Does the Point This Work

All sections are treated as point gathering. Have you looked down the list of topics? Most are asking inane questions where they couldn't care less about the answer and rarely come back to reply. Others ask info that could easily be found on an internet search. Hardly any open up a real chat that people can have a good old debate because......? They only care about their 20 points!

Even topics that are interesting and open debate are quickly closed down for no apparent reason. I am rapidly losing patience with the site and feel it is becoming a victim of it's own success. There is such a thing as too many members and everyone scrabbling for points does not make for a pleasant experience.

Lynibis I read the topic about of mice and men and decided to ask a few history and English teacher friends about it as I know they both teach it and do a cross curricular course on it. I came back to wrote my response and the topic had been locked! I've been really busy at the moment so not been on much but that was one topic I was interested in so I was disappointed but not surprised as when I read it I thought this will get locked!

MrsCraig yes, and I then started a new topic genuinely asking why it had been closed as I could see nothing offensive or rude in it. My topic was deleted within a couple of minutes.....very strange when it only asked why. If the original topic was so bad why was it left online for all to still see?

We have become a society where people are scared to speak on certain subjects and as the issue of mental illness is so at the forefront of things currently, it can't do any good when all the anger and feelings are being suppressed.

Lynibis I realise that but don't like to be too critical - so many members post inane topics (most of which have been asked a thousand times before ) - maybe that's what floats their boat ? or maybe they are just really bored or lonely ?

What really gets my goat is the dozens of non deals posted every hour often 3 within a minute - once a day every day . I accept we all have differing interests and what interests one member will not interest another but some members are just taking the mick out of the site .

Have you ever seen anything on Amazon market place that hasn't got at least 10 % off a totally made up price ? Yet members post these "non deals" on an industrial basis (always just 3 per day , every single day ) . Same with vouchers ( just 3 per day, every single day ) .

Can't count the "likes" or "comments " but I presume such members use their 2 minutes a day on the site to get their ration of these too ?

MrsCraig Yes I saw that . To be fair in this day and age I can understand why it was closed (although of course I don't agree ) .

Unfortunately if left on it would inevitably provide a platform for diametrically opposed views , even arguments - and Latest Deals is not the place for that .

Think about it , a site that cannot moderate and limit the hundreds of non deals posted every hour (obviously just to gain points ) can hardly be expected to moderate a discussion on what has become a very contentious subject (sadly ! ) .

Play safe (as I never do ! ) and perhaps ! limit your discussions to Emmerdale v Crossroads or Burger King v Macdonalds !!!!! - They seems OK subjects , no matter how many times posted !

I agree , even after I've found a deal it takes me 10 -15 minutes to post after explaining (in my own words -Shock ! ) why I consider it to be a deal , adding the correct photo and adding the Camels graph (in the case of Amazon deals) to show its a great deal .

Check out any of my deals posted , accepted they may be of no interest to many , but they will be the cheapest available for that item and often the cheapest ever .

To be honest I wonder if its worth the effort as members rarely seem to read deals ? Or more likely my deals simply get submerged by the hundreds of "click and paste " non deals added every hour (normally 3 within one minute ) .

I'm sure if you asked members what deal they had posted an hour later they wouldn't be able to remember !

Last deal I posted was pens I bought 2 packs myself

if everyone did similar

we would get genuinely good deals Golfforall

Golfforall I reckon that points should be awarded connected to how many likes the deal gets. Maybe award 10 points per like up to a maximum of 100. This would then get rid of the sh*t posters because their deals wouldn't get any likes.

TheChimp I suggested that last year (even though it would disadvantage me as my deals tend to be rather niche ) - hasn't happened !

Trouble is fewer members are now "liking " deals on their merits . Just liking 5 of what's on the "Popular" list for their points .

Also suggested a time delay between deal posts (say 20 -30 mins ) to slow down the "click and paste" posters for points who bang out 3 Amazon non deals in a minute regardless for the points . Under consideration I was told - months ago .

That's good idea maybe with points for comments too TheChimp

The not real deals is big put off makes it harder to spot real deals I can honestly say I've never posted more than one deal in a day I have posted today but you can tell I bought some (4) because it has my kids table in background@Golfforall