Recently, I've had some members asking for Heads Up posts to be moved to Deal Talk vs. Freebies.
Let us know what you want! Vote and add your opinion if you wish. The location with the most votes will be honored.
Votes are anonymous and the poll will close on 11-16-2008 at 01:20 PM PST.

This is not about creating a sub-forum for surveys. That option has been discussed numerous times before, and won't be done here.

YAY! I'm the first vote (and post :) ) I personally never read deal talk, rarely post in deal talk, and really don't want to be bothered with deal talk :nod:

My vote was for "leave them in freebies" please!! :)

YAY! I'm the first vote (and post :) ) I personally never read deal talk, rarely post in deal talk, and really don't want to be bothered with deal talk :nod:

I agree with you and I never go to deal talk at all. I don't like it so I prefer freebie better. Keep that way.!! :)

I personally HATE them. I don't see why someone needs to post for me to check my email. I do that anyways. I find it clutters the board. I do appreciate that people take the time to give a heads up, but sometimes MOST of them aren't needed.
So IDK what to do with them or where to put them. Some are useful like the HouseParty ones, or certain others. But some are pointless. And I know you can't move some and not the others, so no clue what to do. If you want examples of which ones I mean are pointless, I'd be glad to link to them. :)

Always can get a sticky Heads Up Thread and add them in the Freebie section... I rarely go to deal talk myself

i never read deal talk, but i do occasionally find the heads up posts useful. i think they should get their own section, like the magazines have, still under the freebies heading, so we dont forget that they exist...i think thats what the post above me is saying too--except they know the right words :D

I love the heads up posts. Maybe they should have a category all by themselves. I think a survey category would be nice, too.

i voted "other" because most of the heads-up posts are related to surveys. it would really be nice to have a survey sub-forum (or separate forum).

:deadhorse: (is it just me, or does that horse look more like a kangaroo?)

barring that (and i'm not holding my breath), i'd vote for putting them in deal talk. it's annoying when they clutter up the freebies.

thanks for asking!

I would prefer a survey thread too or at the least a sub-category as mentioned like there is for Magazines. Somedays I have the time to double check on surveys and other days I'm just looking for regular old freebies.

i dislike the heads up threads. i've made a couple to get coupons from magazines or something and put them in freebies before.

i think heads up threads for surveys, coupons coming in the mail, etc. should have it's own sub-forum (like magazines) in the freebies section.

Another vote for staying in freebies. I'd never see them otherwise :)

I think some are nessecary (Mag ones) and also some surveys. Zoompanel, for example, someone posted a heads up thread for a survey that led to a PT, that unless I read the thread I wouldn't had taken the survey (was away) but since I read the thread, I took the survey and got in on a very nice two part PT. Thats why I feel they are nessecary :nod:

Give them their own sub-thread (and surveys, too!) The freebies forum is so cluttered & disorganized, it's hard to find stuff...but I never think to visit Deal Talk unless a Hot Deal ends up there while I read it. Just my $0.02. :)

Sub catagory or sticky would both be good.

If the heads up is about a survey, put in survey thread.

I think some are nessecary (Mag ones) and also some surveys. Zoompanel, for example, someone posted a heads up thread for a survey that led to a PT, that unless I read the thread I wouldn't had taken the survey (was away) but since I read the thread, I took the survey and got in on a very nice two part PT. Thats why I feel they are nessecary :nod:
Ok, but then each survey panel should have it's own thread. Which I noticed someone made a lot of them and yet she got thumbs downed for it.
Now Magazine ones I dont mind, because it's not just telling me to check my email on the off chance that I might have an email from xxxxxx company. NO sign up info. No links. ect. Those to me are useless.
Magazine ones are an actual freebie inside the magazine. So yes that is good.

Give them their own sub-thread (and surveys, too!) The freebies forum is so cluttered & disorganized, it's hard to find stuff...but I never think to visit Deal Talk unless a Hot Deal ends up there while I read it. Just my $0.02. :)

See that is the whole problem. The freebies section has become a mess lately. It hurts my eyes trying to read it.

I think the main problem here which the Mods/MrSD don't seem to understand (no offense Kel_Be, this is not meant to you..just SD mods as a whole) is that there are more surveys in freebies now then actual freebies. I know this issue has been discussed numerous times. And it has been said that survey companies don't like their stuff being posted here. I also know the Mods, nor SD want no part of a survey sub-forum. But I think this problem right here shows that this option needs to be revisited. 95% of the "heads up" posts that are bothering people are about surveys. If there was a Survey Sub-Forum, you wouldnt be hearing people complain about the heads up ones in freebies, because they would be magazine types or actual freebies that everyone has a chance at getting.
I just wish MrSD would look at this thread and all the others, and consider that maybe now is the time to revisit the idea of a Survey Sub-forum.
Pushing the "heads up" into deal talk, is just going to cause confusion and tons of reposts and Mod Alerts.

I like the heads up for surveys, and the other items like stuff found in magazines and such. And I like them in the Freebies section, as I only rarely visit Deal Talk. There are several surveys and survey companies that I would not have known about, if not for the heads up threads. And I would have missed out on quite a few goodies, too. :nod:

That being said, though, I think the survey heads up's should mostly be for those surveys where it's not obvious that it leads to a payment or a PT (e.g, some of the MindField, GreenField and SurveySpot ones that do not specifically mention in the emails or on the site at first that they offer a payment or a PT). Or for survey companies that tend to only send out occassional surveys a few times a year, or that maybe the link is one that everyone can use (not user specific).

And although I know that it's not likely, I do think a separate "Heads up" sub-forum for surveys would be good and help to clear out the clutter in Freebies.

i think they should get their own section, like the magazines have, still under the freebies heading, so we dont forget that they exist.

My thoughts exactly!

I think leave them in freebies. If they are too confusing for people, maybe start a "child" forum for them like with magazines.

And for the people who don't need to be reminded to check their mail, some places, ( like, for me, Socratic Forum and Datatelligence) go to spam, and a "heads up" post makes me know I might should go and look through a few pages of spam.

For instance, I just found a socratic forum survey, in my spam, because of the recent heads up post.

and, I NEVER go to deal talk. I visit, in order.

1. Freebies.
2. The Lounge.

and 3. the Podium, occasionally.

So, if heads up posts were moved to deal talk, i would miss A LOT of surveys from a company or two..

i think before you address this issue you should give surveys their own topic within freebies

i think before you address this issue you should give surveys their own topic within freebies

If that was the case, I would still be addressing this issue. To keep the Heads Up posts in a survey area or DT.

Keep the comments coming!

I would prefer an "official" thread for each survey site. Ex. the "official survey spot" or "official Yale" whatever to post all the heads up in. Because really, you're posting INVITED surveys - meaning if you don't get them, you never will, so why bother posting the head's up? It used to be people would post heads up to surveys that anyone can enter, or for bigger dollar amounts like $10 - but now I feel like the rewards aren't that great and people are posting just to get rep points or something.

I voted Other. Explanation:

I think heads ups are very specific. If you're signed up for it, you'll get it anyway. If you're not, it's too late to get on the mailing list or whatever for it. So they are useless, IMO. Half of them tell people to check their email. C'mon now. :cool:

The "I never look in there (Deal Talk/Hot Deals)" is a re-occuring theme mostly with women it seems. It would be nice if we could make those forums less intimidating to visit or simply encourage people to expand their use of the site in general. :dontknow:

i don't think the fact that some emails end up in spam folders is a good enough reason for leaving the heads-up posts in the main freebies forum--it's easy enough to set spam filters to allow the sites that you want to get mail from.

I can't be refreshing my inbox every 5 minutes, so the heads up posts in the freebie forum, which I DO refresh frequently, are very valuable to me; they allow me to get many paying surveys and product tests that I wouldn't have gotten to in time otherwise. Also, since I'm frequently the last person to even GET these sorts of emails, a head up alerts me to go to the website and login to my account to find surveys that would've been dead before I even got the associated emails.

Also, I can see the case for a separate survey forum, but I'd either have to be refreshing it constantly or it wouldn't be doing me much good; leaving surveys in the freebie forum, which I'm already refreshing regularly, allows me to get into them quickly without additional effort.

My vote was for "leave them in freebies" please!! :)

I agree..I rarely go to deal talk myself

i don't think the fact that some emails end up in spam folders is a good enough reason for leaving the heads-up posts in the main freebies forum--it's easy enough to set spam filters to allow the sites that you want to get mail from.
I have added all the companies to my address book, and I always mark them as not spam, but for some reason, a few certain companies keep landing in there. I have Yahoo, and it sucks sorta, so that may be it.

I voted Other. Explanation:

I think heads ups are very specific. If you're signed up for it, you'll get it anyway. If you're not, it's too late to get on the mailing list or whatever for it. So they are useless, IMO. Half of them tell people to check their email. C'mon now. :cool:

The "I never look in there (Deal Talk/Hot Deals)" is a re-occuring theme mostly with women it seems. It would be nice if we could make those forums less intimidating to visit or simply encourage people to expand their use of the site in general. :dontknow:
It's more of a time restraint thing than a "i'm scared of Deal Talk cause i'm a girl" sorta thing. heck, I brave the Lounge and the Podium, which are WAY scarier than DT, lol I just don't have time to be in Hot Deals and Deal Talk all the freaking time, and freebies, lounge, podium, coupons, and the other websites I go to.

If that was the case, I would still be addressing this issue. To keep the Heads Up posts in a survey area or DT.

Keep the comments coming!
I really do think, the more I've thought about it, that making a sub section of the freebies board for surveys, and putting the heads up in them, would be best.

I'm sure this has been said already but I would say give surveys their own board.

If that's not possible, then I would rather keep them in freebies. I don't go to Deal Talk because nothing good goes on in there.

I can't be refreshing my inbox every 5 minutes, so the heads up posts in the freebie forum, which I DO refresh frequently, are very valuable to me; they allow me to get many paying surveys and product tests that I wouldn't have gotten to in time otherwise. Also, since I'm frequently the last person to even GET these sorts of emails, a head up alerts me to go to the website and login to my account to find surveys that would've been dead before I even got the associated emails.

Also, I can see the case for a separate survey forum, but I'd either have to be refreshing it constantly or it wouldn't be doing me much good; leaving surveys in the freebie forum, which I'm already refreshing regularly, allows me to get into them quickly without additional effort.

Ugh, I know what you mean about refreshing the page (I'm on dialup) and I have a suggestion.... you could use YIM or MSN messenger to notify you when you receive a new email. If you don't use those, you could set up a filter in your email to notify you by text to your cell when you receive an email with "survey" in the subject. Or if you have fewer than 15 survey sites, you can set up an individual filter for each one. You could also use gmail. It updates your inbox on a regular basis, like every 5 minutes or as soon as you receive a new email. Just stay logged in (naturally, not at a public computer) and check it every once in a while.

I haven't voted yet, but when I do, it will be Other, and the explanation is that heads-u type threads should have their own sub-forum, like magazines.

Mods: Thanks for giving us the opportunity to voice our opinions!

Where's the option for no head's up posts at all? IMO people are capable of checking their email without being told to.

Flame away.

I like the "official survey thread" better than all the heads up posts because there are times when I don't receive an email, but if I go to the site I can access it from there. Also, it's nice to have all the info about a survey company in one thread so I can tell if/when I might be getting paid.

I would miss them if they moved somewhere besides freebies :(

I don't understand why everyone says these heads up post are so important, but yet they all have little to no thumbs up. :confused:
Heres the list of them...465 threads and very few have more them 2 or 3 thumbs up.
http://forums.slickdeals.net/search.php?searchid=37223693&pp=25

Again, I don't think its going to matter because the option is "freebies" or "deal talk", when everyone would much rather have a survey forum (which could have strict guidelines and be monitored in a way to not anger companies ) and have those heads up in there with the surveys where they belong.

I'd love a survey category with survey specific heads ups!

I'd say just leave them in freebies.

Sub-category under Freebies thread.

My vote was for "leave them in freebies" please!! :)

i agree!:look:

I really do not see the problem. If your not interested skip over it. If I scan down any forum there are bound to be a lot of post I am not interested in. I just skip over them. I mean how lazy do you have to be.

I really do not see the problem. If your not interested skip over it. If I scan down any forum there are bound to be a lot of post I am not interested in. I just skip over them. I mean how lazy do you have to be.

Apparently not lazy enough to check my own email without someone having to remind me to.;)

If that was the case, I would still be addressing this issue. To keep the Heads Up posts in a survey area or DT.

Keep the comments coming!

Well then they should be in the freebies/surveys section. I wasn't aware of a heads up that wasn't survey related?

Well then they should be in the freebies/surveys section. I wasn't aware of a heads up that wasn't survey related?

I've seen some (House Parties for example). But please remember, this isn't a thread about an survey forum.

I would not go to deal talk so would prefer they stay in freebies in a sub forum with survey posts which I do not understand why the powers that be refuse to consider.

Always can get a sticky Heads Up Thread and add them in the Freebie section... I rarely go to deal talk myself

I agree, stick it to the top of freebies

I would like to see a sub-forum, a single topic for all headsup, or if its alot of them for a specific site maybe a topic for each.

If I don't have the opporunity right then and there, its not a FREEBIE.

A brief aside... It might help people to use more site features like logging in
and clicking on New Posts at the top. You have to Edit Options to exclude
forums you don't want to see. Would be nice to exclude freebie tags as well.

On topic. Can we compromise with a Head's Up tag?

I like them for Houseparties, because then the thread is turned into that particular HP's thread and stays that way until selections have been made.

Heads-up for survey sites, PT companies, SheSpeaks/One2One etc would just need to be merged into the ongoing threads for each. For example, there is one BzzAgent thread and we post about BzzAgent news in that thread. Same with SheSpeaks and many others. I can appreciate that someone wants to *grab* everyone's attention but a spot exists already, just bump it with your news.

I rarely, if ever, go to deal talk. IMO Deal Talk is for things that have passed/already in process/sign-up is over/quota is full. Then we are just talking about the deal, not taking action.

There so much crap in Freebies to sift through what difference does more really make. I wish they had a freebie spam folder. If your too lazy to check your email then you deserve to miss out on whatever it was. I often find survey threads posted at 3am. Do I now need to check freebie for every survey company I do incase it was posted (making the quota already full) before I can even get to read the email for the survey I was invited. There is nothing more infuriating than doing 20 mins of a survey to find the quota has been filled and then going on SD to find out that someone posted the survey link 5hrs before.

If the reason behind not creating a subforum for surveys was because some survey companies have requested Mr SD not to do it then dont allow any posts related to surveys period.

There so much crap in Freebies to sift through what difference does more really make. I wish they had a freebie spam folder. If your too lazy to check your email then you deserve to miss out on whatever it was. I often find survey threads posted at 3am. Do I now need to check freebie for every survey company I do incase it was posted (making the quota already full) before I can even get to read the email for the survey I was invited. There is nothing more infuriating than doing 20 mins of a survey to find the quota has been filled and then going on SD to find out that someone posted the survey link 5hrs before.

If the reason behind not creating a subforum for surveys was because some survey companies have requested Mr SD not to do it then dont allow any posts related to surveys period.

:iagree: or let us have a survey forum. It makes not sense to me. If it's not allowed for a sub-forum, then why is it allowed at all.:confused:

Head's up - I voted other:

If it's about a deal, put it in DT. I think the ads for next week should go in DT unless the OP has posted a few great deals from it (don't just copy/paste a few items to meet this criteria, have actual deals).

If it's some news thing (like some store's credit card info got hacked), put it in the lounge.

If it's a recall, perhaps there should be another forum? People could subscribe to RSS feeds for this entire forum if they care about recall notices (I don't). People couldn't start new threads there, but they could reply to threads. Any threads would be moved there by the mods when they inevitably get posted in hot deals.


I really like the idea of excluding posts by tag, and creating a new tag for these. There's been a request for that ignore feature for a while now IIRC.

I voted "other". Some have already said it, but the freebies folder is become so filled with junk that I've gotten to the point that I seldom even look at it. I know I end up missing out on a lot of good stuff, but it's just become more trouble than it's worth. It seriously needs to be cleaned up somehow - whether be with subfolders or whatever.

Ideally, a "Heads-up" master thread, sticky or subfolder could be created to simply notify people. Even if comments were turned off so that all it could be is "Here's the deal and all it's details." Period.

If it's truly a heads-up, people don't need to be interacting with it - not even "Thanks, rep'd". The purpose of a heads-up is to let people know that they need to check their email or whatever.

JMO though.

A while ago I was posting stuff from Free Cycle and Craiglist as sarcasm in Freebies. At what point do crappy postings become inappropriate for Freebie section or is it a repository for everyones junk mail and spam.

If the reason behind not creating a subforum for surveys was because some survey companies have requested Mr SD not to do it then dont allow any posts related to surveys period.

:iagree: or let us have a survey forum. It makes not sense to me. If it's not allowed for a sub-forum, then why is it allowed at all.:confused:

I agree.

Many of the Heads Ups are for surveys.

SD allows surveys to be posted,
but thinks that having a survey forum/subforum would upset survey companies.

A survey forum/subforum done well would be better than the haphazard/not very well monitored way it is now.

My vote: OTHER
put Heads Ups for surveys in a Survey subforum of Freebies
Heads Ups for Freebies in Freebies
etc

Freebie section, it's so much easier to find and lets face it, if your giving a Heads UP, it's going to be about a PT (free Product) or FREE $$ :)

I cant afford lego for my kids this free sample of pvc piping from company xyz will be great for them to play with.

If the heads up is about a freebie or a paying survey than it should definately be in Freebies :)

If a post isn't relevant for me (not on that panel, wrong state, ...) then I just click on the dot to hide it -- this greatly reduces the 'clutter' effect for me.

I appreciate a heads up - several times I've checked email, then hit SD one last time before logging off, and have seen a heads-up for an email that I wouldn't have seen till morning (by which time the product would be gone or the survey filled).

Appreciate your seeking our opinions :hug:

Agree with many people in here...put them in a separate sub-category under freebies. Admittedly, heads-ups topics are 99% useless but occasionally there are ones that I would have missed since I get alot of spam in some of my emails and may not have noticed that particular deal.

Agree with many people in here...put them in a separate sub-category under freebies. Admittedly, heads-ups topics are 99% useless but occasionally there are ones that I would have missed since I get alot of spam in some of my emails and may not have noticed that particular deal.

So they should be in Freebies because you dont know how to set the spam filters in your email right.

Either surveys are allowed to be posted or they are not allowed it cant be both and if they cant be posted headsup threads for surveys shouldnt be posted either.


If the heads up is about a freebie or a paying survey than it should definately be in Freebies :)

If a post isn't relevant for me (not on that panel, wrong state, ...) then I just click on the dot to hide it -- this greatly reduces the 'clutter' effect for me.

I appreciate a heads up - several times I've checked email, then hit SD one last time before logging off, and have seen a heads-up for an email that I wouldn't have seen till morning (by which time the product would be gone or the survey filled).

Appreciate your seeking our opinions :hug:

So Freebies should be your personal crap heap. Most of these heads up have no info at all in the subject line so you have to open them regardless or itll say headsup check your surveyspot email for a PTand nothing else. You cant set spam filters like you can in email and alot of the garbage is simply spam by people rep whoring.

Many of the surveys dont tell you its a qualifier for PT because they dont want freeloaders that make up answers to qualify just to get the free product. Often what follows is a series of people saying DQ they are looking for females or DQ they are looking for people under 25. Yes they can be reported but by the time a mod sees the post its already too late and people lied to qualify.

I think they should have their own sub-forum called "heads up". I don't like heads up threads...as someone above said....I check my email daily so I don't need to be told "be on the look out for fillintheblankhere in your email". I rarely go to Deal Talk and I mostly in the Freebies. So if heads up mattered I say to put it in Freebies section.

I voted for leaving them in Freebies. However, I personally think that people should show some restraint about posting a heads-up that amounts to nothing more than "Check your e-mail". If you are going to post something like that, put enough info in the headline that people can know what it is and skip it.
I don't think it makes much sense in Deal Talk.

I think heads ups are very specific. If you're signed up for it, you'll get it anyway. If you're not, it's too late to get on the mailing list or whatever for it. So they are useless, IMO. Half of them tell people to check their email. C'mon now. :cool:
:iagree: If someone is worried about missing an invite e-mail, they can set up filters to flag and/or move those e-mails so that they stand out. So, I really don't see a reason to even allow "heads-ups" to be posted.
However, I do think it is OK to post a heads-up for something like a free item coupon that's in a magazine. If you are like me, you get lots of magazines each month and may not get to read them right away, so a "heads-up -- look on page XX of XYZ magazine for coupon" is helpful.


A survey sub-forum doesn't seem to be an option, but I can see both sides of the arguement. For those of us that don't like the heads-up posts, it would get them out of freebies. For those that do like them, I do agree that moving (potentially burying) them to deal talk is not the fairest solution either, so a sub-forum could be appropriate in that respect. The real delimma of a survey sub-forum would be the posting of a survey that was open to everyone and had a confirmed gift or cash payout. I would say that belongs in freebies, but if there was a survey sub-forum it would probably be put there.


My suggestion is a single sticky thread where all heads-up posts can be made. Individual posts can have titles, so the title could be the survey site and the body of the post could have relevant info.

If a post isn't relevant for me (not on that panel, wrong state, ...) then I just click on the dot to hide it -- this greatly reduces the 'clutter' effect for me.
But there is a limit to the number of threads you can mark ignore. I stopped using that feature not long after it was introduced because the limit made it useless to me. I don't think there were as many posts back then either (all forums total), now I'd probably max out the ignore limit daily.

I voted "other" I would like the surveys & the heads up posts to be in sub forums like the magazine thread. I also don't like when someone posts a freebie before it starts ( days or weeks in advance) I don't think a freebie should be posted untill the offer is up & running etc... It would also be great to have the houseparty threads in a sub forum...those threads have turned into nothing but lounge group hug threads.

[QUOTE=NightVessel;13027394]I voted "other" I would like the surveys & the heads up posts to be in sub forums like the magazine thread. I also don't like when someone posts a freebie before it starts ( days or weeks in advance) I don't think a freebie should be posted untill the offer is up & running etc... It would also be great to have the houseparty threads in a sub forum...those threads have turned into nothing but lounge group hug threads... It's nice to be friendly etc but I think the freebie area should be for free offers not general over & over again chit chat.

I also don't like when someone posts a freebie before it starts ( days or weeks in advance) I don't think a freebie should be posted untill the offer is up & running etc...

I like to know in advance instead of getting there days later only to find the
site notice that supplies are exhausted or to be told at stores they're out. We
have Favorites menus, calendars, and SD has an Event Reminder feature. (Don't
look at me like that. I just noticed it yesterday!)

Freebie section, it's so much easier to find and lets face it, if your giving a Heads UP, it's going to be about a PT (free Product) or FREE $$

They usually have something to do with a survey. :(

My hope is we can still create a Heads-Up tag and a way to filter it out if
we don't already have a way of doing that.

Sub-category under Freebies thread.
I agree!
:)

I voted Other - here is the explanation

My preference -
1) Heads-Up should be their own sub forum (like Free Magazines)
2) Surveys also need their own sub forum.
Both should be off Freebies - like Free Magazines - These two should not be combined.

Plan B - Create only a Survey sub forum and put heads-up regarding surveys in there too. This will (according to others in this thread) cut the Heads-up posts down by 90+% in the main Freebies forum.

My thoughts -

Some people really value the heads-up, others find them a was of space. Moving them out of the main area into a sub forum accommodates both of them.
I find most of them a waste of time (as I do most of the deal & freebies posts) - BUT...when one is helpful it is great. I have had several times that I had to buy a Sunday paper based on the freebie Heads-up...the freebie makes it worthwhile & cost effective.
Not everyone has a good email program, knows how to set up filters, or even has filters that work all the time (Yahoo) - getting a heads-up to go look in the spam folder can be very helpful.
I do not open and read each & every email in my in-box. I scan the subject lines and if it doesn't grab me, I delete it. With a heads-up I will be looking for something specific and so am less likely to miss it.
There are times when emails evaporate before reaching the in-box...if you have a Heads-up, you can go directly to the site and log in without worrying about missing the email.
I have used a survey Heads-ups to get signed up with the company directly. It has been good for the survey companies to have them listed here as well.

I did NOT read the responses to this thread yet, because I want to state my opinion without it possibly being influenced by other posts.

I think the survey Heads Up threads should stay in the freebies section, but I think surveys should have their own subforum. They are different enough from typical freebies that they seem out of place mixed in with posts for sign-up style freebies.

I think we need to consolidate the major survey companies into their own dedicated threads, in order to declutter the Surveys subforum. The consolidated threads should be stickied to the top of the Surveys subforum (forum stickies, not personal stickies...that way people don't start new threads because they were too lazy to search for the consolidated one).

Over the past few months, I tried starting a lot of Heads Up threads, because I was sick of seeing the Freebies forum littered with a million random surveys threads, most of which fell under only a handful of different survey companies. I know many people have sent me PMs thanking me for the threads and trying to clean up the forum; however, just as many people let me know that they think the threads are useless. Several have told me I was only starting the consolidated threads because I wanted to increase my reps (which personally mean nothing to me). I was also emailed by a SD administrator, who wanted to let me know that my Heads Up threads didn't "play by the rules," because I referred to them as "Official." He showed me examples of "Official" threads (one of which was my own) and attempted to compare them to the other Heads Up threads that I started. I failed to see the difference between them, but I changed the titles to "UNofficial" anyway, simply to follow the rules. I got sick of being criticized for trying to help/clean up the forum, so I just stopped making the new Heads Up threads. There are several very good companies which still don't have one (20/20 Research, Datatelligence, In-Home Product Testing, etc.).

So to summarize my opinion, What I would like to see is:
* Surveys Forum (or subforum of Freebies)
* Stickied consolidated posts for the 20 or so major survey companies
* REQUIREMENT that posts be made in the consolidated threads unless the incentive is so valuable that the survey is deserving of its own thread.
* REQUIREMENT that survey company bashing be done in threads other than the official Heads Up threads. It really gets annoying to see endless posts about how much people hate a particular company mixed in with the Heads Up posts.

Firstly official threads for surveys dont work people will continue to make their own threads in the hope of getting reps and upping their post counts.

There are hundreds of survey companies should we make an official survey thread for each one and then when we get a survey is in our email scan through all the threads to find the Official Survey ABC thread and anyway the reason for not creating a survey subforum was given multiple times as many survey companies requested SD not do it.

They should be left in the freebies section.

Head's up threads are the main reason I don't visit Slick deals any more and the main reason I have stopped posted deals. The Freebie forum is just a mess of flotsam and junk and head's up posts for surveys people have to be invited to. I don't have the time to wade through all the debris cloogging up the forum. Same goes for the mag forum now - half the posta are fake free trial offers that don't do anybody any favors.


RE: The head's up threads:
If people are too lazy to open their own darn email.. well, now they have the freebies forum to serve that purpose.

Once upon a time Slick Deals freebie board was the best there was. Now it's just Fark Wallet East

Head's up threads are the main reason I don't visit Slick deals any more and the main reason I have stopped posted deals. The Freebie forum is just a mess of flotsam and junk and head's up posts for surveys people have to be invited to.

Oh you're probably just upset that you didn't get your free Guide to Buying an RV! :lmao:

Absolutely agree about the quality of the freebs lately but that's another thread....

Holy Crap! It's got it's own sub forum now!

Woohoo!!

Oh, and reputation needs to be enabled in the sub-forum.

:worship:

That does not mean all Heads Up posts will go there. But Heads Up posts about Surveys belong in the Survey forums.

Woohoo!!

Oh, and reputation needs to be enabled in the sub-forum.

Wow, are you in a rep hurry? ;)

They are now enabled.

:worship:

That does not mean all Heads Up posts will go there. But Heads Up posts about Surveys belong in the Survey forums.

Thank you KelBe and Mr.SD. Could we have a thread to discuss it over in the new sub-forum for ideas or questions where it is new?, maybe a sticky so we don't have to post over here about it?

Thank you KelBe and Mr.SD. Could we have a thread to discuss it over in the new sub-forum for ideas or questions where it is new?, maybe a sticky so we don't have to post over here about it?

Sounds good to me.

BRB.....

YAY! I'm the first vote (and post :) ) I personally never read deal talk, rarely post in deal talk, and really don't want to be bothered with deal talk :nod:
I agree! We should just keep everything here. As long as it says heads-up in the title of the post.

I voted "other". If it's free, it belongs in the Free Forum. Just keepin' it simple.

Keep them in Freebies or better yet, Make it's own forum.

The way i see it is most of the heads up post have to do with either surveys or a pt
The surveys heads up should go in the survey section and the PT heads up should go in freebies.I have to agree though the heads up post can get kind of annoying but I can't say that there not useful in instances when you get an e-mail and the first certain amount of people have to answer to get the freebie or the PT or whatever then it is very useful.
I agree though that they should be limited and get rid of the ones that are not needed.

Where's the option for no head's up posts at all? IMO people are capable of checking their email without being told to.

Flame away.

I agree 100%. If you sign up for say Abc, Inc's survey, set a deal alert for ABC. The "Head up - check your e-mails for a survey from ABC" are annoying. If you need to be told to check your e-mail, do you need to be fed too? Sure, ok, it maybe goes to your spam folder. Then you need to figure out WHY and fix it. On almost EVERY e-mail system I've seen, there's a way to WHITELIST a domain (abc.com) or an address (survey@abc.com) so messages from that domain or e-mail address make it to your inbox. If not, you need to complain to your MSP (Mail Service provider). Like others have said, the links are 99% of the time user specific, so there is no link, and likely if it's a survey, it's too late to sign up to get in on the survey.

So my .02 is this - put them in Deal talk. That way people who don't want to see them don't see them. And if people WANT to see them, they can put a deal alert to NOT see them.
There isn't a way to NOT see them if you don't want to, right? (ie I can't NEVER see a thread with the word "HEADS UP" right? So ... it makes sense, show the people who want to see the threads the way (deal alert). :nod:

I think if it's freebie, then freebies and if it's a coupon then coupons. I like the Heads Up because sometimes I delete those emails or they are in the spam box.

Sub-category under Freebies thread.

This was a great idea! I love them being in a sub=category

I like sub-forums that better and more organize and easy find too. I wonder if you add houseparty on sub-forums so what do you think? I just suggest my idea because I don't go to deal talk thread much. I always go to freebies all the time.

Where's the option for no head's up posts at all? IMO people are capable of checking their email without being told to.

Flame away.

I'm going with this option, or their own sub-forum. The only surveys that I see that actually need a "heads up" are some of the ones from Focus Fwd. Other than that if you don't see it in your in-box then you aren't qualified for it anyways.

boot em out of freebies. stupid.....

Put it somewhere else. It drives me crazy to see those heads up and FYI's in the freebie section. Most people get the email or know about it anyways.

I agree 100%. If you sign up for say Abc, Inc's survey, set a deal alert for ABC. The "Head up - check your e-mails for a survey from ABC" are annoying. If you need to be told to check your e-mail, do you need to be fed too? Sure, ok, it maybe goes to your spam folder. Then you need to figure out WHY and fix it. On almost EVERY e-mail system I've seen, there's a way to WHITELIST a domain (abc.com) or an address (survey@abc.com) so messages from that domain or e-mail address make it to your inbox. If not, you need to complain to your MSP (Mail Service provider). Like others have said, the links are 99% of the time user specific, so there is no link, and likely if it's a survey, it's too late to sign up to get in on the survey.

So my .02 is this - put them in Deal talk. That way people who don't want to see them don't see them. And if people WANT to see them, they can put a deal alert to NOT see them.
There isn't a way to NOT see them if you don't want to, right? (ie I can't NEVER see a thread with the word "HEADS UP" right? So ... it makes sense, show the people who want to see the threads the way (deal alert). :nod:

If you need to be told to check your e-mail, do you need to be fed too?

LOL, EXACTLY!!!

I'm tired of the Heads Up posts. Unless it's a survey that doesn't send an e-mail to its members and you'd only know of the opportunity by logging into the site, there's no point to getting a Heads Up. There's no need to have people paraphrase e-mails. I voted Deal Talk, but honestly, I think SlickDeals would be best without them.

-The Heads Up Coot66

can we make a sub forum..like mags has?

can we make a sub forum..like mags has?

They did make a sub-forum for Surveys last week. :secret:

I think that there should be a forum or a thread for survey companies, then as slickdealers decide which ones they enjoy the most for whatever reason they can talk about it freely in that thread. Heads UP.....Nah I don't think they should be posted anywhere, but I do think that posting the best/worst companies is a great idea.
I don't really like the *STARTS (Date)*, posted in contests either, geez guys just wait until the contests are up until you post them.

I wanted to thank the powers that be for creating a survey forum. The Freebies forum is actually readable now without all the junk.:applause: :thumbup:

Now if there were only a way to weed out the bad and so-so deals from Hot Deals. :lol:
Maybe I just miss the old days. I could check the site 3 times a day (first thing, lunch time, end of day) and in less than 15 minutes per visit I could scan and/or read ALL the new posts.

I personally HATE them. I don't see why someone needs to post for me to check my email. I do that anyways. I find it clutters the board. I do appreciate that people take the time to give a heads up, but sometimes MOST of them aren't needed.
So IDK what to do with them or where to put them. Some are useful like the HouseParty ones, or certain others. But some are pointless. And I know you can't move some and not the others, so no clue what to do. If you want examples of which ones I mean are pointless, I'd be glad to link to them. :)

Ditto!

I voted for the Freebies room as everyone goes there
first as I do & it will get seen there right away than in
The Deals room. JMO!:bounce:
I also think too that we should have a room just
for "Surveys Only" like other boards have. JMO!

I voted for the Freebies room as everyone goes there
first as I do & it will get seen there right away than in
The Deals room. JMO!:bounce:
I also think too that we should have a room just
for "Surveys Only" like other boards have. JMO!

You dont go there much or youd have seen this

http://forums.slickdeals.net/forumdisplay.php?sduid=17733&f=39:lmao: