[quote name='Blade']If all we did was say thanks, people would post the same deals countless times for self-satisfaction, and this website would be overflowing with redundant information. We have to be dicks to discourage continuous repetition of the same deals. Hell, if everyone were like you, I'd make my own Big Lots topic and vie for gratuitous comments as well.[/QUOTE]
Right, because being a dick has done a great job of preventing multiple posts so far. You can't possibly think that someone's going to think "Oh my, I'd better not post this deal because someone on the internet might be mean to me!" It doesn't make one bit of a difference. And the idiotic remarks are just as redundant (if not moreso) than the reposts. They are certainly more counterproductive. More often than not, a repost shows me a deal that I wouldn't have seen otherwise. Also more often than not, someone's snarky attitude derails the thread and turns it into some kind of bitchfest. If reposting is such a big deal, it would make much more sense to simply point it out (as Decker did) and request action from a mod. Done deal.
I get it: being a dick is fun. Putting faceless strangers (or homeless people) down without ever having to confront them or face any consequences makes you feel better about yourself. Big deal, most of us do it. But let's not try to pretend that it actually helps in any way. I know you're not really that stupid.