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REQUEST: "Mute Thread' Option for Deal Threads to Prevent Appearance in SD Live:
September 7, 2023 at
07:47 AM
I hate that I have to request this.
SlickDeals is not doing a very good job of moderating hateful and politically motivated speech. Every thread is cluttered up with people hawking their (sometimes dubious) beliefs about politics, climate change, society, etc.
Every time I complain about this, or respond to the offenders, I am told to simply ignore the users, and I've been frequently warned for voicing my frustration.
I don't have time to ignore hundreds or thousands of users simply because SlickDeals lacks the tools and people to police their forums. Ideally, SD mods would warn and ban these bad-faith actors, but it seems that they cannot or will not do this.
So, as a means to lessen the impact from this very prevalent problem, I'd like to see a way to stop a particular thread from showing up in my SD Live feed.
As an example, every thread about the recent Tesla price drops turned into a poop-show, I don't want to see any of those comments, but I don't want to ban 200 idiots. People post in those threads a lot, so my SD Live feed is cluttered up with a bunch of junk measuring and name calling.
Again, the problem seems to be lack of moderation and accountability. But, if it's too much to ask that you moderate your forums and ban the users that violate the terms of use, then this is a useful half-measure.
If you can mute / ignore a person, I can't imagine it would be hard to allow us to mute / ignore a thread. It sucks that I have to ask for this...just enforce your rules.
SlickDeals is not doing a very good job of moderating hateful and politically motivated speech. Every thread is cluttered up with people hawking their (sometimes dubious) beliefs about politics, climate change, society, etc.
Every time I complain about this, or respond to the offenders, I am told to simply ignore the users, and I've been frequently warned for voicing my frustration.
I don't have time to ignore hundreds or thousands of users simply because SlickDeals lacks the tools and people to police their forums. Ideally, SD mods would warn and ban these bad-faith actors, but it seems that they cannot or will not do this.
So, as a means to lessen the impact from this very prevalent problem, I'd like to see a way to stop a particular thread from showing up in my SD Live feed.
As an example, every thread about the recent Tesla price drops turned into a poop-show, I don't want to see any of those comments, but I don't want to ban 200 idiots. People post in those threads a lot, so my SD Live feed is cluttered up with a bunch of junk measuring and name calling.
Again, the problem seems to be lack of moderation and accountability. But, if it's too much to ask that you moderate your forums and ban the users that violate the terms of use, then this is a useful half-measure.
If you can mute / ignore a person, I can't imagine it would be hard to allow us to mute / ignore a thread. It sucks that I have to ask for this...just enforce your rules.
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Another good example of where this 'mute thread' feature would be useful. The thread is VERY active with people trading and gifting gift certificates, which in and of itself is wonderful, a good example of the site bringing folks together in a good way.
The folks participating aren't doing anything that would require being on an ignore list, so the previously provided suggestion doesn't seem applicable, but I personally have no interest in the activity in this thread and I'd love to filter it out of my SD Live feed.
1. Went to that Xfinity thread
2. Went to thread tools, chose ignore thread
3. Posted in that thread
4. Went to SD Live and confirmed that I still saw my own post flash by
ETA: tested with another thread too, refreshed a few times - still no luck. I don't know what the 'Ignore Thread' function works on, but it does not include SD Live, apparently.
1. Went to that Xfinity thread
2. Went to thread tools, chose ignore thread
3. Posted in that thread
4. Went to SD Live and confirmed that I still saw my own post flash by
ETA: tested with another thread too, refreshed a few times - still no luck. I don't know what the 'Ignore Thread' function works on, but it does not include SD Live, apparently.
Or, you know, you guys could move that to the Lounge or Deal Talk or something. Or you could moderate the people who are chatting eternally.
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Any chance of this suggestion actually getting worked on?
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