Resolved: [Resolved] Filter threads to ignore list - gun threads

Quote from medicchick : Considering that Slickdeals "corporate" is on this (privately owned) site, I don't think it will have much impact. If you want to discuss your gun views I suggest the Podium, I think that is a better forum for your views to be aired than the help section.

Quote from snowcrash : http://slickdeals.net/forums/show...stcount=12 That is BryantQ's post so it's going to take a lot to change his mind. I'm also uncomfortable at pressuring him to cater to some segment of SDers. It's as mentioned earlier, a private site that he owns. He should have the freedom to run SD as he see fit. I applaud you for your efforts and I'm on your side, but again, I would rather it not go so far. If the filtering option can be fixed and work as it should, then those of us who dislike gun threads can filter them out of existence.

I'm disappointed to see that post, however I am not deterred. I think the filter option puts the onus on people who don't like gun deals, and I don't think that should be the case. It should be opt-in, not opt-out. Create a sub-forum as other deal sites have done.

Quote from snowcrash : http://slickdeals.net/forums/show...stcount=12 That is BryantQ's post so it's going to take a lot to change his mind. I'm also uncomfortable at pressuring him to cater to some segment of SDers. It's as mentioned earlier, a private site that he owns. He should have the freedom to run SD as he see fit. I applaud you for your efforts and I'm on your side, but again, I would rather it not go so far. If the filtering option can be fixed and work as it should, then those of us who dislike gun threads can filter them out of existence.

bryantq = CEO
slickdeals = owner

Quote from calistyle : bryantq = CEO slickdeals = owner

My apologies. I was going by what was posted in this thread and made a wrong assumption.

Quote from snowcrash : My apologies. I was going by what was posted in this thread and made a wrong assumption.

It's okay; I was just clarifying.

Quote from destroyrobots : I'm disappointed to see that post, however I am not deterred. I think the filter option puts the onus on people who don't like gun deals, and I don't think that should be the case. It should be opt-in, not opt-out. Create a sub-forum as other deal sites have done.

Why should the majority have to opt-in, as opposed to the minority having to opt-out?

Quote from cgrady : Why should the majority have to opt-in, as opposed to the minority having to opt-out?

Assuming that slickdeals is a microcosm of the United States, the majority of users/households are not gun owners and outnumber the minority by approximately 20%. And that's not even talking about individual gun owners: 80 million out of 600 million American citizens. What majority are you referring to again?

Not owning a gun doesn't make someone opposed to them.

I find it very hard to believe that there are this many people into gun deals. This has to be a small group of 10-20 people who upvote every gun deal to get it on the front page. The other day there were 4 count them FOUR gun & ammo deals on the front page of Popular Deals. On Fatwallet and DealNews I never see a single gun deal. I'm pretty close to leaving SlickDeals because of this, not only because I find it offensive, but also because it's deals I have no interest in.

Example from some gun nut: "I vote for more slick deals on guns and ammo to safe guard our families and society."

They aren't voting on the DEALS. They are voting for the category. I'm here for deals, not for ideology.

Also, the instructions to filter out these "deals" don't work on the Popular Deals page, which is the only page I care about.

I don't understand what's so offensive about a Deals website displaying deals for guns... If it isn't a deal, by all means downvote it. There's a small little button for every thread that will add said thread to your ignore list. Then the filter options mentioned.

Quote from cgrady : Why should the majority have to opt-in, as opposed to the minority having to opt-out?

with this

Quote from cgrady : Not owning a gun doesn't make someone opposed to them.

...and this.

I don't have one, but I'm not opposed to buying one. Not opposed to other people buying them either. I don't like seeing deals for all sorts of crap in Hot Deals, but I either ignore it with the button, or ignore it as I skim through the page. No big deal...

Just wondering if there are any updates in regards to filter not working sometimes? Gun threads are starting to appear again and the filter are letting them thru. This one, for example. It has both Sports & Outdoors, Guns&Ammo tags which are the filters I set. Same results whether using a different browser (Chrome) or iPad's Safari.

Quote from snowcrash : Just wondering if there are any updates in regards to filter not working sometimes? Gun threads are starting to appear again and the filter are letting them thru. This one, for example. It has both Sports & Outdoors, Guns&Ammo tags which are the filters I set. Same results whether using a different browser (Chrome) or iPad's Safari.

I was unaware this was still an issue; it hasn't been reported in quite some time after I fixed it last time.

I'll make a note to look into it again.

Another voice for filtering out the gun deals. It really is over the top in light of what's been going on lately. Well, for a long time, but the attention is on it now. I've set my filters, so will see if it works and if not, I'll come back here and post.

Let's keep this topic on the focus on filtering certain deals out. You're free to debate guns in our Podium forum.

Quote from snowcrash : Just wondering if there are any updates in regards to filter not working sometimes? Gun threads are starting to appear again and the filter are letting them thru. This one, for example. It has both Sports & Outdoors, Guns&Ammo tags which are the filters I set. Same results whether using a different browser (Chrome) or iPad's Safari.

Can you let me know if you still have this issue from here on? I've made some updates to the filtering.