Please remove the negative rating the posts / replies, and add rep point system, which seem to encourage people to really help to gain more rep points. negative rating just encourages bashing of newbies and in cases when poster just disagrees or wants to weigh down the thread so that otehrs can't geta hot deal. With reps and with overall thread rating any poster gets to rate the thread only once and is mroe fair system.

I can't understand why FW has never implemented that... almost every other forum site has that system... and yes drift towards SD is noticable, and deals show up on FW way later with thansk to SD...

Change the formula that gives ratings to threads to make it more sensitive to votes over time, or like a 'hot thread' indicator. Many days it looks like no one's voting on the threads because you don't see the vote indicators move much, which isn't useful for finding new hot deals. Conversely, the problem with SlickDeals is that nearly every thread is rated +5 or -5, which is also not useful and even worse in a lot of ways.

I also appreciate the much, much better signal-to-noise ratio over here, along with the added emphasis to stay on topic within threads..

What are your frustrations and pain-points as a consumer?
Price fluctuations based on stock/popularity when they don't price match themselves.*I'm waiving my finger at Amazon*
So how can we better serve consumers?
I like the CC idea where I get CashBack just by using FW's card. Sometimes I'm on a friend's computer and I can't turn the pop-up blocker off.
I'd also like a feature where the users(OP or anyone) can flag a deal as time sensitive (coupon works for the first 100 users or the stock may sellout)

peas said:The search engine is just barely better than useless.

Deals with alot of Green but are DEAD should be rated down somehow. It's annoying to see a good deal with lots of green, wade through the posts only to find it's not valid

i don't think that they should be rated down, but i think a little more of a proactive approach by the people or the mods needs to happen.

if a deal is dead - VOTE IT DEAD
also, do mods get tired of people alerting them to dead deals? because if you find a deal that is completely over, alert a mod to move it.

How about getting your merchants to bid for my business?
If I am looking for an item, let's say, normally more than $500, would love to get merchants to underbid each other to get my business.

k000 said:Please remove the negative rating the posts / replies, and add rep point system, which seem to encourage people to really help to gain more rep points. negative rating just encourages bashing of newbies and in cases when poster just disagrees or wants to weigh down the thread so that otehrs can't geta hot deal. With reps and with overall thread rating any poster gets to rate the thread only once and is mroe fair system.

I can't understand why FW has never implemented that... almost every other forum site has that system... and yes drift towards SD is noticable, and deals show up on FW way later with thansk to SD...

Agree that the negative rating system needs some kind of reform. Sadly it's become a way for folks to exchange insults. People happily give red just to provoke a response, or make some kind of political statement which has no bearing on the deal at hand (example---all the reasonable deals that were painted red by the burned-by-Buy.com haters). A red vote should have only one meaning ---"I don't see this as a hot deal." Even better, ---it would be great if clicking the red button REQUIRED the voter to include a comment in the thread explaining their negative vote. Don't like the thread because you think those sale-priced shoes are ugly? Say so---this is a forum, debate like that is appropriate and welcome. Might teach a few overly-offensive forum members to exercise some diplomacy. Maybe then we wouldn't have to see first-time posters begging for respondents to "be gentle." And maybe then we wouldn't see all the hot deals getting posted over at SD first.

footn200 said:Apologies once again for sticking a topic that isn't a smokin' hot deal.
Since it's all about you and meeting your needs, I'm breaking the law breaking the law...

FatWallet exists to serve consumers.

So how can we better serve consumers?
What are your frustrations and pain-points as a consumer?
What are your un-met consumer needs?
We want to know, so we can create a solution for you.

Free your mind… think way outside the box...

More contests. Or at least pick me as the winner.

k000 said:Please remove the negative rating the posts / replies, and add rep point system, which seem to encourage people to really help to gain more rep points. negative rating just encourages bashing of newbies and in cases when poster just disagrees or wants to weigh down the thread so that otehrs can't geta hot deal. With reps and with overall thread rating any poster gets to rate the thread only once and is mroe fair system.

I can't understand why FW has never implemented that... almost every other forum site has that system... and yes drift towards SD is noticable, and deals show up on FW way later with thansk to SD...

I could not agree more.

I do not like all the red.

Move to a reputations system.

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How about limiting the amount of "red" each person can give? The criteria could be for every "green" you give someone, then you have a credit for a "red" you can use. Fair enough that if you are really participating in this forum that you should give and take.

This will hopefully help people really think about whether the deal is red before they click it. And for those negatives out there that just likes to red everything, well then they obviously have no red credit to use, cause they probably don't like giving green to anyone.

Too many times I've read a deal and either read or wondered myself...why is this red? Just because a deal is not for me personally doesn't make it a bad deal.