Some will say no to this, some will say yes, i think overall it would improve the quality of the community and weed out leechers which don't do crap for the community but maybe provide SD with some extra ad revenue, and plus it will encourage people to signup and contribute which would also improve the community, on average i see 1000-2000 members and 8000 guest... (Sorry for my run on)...


Have the option to post to members only and have it so you need ether:

A: A post Req
B: A join Date Req
C: A Rep Req

C: is the best option, as it would require you to have actually contributed to the community to get the true "slick-deals", however any user should have the option to post using the "Members Only" feature...


Better yet have a subscription option, i'm willing to pay 5-10$ a month, a lot of forums do this...


Ladies and Gents Post your Suggestions..


Lately their is an HUGE increase in a spam / trolls / Deal wreckers!

/Sign A,B,C if you want this!

/sign C

I think its possible to lock a forum with phpbb ( which VBullietien is based on) but I've never heard of a rep restriction or post restriction.
I think it should be the choice of the OP and he should be able to chose any of the 3 options. However if that isn't the case and only one can go I would sign C.

Of course this may result in less revenue to SD on online sales. Maybe we should do this for B/M only because online sales are almost always cacelled during Price Mistakes anyways and quanity limits usually exist for online sales.

Edit: I personally only see a problem with reselling when its with limited quanity deals, where you are screwing off other SDers by buying more than one to resell.

Anything is possible, it can easily be modd'ed in i have see it on other forums, if mr SD'er himself wishes i am willing to have one of my co-workers code a mod for free..

slickdeals is being killed now by ebay resellers and leeches. i wouldn't mind paying a subscription fee or limiting posts to people who have a certain reputation or length of service.

slickdeals is being killed now by ebay resellers and leeches. i wouldn't mind paying a subscription fee or limiting posts to people who have a certain reputation or length of service.

I'll sign, mostly because of C. Charging a subscription fee..I would pay it but something tells me that wasn't the idea of this site.

@unreal yah, i think to be able to get hooked up you really should not be able to just LEECH everything, yah it might DRAW AWAY some people resulting in a little less ad revenu, but they would only miss out on a few of the best deals, if they really care they can signup and contribute like the rest of us regulars... Makes me sad. :(

Agreed.

The results would most likely be:

A. A ton of registered names that never get used, ie: someone registers to see one specific deal and never returns - or, less site traffic (people may not want to register and will just pass SD by).

B. All this does is put people in n00b status and makes it even more difficult for them to feel welcome here, and it's not really fair. If there's no immediate access to the deals, why would people bother to register?

C. This would encourage people to (attempt to) register multiple names so they can rep themselves enough to have access to the "really good" deals. I think this option would also make people not feel welcome and would "divide" SDers, one side would be the newbs, the other would be the "all access" people. IMO that's just not right.

I think the paid subscription would force out a lot of people who mean a lot to this community. Not everybody can afford $60-$120 per year.

It's unfortunate that there are people who don't contribute or hog up deals for eBay resale but I just don't think there's any reasonable way of preventing it while still being fair to the members here and being inviting of new members at the same time.

Just my $0.02.

Don't think Mr. SD wants to limit people from clicking on referral links. Plus, it was his April Fools' joke this year, and that pissed off plenty!

Better yet have a subscription option, i'm willing to pay 5-10$ a month, a lot of forums do this...


Ladies and Gents Post your Suggestions..

I don't think this is possible since the members are the ones finding the deals and sharing them. You'd be asking them to find the deals for your website AND pay to be a part of the website? :shake: Now if the deals were found by the website (owners/staff) and given to the members, that would be a different story.

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=125644&t=343879&highlight=members+only

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=125644&t=343879&highlight=members+only

Thats a little different. I agree that becoming a member to see the deals would work but not to pay to become a member.

Because this site is called slick deals, I think asking members to pay for it doesn't make it such a slick deal anymore.

I think a lot of members put a lot into the freebies and deals sections and just dont see why this should be made a pay site.

@Kristin, not trying to be rude, not trying to insult you, not trying to be an ass. but people who make post like yours piss me off, all they do is say the negative and explain how ever point of the person post is wrong, but give no alternatives of other ways of fixing issues. C: would NOT be an issue, as you need 50 post to rep anyways & if people wanted to take the time to make 50 fake accounts with 50 post each, IM SURE SD mods would catch up, as i highly doubt someone wants to change their ip 50 times. yes it will divide the community, the leechers into the contributors, i think contributors should have a benefit, im not saying require 100Rep, but something like 20-30 even if that... Long term - contributing members should be benefited..

The results would most likely be:

A. A ton of registered names that never get used, ie: someone registers to see one specific deal and never returns - or, less site traffic (people may not want to register and will just pass SD by).

B. All this does is put people in n00b status and makes it even more difficult for them to feel welcome here, and it's not really fair. If there's no immediate access to the deals, why would people bother to register?

C. This would encourage people to (attempt to) register multiple names so they can rep themselves enough to have access to the "really good" deals. I think this option would also make people not feel welcome and would "divide" SDers, one side would be the newbs, the other would be the "all access" people. IMO that's just not right.

I think the paid subscription would force out a lot of people who mean a lot to this community. Not everybody can afford $60-$120 per year.

It's unfortunate that there are people who don't contribute or hog up deals for eBay resale but I just don't think there's any reasonable way of preventing it while still being fair to the members here and being inviting of new members at the same time.

Just my $0.02.

@Kristin, not trying to be rude, not trying to insult you, not trying to be an ass. but people who make post like yours piss me off, all they do is say the negative and explain how ever point of the person post is wrong, but give no alternatives of other ways of fixing issues.

So the only opinions you want to hear are the ones that are in agreement with yours? :shake:

I was merely explaning why IMO there is nothing like this in place currently. It just wouldn't work. Not everyone is going to agree with you. :)

C: would NOT be an issue, as you need 50 post to rep anyways & if people wanted to take the time to make 50 fake accounts with 50 post each, IM SURE SD mods would catch up, as i highly doubt someone wants to change their ip 50 times. yes it will divide the community, the leechers into the contributors, i think contributors should have a benefit, im not saying require 100Rep, but something like 20-30 even if that... Long term - contributing members should be benefited..

That's convenient, you have 23 reps. With all due respect, how much have you contributed?

Your idea was good. You have to accept the good and bad.
Like I said in another thread.
Things come up like this alot and people just don't find it when they search.
Also sometimes people can find faults in an idea but don't have resolutions for them. Thats why creating a thread like this is not always bad. Its all about improvement.

@Kristin, not trying to be rude, not trying to insult you, not trying to be an ass. but people who make post like yours piss me off, all they do is say the negative and explain how ever point of the person post is wrong, but give no alternatives of other ways of fixing issues. C: would NOT be an issue, as you need 50 post to rep anyways & if people wanted to take the time to make 50 fake accounts with 50 post each, IM SURE SD mods would catch up, as i highly doubt someone wants to change their ip 50 times. yes it will divide the community, the leechers into the contributors, i think contributors should have a benefit, im not saying require 100Rep, but something like 20-30 even if that... Long term - contributing members should be benefited..
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