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Superthreads on Bargain Alerts

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    #212
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    BA has been ruined by super threads.
    Instead of chat surrounding a bargain product which was clearly visible we now have a super thread with a few bargains being lost among the chat.
    Like others, I've found more in HKUD lately than BA and was able to decide on buying based on user comments.


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    #213
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,758 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Juliana Tall Redwood wrote: »
    BA has been ruined by super threads.
    Instead of chat surrounding a bargain product which was clearly visible we now have a super thread with a few bargains being lost among the chat.
    Like others, I've found more in HKUD lately than BA and was able to decide on buying based on user comments.

    Yeah but they've finally closed the Amazon Bargain Alerts crapfest so the message is gradually getting through.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=100482105&postcount=593

    I think that as people realise how useless and un-governable superthreads are, they will naturally fade out of existence.

    Good times ahead :pac:


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    #214
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    Congratulations mrcheez et all. You closed a thread that a lot of people liked using. You should be proud


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    #215
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,758 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Synode wrote: »
    You closed a thread that a lot of people liked using.

    I did nothing. Common sense prevailed :cool:


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    #216
    RasTa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    Seems a bit stupid to close one megathread.


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    #217
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,758 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    RasTa wrote: »
    Seems a bit stupid to close one megathread.

    Gotta start somewhere I guess and the Amazon one was a complete mess.

    Next up Argos megathread?


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    #218
    ct5amr2ig1nfhp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,019 ✭✭✭ct5amr2ig1nfhp


    The Amazon bargain alerts have become ridiculous. The mega-thread was a hell of a lot better than the craic being pulled this morning by some posters. One poster has started 10 Amazon bargains alone in the last hour.

    More than half the front page is now Amazon bargains.

    Can we not just have an Amazon mega-thread with no chat and for exceptional bargains, individual threads?


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    #219
    eman66
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭eman66


    Site is being administered to death. What in earth could possibly be wrong with a thread containing bargains for a particular company and questions/answers/tips/advice by/for users/potential purchasers?

    Just let the bloody thing flow.


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    #220
    maximoose
    Registered Users Posts: 9,202 ✭✭✭maximoose


    Xander Quick Newsprint wrote: »
    The Amazon bargain alerts have become ridiculous. The mega-thread was a hell of a lot better than the craic being pulled this morning by some posters. One poster has started 10 Amazon bargains alone in the last hour.

    More than half the front page is now Amazon bargains.

    One poster who never posted in the mega-thread. It's a pretty obvious attempt to troll.


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    #221
    JustMac
    Registered Users Posts: 349 ✭✭JustMac


    Its still a joke that after all the feedback and running of a poll that a mod decided to close the other thread without any mention of all the discussion. Then a mod single handedly decides that a mega thread is getting out of control and closes it. I'm happy about that but whats wrong with letting the majority of the users of BA have an input into how the forum is run. Joke. HUKD much better lately.


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    #222
    _Tombstone_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,006 ✭✭✭_Tombstone_


    JustMac wrote: »
    HUKD much better lately.
    I think anything of note going back 18 months has come from there.

    BA is a lost cause.


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    #223
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,758 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    maximoose wrote: »
    One poster who never posted in the mega-thread. It's a pretty obvious attempt to troll.

    Those posts have been deleted now. Pretty pathetic trolling alright.

    Not sure why people are putting "Amazon" in the thread title though, does it matter where it comes from?

    My own "Amazon bargain" just has the product and price as is the norm: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057627708


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    #224
    Slutmonkey57b
    Registered Users Posts: 5,560 ✭✭✭Slutmonkey57b


    Fair enough if you think I was trolling by posting bargains in the manner you specifically wanted them: one bargain per thread. I wasn't, I was simply showing individual bargains from Amazon that would normally go in a superthread.

    You can't claim they weren't bargains as they were significant discounts and cheaper than you could get elsewhere.

    Putting the location of the bargain (halfords, Argos, wherever) in the thread title is also perfectly normal practice. Is that not allowed now either because mrcheeze doesn't think people should do it?

    So if there's no megathreads allowed, and multiple individual bargains also aren't allowed, what are we supposed to do to keep people who apparently don't use the forum because hukd is so much better happy?

    Are one or two users who demand everyone else post in the same way hukd is run now running the show? This is someone who claimed people were conspiring to deliberately hide bargains away from him...


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    #225
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,758 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Slutmonkey57b wrote: »
    Fair enough if you think I was trolling by posting bargains in the manner you specifically wanted them: one bargain per thread. I wasn't, I was simply showing individual bargains from Amazon that would normally go in a superthread.

    You can't claim they weren't bargains as they were significant discounts and cheaper than you could get elsewhere.

    Putting the location of the bargain (halfords, Argos, wherever) in the thread title is also perfectly normal practice. Is that not allowed now either because mrcheeze doesn't think people should do it?

    So if there's no megathreads allowed, and multiple individual bargains also aren't allowed, what are we supposed to do to keep people who apparently don't use the forum because hukd is so much better happy?

    Are one or two users who demand everyone else post in the same way hukd is run now running the show? This is someone who claimed people were conspiring to deliberately hide bargains away from him...

    :D:D:D

    Pathetic. Great now I've spilled my coffee laughing so hard, cheers slut.


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    #226
    thesandeman
    Registered Users Posts: 10,443 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    mrcheez wrote: »

    Not sure why people are putting "Amazon" in the thread title though, does it matter where it comes from?

    My own "Amazon bargain" just has the product and price as is the norm: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057627708

    That exactly proves my point from a while back.
    I don't shop online, so do I have to check every thread to find out who is selling the product because the OP of the thread couldn't be arsed to state it in the title?
    I normally just avoid the Amazon megathread as I don't use them but always check the Argos and Tesco ones as there might be a bargain that I can actually walk in and buy.


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    #227
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,758 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    thesandeman wrote: »
    there might be a bargain that I can actually walk in and buy.

    Fair enough, good reason

    I see HUKD use the "@ Argos", or "@ eBuyer" in their titles, so perhaps good for people like yourself that don't want to buy online.


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    #228
    _Tombstone_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,006 ✭✭✭_Tombstone_


    well i never...


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    #229
    eman66
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭eman66


    What was the mods rationale in closing the Amazon megathread but allowing the Aliexpress, Halfords, Tesco etc megathreads?

    Would a megathread and chat thread work for Amazon as it seems to do with Argos?


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    #230
    Davy
    Registered Users Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    eman66 wrote: »
    What was the mods rationale in closing the Amazon megathread but allowing the Aliexpress, Halfords, Tesco etc megathreads?

    Would a megathread and chat thread work for Amazon as it seems to do with Argos?

    If one thread is causing issues why close all of them?

    It doesn't have to be all Megathreads or none. Amazon have such a large range, and so many buyers on here that it's always going to have loads of off topic discussion.

    A chat/no chat threads like Argos may not work for the same reason, but not fully ruled out by mods yet.


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    #231
    _Tombstone_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,006 ✭✭✭_Tombstone_


    Slow clap for how long this has been dragged out, jaysus. Special slower clap for the mods.


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    #232
    _Tombstone_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,006 ✭✭✭_Tombstone_


    Davy wrote: »

    A chat/no chat threads like Argos may not work for the same reason, but not fully ruled out by mods yet.

    This Thread is nearly 5 months old!!!!:eek: And it's not even the first thread about it...and I think I remember threads were locked/deleted or something and users ignored aswell.

    Will it have it's first birthday before ya get round to it!!!

    Is it real life getting in the way again???


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    #233
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    just an observation, but the problematic megathreads seem to be the ones which are started by a regular member as a megathread, effectively backseat modding.

    the ones that have worked out have generally been ones that were originally started as a single bargain, and organically grew into a megathread by general concensus from the members as a whole.


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    #234
    _Tombstone_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,006 ✭✭✭_Tombstone_


    the groutch wrote: »
    effectively backseat modding.

    Ah now!

    Better break out the ban hammer for that poster, would a month suffice do you think??


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    #235
    JustMac
    Registered Users Posts: 349 ✭✭JustMac


    _Tombstone_ wrote: »
    This Thread is nearly 5 months old!!!!:eek: And it's not even the first thread about it...and I think I remember threads were locked/deleted or something and users ignored aswell.

    It seems that the mods have just completely ignored all feedback and user discussion. Seems like they are going through a power trip just deciding themselves what they think "might work". Still a joke.


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    #236
    eman66
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭eman66


    JustMac wrote: »
    It seems that the mods have just completely ignored all feedback and user discussion. Seems like they are going through a power trip just deciding themselves what they think "might work". Still a joke.
    Sadly, this does seem to be situation.
    witnessmenow wrote:
    If you have an opinion (for or against) please post in the thread so the mods can try implement a solution that works best for the forum and its users.

    The largest vote was to keep things they way they were yet you went with the 3.81% of voters who wanted the Amazon thread closed. Doesn't add up.


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    #237
    Pelvis Parsley
    Registered Users Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭Pelvis Parsley


    Rules rules rules.

    This place is like a parochial GAA committee on steroids.

    The saddest part is, all involved mean well, they're just blinkered by the culture that's pervaded here for years.


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