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I've finally had it. I am sick and tired of all of the lurkers. There are 2437 users with less than 20 posts, 2367 with less than 10, 2267 with less than 5, and 1900 without even 1 post. I know this is a free site and all, but it pisses me off when some jackass 12 year old that has lurked here for months comes along and buys 20 copies of Rygar (Like today), the Rio MP3 Player, or Skies of Arcadia giving nobody else a chance to get in on the deal.

This has given me this idea. Im not saying that ALL deals be posted on there, just some of the hot $5 game ones that pop up every now and then. Make it secretly open up to members that have more than 40 or 50 posts or something.

And I know that many of the lurkers would disagree with this and just keep voting "No", so please post your oppinion in addition to voting.

So how do you stop spam? Everyone will just reply thx to every thread 40 times and they'll be good to go.

As for Skies, it was posted in another heavy traffic forum before this one.

The MP3 player deal would have never worked out.

I don't know about the Rygar deal (didn't check it out).

I agree that there should be a way to stop lurkers but there is not much you can do about it. For one thing, I don't think a post count limitation is a way to do it.

Well whats your suggestion though? I just found out about the $5 Robotech Special Edtion deal. Another thing that Im sure someone abused.

The MP3 player deal could of worked if whoever that posted it was the one that discovered it and only 5 or 6 people got in on it.

Even then, 1900 lurkers is just too much.

Unfortunately, I have no suggestions. It's not a simple thing to do. Maybe you could weed out the spam in your idea but even then, "thanks" posts would ruin it.

At least the board is not readable without registration.

I have to agree with you that 1900 active lurkers is pretty bad.

We're all not posting machines like you.

Besides the only real heavy activity on the boards is the Post Your Own Deal board, and quite frankly what kind of reply do you expect most people to make to people posting deals for sites and stores?

Just because I don't post a lot doesn't mean in any way that I am the jerk who buys 20 copies of everything so you guys dont get any. I'm sure some of the "lurkers" are like that, but not a lot of them. I just don't have anything to say....I log on once a day, check for deals, and sometimes follow through and use them, never excessively or selfishly. Making deals like the $5 Robotech game exclusive to people who post a lot doesnt seem fair.

What is wrong with not posting a lot? If I had a deal I found, I would post it. Its not like I'm keeping deals for myself....
I think it would be a bad idea to do this.

Jordan

P.S. If you do follow through with this,at least this is another post on my way to making "the list"!

We'd get flooded with stupid posts.

If people want to lurk, there's no way to stop them. Personally, I think I've only contributed 1 or 2 deals, but I'd like to think I've been helping in other ways. And what if someone just looks at the posts and orders just a single 5 dollar Rygar? Is it up to us to deny that to him/her?

These deals have always been "first come, first served." I vote to keep it that way.

'Brol, I'm gonna have to disagree with you.

1> This would just bring up lots of "Fluff" posting, which would make it harder to share deals.

2> Sooner or later, and more likely sooner, the deals will spring up on other boards and newsgroups, and the same people will get their mass amounts of copies.

3> It'll keep new/low posting users from sharing their deals. If they share and are a low poster locked out of certain forums, what will they get out of it?


There's a few factors to look at, first being timing, if you're not at your machine and looking, the deal may pass you buy quick.

Two, supply. None of us knows EXACTLY how many units were sold at the price. Also no one knows EXACTLY who bought how many.

I could go on for quite a while, but I don't think the system is broke, and therefore isn't in need of a 'fix'. If you miss out on the deals because of school, work, prison, or other obligations, bellyaching and privitizing the board will do as much as if you send an email to EB saying "I missed out on your last sale because I was in school, work, prison, etc. Can you delay changing the prices until its convienent for me?"

I'm going to add my $0.02 here as well...

I've been here a lot longer than some of the "All-Stars" and "Regulars," but I'm still labeled a "Newbie." Post count means absolutely squat. I've contributed a couple of reviews and join in the conversation when I have something to say. Otherwise, I keep my mouth shut.

You're complaining about people being lurkers, but hell, I wish some people around here wouldn't post as much as they do. There are a few people around here who haven't been members for long, yet have huge post counts and are "All-Stars" because they endlessly yammer on about useless shit and butt heads with other users.

If that's the kind of forum you'd like more of, then I'm sad for you.

Guess my idea bombed. Hard.

I wasnt tryig to make a spam issue out of it. Even just a 5 post requirement would do something, but I guess it doesnt matter much. Im not saying people that post a lot should get special privledges, just the people that dont post at all shouldnt be depriving the rest of us that have been here for a while from getting a game. I just dislike how now I have to pay an extra $20 or $30 for Skies of Arcadia because some jerk bought 20. But I guess that can't be helped. I just dislike how 1900 members (Around 2/3rds) have contributed absolutly nothing to the comunity. Not even just in the deal forum, but even to the others. I would assume that 99% of them just go right to the deal forum and stay.

WhipSmartBanky - I know what your talking about. I just have a high count because I've been pretty much here for 10 or 15 minutes every day for the past half year.

And what are you going to do about the frontpage? Most of the better deals are posted right on the site, where you don't even have to view the boards to even find out about it. Sure you might see it faster on the boards, but its usually not long until CheapyD post it on the homepage.

I'm sure the number of people just visiting the main page is a lot more than the 2000+ registered members on the board...

Originally Posted by Liu Bei I'm sure the number of people just visiting the main page is a lot more than the 2000+ registered members on the board...

i would have agree...it is hard to stop lurkers and if they dont see it on this site im sure they have or sites/board with teh same deals...so jus use the instant message notification when theres a new deal posted...or u can always check this site out more often...

I know I'm new so naturally I would disagree, but you have to think its not just the newbies who buy everything. I just wish the sites would put a limit of 1 or 2 on the deals so everyone could benefit from the deals. I missed out on the $5 Rygar deal AGAIN

Lurkers are a problem, but there isn't much that can be done about it cept periodiclly delete user accounts with low post numbers or deal contributions, and hopefully they will start contributing or leave. Mind you putting that into action is a lot harder than it sounds.

Originally Posted by WhipSmartBanky You're complaining about people being lurkers, but hell, I wish some people around here wouldn't post as much as they do. There are a few people around here who haven't been members for long, yet have huge post counts and are "All-Stars" because they endlessly yammer on about useless shit and butt heads with other users. If that's the kind of forum you'd like more of, then I'm sad for you.

You do not dictate what is uselss or not so if you don't like a post don't read it and stop whining.

Dont worry too much Staind. Like I was saying before, there ARE other forums on the site. I personally have only contributed 3 or 4 deals, but I do read every post in the other forums. They do exist, Lurkers. You should look at them sometime.

I agree.. There'd be alot of spam.. Taking up the bandwidth and everything.. Plus.. Spam!

Cheapy could also implement a system that tracks your contributions and reward those with a lot of contributions with a special board just for them, but that would be hard to do as well.

For now all we can do is get lucky and be on as soon as a deal we want is posted or constantly be on the lookout for a good deal.

Originally Posted by Scrubking You do not dictate what is uselss or not so if you don't like a post don't read it and stop whining.

Excuse me, asshole? Guilty conscience?

^the sudden vicious streak you're is screwing with my happy vibe

go eat a cookie or something...... there are certain advantages to not being able to talk with your mouth full you might appreciate later ;-)

Originally Posted by minx ^the sudden vicious streak you're is screwing with my happy vibe go eat a cookie or something...... there are certain advantages to not being able to talk with your mouth full you might appreciate later ;-)

Heh, don't worry...little Scrubby thought he was gonna call me out over his own guilt. He apparently thinks I was referring to him and had a problem with it, so I responded in kind. Had he just ignored my post if he didn't like it, like he so kindly suggested I do, it wouldn't have been said.

Carry on