another vote for MC.

DutchDutch said:Here's a question: are you going to reward members if they "steal" a deal from another member at another site?

I have absolutely no issue when someone posts something that originated elsewhere, although I personally believe credit should be given in those cases, but I'm curious how you'll respond. You may see an influx of people copying and pasting without searching first (lots of reposts).With that logic, isn't it just as bad giving credit to someone else who doesn't deserve it too? Who is to say the post "stolen" from the "other" site and posted here was the true originator of the deal anyway ... and the actual first post of the deal on the internet? Sure, there are some more major and used deal sites that many of us are familiar with and many of us frequent daily, but there are literally thousands of sites where a deal can actually originate, even on small sites which many of us never visit first hand ... yet when it's a good deal, no matter how small or big the site is, it is a sure thing it will be copied over to other sites as well as here at FW.

So just suppose that poster from the other deal site just copied and pasted the deal from a 3rd deal site, where that 3rd site poster copied and pasted it from a 4th site ... etc., etc., etc.!!! Shouldn't a FW member then research the deal for the "real" originator and give the "right" poster credit? Isn't giving credit to the wrong site/poster who had just copied/pasted the deal from another site just as bad as not saying anything at all, even if that is where the poster here from FW had first noticed it? I would rather not give specific credit without knowing exactly who had originated the deal, though I guess it doesn't hurt to put a generic disclaimer,"Deal snatched from another site and brought to the good folks here on FatWallet!"

Sure, giving credit to a poster from where one might have first noticed a deal may seem to be an ethical approach and help a copy-cat poster feel less like a posting "tool" looking for accolades that they may not fully and truly deserve, but it isn't in any way, shape, or form, going to be as accurate a designation as you may believe in pointing out the true originator of a deal and the one who actually deserves the full credit anyway.

Either way, I'm just glad the deals get spread around to many sites, because I may easily miss a great deal on one of the many other deal sites I visit, yet catch the same deal posted here at FatWallet ... and vice versa as well!

Is there a link to the leaderboard anywhere besides in this post?

SleekWallet said:Vvvery nice, now can we get something like "the wall of shame" as well?

I know a couple of members that seem to be working very hard to get there...

You smell.

Any commission % for the people on this leaderboard?

Whoever started the SERO thread and the eBay CashBack thread should get a permanent place in the hall of fame based upon sheer volume of hits on those threads.

How about linking the deals that the MVP member posted?
That way everybody knows why the chosen member is being given credits for.
And we could also vouch for the choice.

Mechwarrior1989 said:I foresee a flood of deals that aren't very good but are still posted in hopes of getting a trophy next to their name.

And kind of offtopic, but how do some deals get a "HOT" designation in their title, even when they have low views and low/no replies?

Foresee? That is the reality today. A bunch of crap you have to wade through to get to the good stuff.

I think it's good that the Rep system isn't based on solely on 'hits'. I have long noticed that the more cryptic the title is, the more 'hits' it gets, and we certainly shouldn't reward that.

Compare

$30 off Xbox360 games!

to

$19 for Fusion Frenzy 2 or Cars for the Xbox360! Amazon, YMMV

Hope that helps