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I'm an Orphan

43 10 September 22, 2017 at 05:17 AM in Chat
I guess you've heard the news about what will happen to FatWallet. I'm now an orphan. Cheer me up. This is my first post.

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Last Edited by sddude September 22, 2017 at 03:31 PM
Here's the Official Announcement:
https://www.fatwallet.com/forums/...et/1586370

The Quick Summary there contains potential places where users might end up. SD, reddit, other forums, etc.

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Chester215
09-22-2017 at 08:13 AM.
09-22-2017 at 08:13 AM.
I guess the big question is- Are the FW Off Topic members going to be welcomed here??
It is off to kind of a cold start.


(Holds up a white flag)
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Last edited by Chester215 September 22, 2017 at 08:33 AM.
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tooloud10
09-22-2017 at 08:44 AM.
09-22-2017 at 08:44 AM.
Quote from krazykeyur :
First post since I joined back in December 2012.

I feel dirty.
That's weird--I can respond to this but it still shows you as having zero posts.
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rayzac | Staff
09-22-2017 at 08:46 AM.
09-22-2017 at 08:46 AM.
Quote from Chester215 :
I guess the big question is- Are the FW Off Topic members going to be welcomed here??
It is off to kind of a cold start.


(Holds up a white flag)
They will be as welcomed as any other member.

EEK!
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Frogstar
09-22-2017 at 08:47 AM.
09-22-2017 at 08:47 AM.
Quote from Chester215 :
I guess the big question is- Are the FW Off Topic members going to be welcomed here??
It is off to kind of a cold start.


(Holds up a white flag)
I won't be prejudiced against people for coming from FW.
I'll treat them the same as any other new user Whistling
Quote from tooloud10 :
That's weird--I can respond to this but it still shows you as having zero posts.
Posts in "chat" threads here do not increase post count.
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iRabbitt
09-22-2017 at 09:01 AM.
09-22-2017 at 09:01 AM.
the bigger question is why did it fail and what is SD going to do to make sure the same thing doesn't happen here.

Or is the writing on the wall........like amazon to sears, k mart, circuit city, comp usa, etc etc..
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3boys
09-22-2017 at 09:06 AM.
09-22-2017 at 09:06 AM.
Quote from Burgerwars :
I guess you've heard the news about what will happen to FatWallet. I'm now an orphan. Cheer me up. This is my first post.
I'm here. Welcome Smilie
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fsyowad
09-22-2017 at 09:31 AM.
09-22-2017 at 09:31 AM.
75% of my post on FW get deleted for some strange reason....I keep making fun of them and they keep letting me post.Its not even fun any more.

I swear no one over there EVER gets laid.
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devyanks90
09-22-2017 at 09:35 AM.
09-22-2017 at 09:35 AM.
Quote from iRabbitt :
the bigger question is why did it fail and what is SD going to do to make sure the same thing doesn't happen here.

Or is the writing on the wall........like amazon to sears, k mart, circuit city, comp usa, etc etc..
Fatwallet was bought by E*bates a bunch of years ago who took their cashback business. They've been just a message board for years, probably with limited revenue coming in.

E*bates was also bought by urlhasbeenblocked (buy.com) at some point.
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Atalanta
09-22-2017 at 09:37 AM.
09-22-2017 at 09:37 AM.
Some fwers have been here for years, tho maybe not in the lounge.

Any for profit forum can be sold down the river at anytime, recent news solidifies that reality.
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rayzac | Staff
09-22-2017 at 09:43 AM.
09-22-2017 at 09:43 AM.
Quote from fsyowad :
75% of my post on FW get deleted for some strange reason....I keep making fun of them and they keep letting me post.Its not even fun any more.

I swear no one over there EVER gets laid.
I had to resist the urge to delete this post. Cool
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Schooby
09-22-2017 at 10:10 AM.
09-22-2017 at 10:10 AM.
Quote from Burgerwars :
I guess you've heard the news about what will happen to FatWallet. I'm now an orphan. Cheer me up. This is my first post.
Welcome to Slickdeals!

Of course we welcome anyone who wishes to come and post here.
The loungers are fun and silly once the ice is broken.


Knowing there will likely be an influx of new members I hope and expect them to be welcoming too.

Having new conversations and people to lounge with should be appreciated.
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Schooby
09-22-2017 at 10:14 AM.
09-22-2017 at 10:14 AM.
To those FW members who are reading this.. just please note some of our rules may be different.
We don't leave OT/lounge type threads in our Deals sections nor in Finance..please feel free to start and join finance discussions.
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Schooby
09-22-2017 at 10:17 AM.
09-22-2017 at 10:17 AM.
It's like any family.. we have some who jump into a thread quickly to be smart asses, but we have very many more... really good people here.
If you watch a bit you can see the interactions and those who rub you the wrong way.. often rub some SD regs the wrong way too. laugh out loud
You'll see that reg. usually give a little trolling back to them.
We just don't like it to get too heavy handed.
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Atalanta
09-22-2017 at 10:24 AM.
09-22-2017 at 10:24 AM.
Quote from Schooby :
It's like any family.. we have some who jump into a thread quickly to be smart asses, but we have very many more... really good people here.
If you watch a bit you can see the interactions and those who rub you the wrong way.. often rub some SD regs the wrong way too. laugh out loud
You'll see that reg. usually give a little trolling back to them.
We just don't like it to get too heavy handed.
Does that mean that you don't like or appreciate smart asses?
And/or that smart asses aren't or cannot be really good people?
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rayzac | Staff
09-22-2017 at 10:30 AM.
09-22-2017 at 10:30 AM.
Quote from Atalanta :
Does that mean that you don't like or appreciate smart asses?
And/or that smart asses aren't or cannot be really good people?
What she left out is that they hire them to be mods. Wave
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