers could post prices for less popular items if requests and time permits.

  • ShortyX on 07/01/2024 - 01:06
    +1

    Can we please help our old friend -> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    His right foreman is missing sometimes… ¯_(ツ)_/¯

    🙃

    ShortyX on 07/01/2024 - 01:06 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
    • pegaxs on 07/01/2024 - 09:31

      No! (╯°□°)╯︵ \

      • Chandler on 08/01/2024 - 13:03

        Yes! / ノ( ゜-゜ノ)

    • whyisave on 07/01/2024 - 22:30

      Asking for all the right improvements :-)

  • morse on 07/01/2024 - 06:57
    +1

    I’ve suggested this before but since you’re asking - location based categories. Eg Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Newcastle etc. I’m thinking primarily for dining, accommodation and entertainment deals that are specific to that location. Or an ability to subscribe to tags with mandatory tagging for location based deals. I tried subscribing to ‘QLD’ and ‘Good Coast’ for email alerts and it isn’t specific enough. Ideally you’d click on say ‘Melbourne’ and it would up with all the deal specific to Melbourne, like pub meal deals, happy hours, discount movie tickets or whatever. I see this being helpful if you lived in or were travelling to that destination. Id imagine a lot of these deals would be long running

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