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We've been forced to be highly efficient. We use mostly open source software. Things like caching (memcached), load balancers, databases with SSDs, query optimization and the like help a lot. Tuned...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to share this information with us.
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Why be such a jerk about things?
:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Click on the lightbulb icon on the top of the page
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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I have been a avid slickdealer for years and just want to thank you for providing a great website.
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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I'm curious about how do you manage to scale the application so good and make it handle the big number of users that flock the site during events like the touchpad sale on ebay. The slickdeas site...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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I know of that site, like I do some of the other deal hunting sites, though I rarely have the time or need to look through all of them. For my own deal hunting benefit, and perhaps others', could you...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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That's a bit of a moot point when no one knows who/what people are talking about. Kind of like Obama saying, "Oh you're welcome to discuss all the other candidates, but no one can mention any names",...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Do you have the courage to let me go into your house and talk smack about your family? How about letting me go into your business and telling everyone to use your competitor's product instead?
As...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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We definitely have an initiative for this. If you'd like to register as a beta tester to have a voice in our upcoming features, visit https://slickdeals.net/beta/
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Yup, so impressive
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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IMHO, SD is within their right to ban their competitors. Afterall, this is about SD, not them.
Personally, what I dislike the most of SD is their contest page. It's not fair at all. Liking to...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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I'm glad this site is going strong, well done Bryan and the rest of the SD team!
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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But you can perform the same actions as them, for the most part.
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Seems like youre completely off base here
I do not KNOW why slickdeals is the biggest deals website, but i do know that it has very fast forums and it looks up to date, as opposed to FW which i...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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I'm wondering, too. Maybe banner is a way.
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Sorry, I didnt read your original. I only saw the pull quote. I'm sure SD could do an everyone gets one contest periodically to help the new people as much as the old, or the non-social media people...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Don't feel too bad, I have posted a lot of deals and enetered many contests, I have kinda good reputaion points and I still won nothing from SD, except a couple of T-Shirts when they ran a couple...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Great post oFlamingo on the interview with Mr. Quan.
Looking forward to interview with Mr. Trac.
TU's and reps.
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Here is a suggestion -
One of the features I have instantly started loving about Slickdeals was the messages that come up when someone quotes your post. I cannot even begin to tell you how awesome...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Dont pick on my suggestion on the location, I couldnt care about the location as long as its there. location totally flexible as long as its within easy reach
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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I concur. I can't tell you how many times FW and Deal-Snooze grab deals from the SD community and don't even acknowledge those who originally shared it. Sometimes I've literally seen a deal I...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Why some of us bother replying to rman? Most of what he says doesn't even make sense business wise.
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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They deserve the money. Do you question how much Facebook makes? I don't see them really saving me any money and they pull in a crap-ton of it. Slickdeals saves me money and time...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Quit hiding behind that generic statement.. analogous to the corrupt cop stating that his job is to catch bad guys.. yeah, sure..
Care to address the real reasons why you block the following...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Thanks for the reply. The site you're referring to is clear from your original post, at least in this case. I'll keep what you mentioned in mind next time I need to buy something. Truth be told...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Maybe we can suggest that Slickdeals neuters the URLs of their competition instead of completely obliterating it. If their intentions are really to block referral traffic, they shouldn't mind. This...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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To clarify, we block a lot of sites that are scammy, spam , or just to shill their deals on our site. Its a necessity to keep the forums as clean and safe as possible.
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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I'm in the tech sector so I started to know about SD early on (probably right after its launch). This site has been, and still is, my choice of where to find deals. After all these years, I didn't...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Slickdeals is an awesome site and have been in my favorites for 7 years now. None of the web sites but ebay and gmail have been stayed in my favorites for so long :) BIG thanks to Slickdeals team for...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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The CEO of this site is Vietnamese? :lol:
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Out of curiosity, why is camelcamelcamel -----.com blocked?
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Mr. Slickdeals wrote a pretty comprehensive reply to you which mirrors my opinion.
In regards to this, I've spent almost half my life doing UI/UX and design work, so I tend to think I have a...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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rman should put up his own deal site. Let the CEO run their business I guess.
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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ohh thank you for this deal site lol
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Wish my boss would understand this:
" and that a fully stocked fridge can move mountains in an office!"
I personally enjoy the atmosphere of this site. I no longer shop as much as I did when I...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Just to satisfy everyone's curiosity Mr. SD and Bryantq, can you give us a rough idea about the revenue this website generates. I am sure there are dozens of reasons why you can't reveal it but a...
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Thread created 05-01-2012 by oFlamingo
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Wow, didn't realize SD's was founded by Vietnamese. Wtg, it's about time we got more asians representing.
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