I have observed a lot lately that some of the big players on this site remove deals or comments that receive negative votes.
Is this to protect their online reputation or are there other reasons that I am unaware of?
Everyone makes mistakes, posts average deals or makes unpopular comments. I know I certainly do.
Imagine how big a player we could be if we managed our downvoted posts!
We could dominate the site with sarcastic jokes!
There are big players on the site? like are they tall?
Where it counts.
You mean big members.
nah probably just tall poppy syndrome.
The question is how are they doing it? Are they moderators or chums of the moderators?
Can we see some examples?
Hard to link to comments that have been removed and prove it was due to negative votes. I know it appears anecdotal but I have witnessed it a fair bit lately.
They are doing it the same way you have in this forum post 😁
…well you should have screenshotted them…..or use an archival website to archive the entire site as it was at that specific time…just in case that negged comment gets removed, and not just "hidden" because it was reported or the commentor withdrew the comment…..
EDIT: And holy crap look at those unpublished comments…..5 as of this post…
EDIT2: Oh yeah you can also dig up "Deleted* comments if you still have the email notifications of them assuming you subbed to the deal/forum comment section, and haven't trashed the emails yet……and see if they were really deleted or just re-worded….
Yup. Pics or it didn't happen.
are you trying to suggest this is FAKE NEWS!
Are they really, or are your settings just not showing deals with X amount of downvotes.
Not my settings. I've personally watched comments get negatives then marked as removed and requested by op.
That's true, I've seen comments like that.
Haven't seen deals removed though.
Would only work if the company posted their own deals.
Is this to protect their online reputation
How may a member protect their reputation when they're anonymous?
Their online reputation not their real life reputation
How are you protecting your online reputation by calling yourself Tightbottom?
Depens on how and where you earned the name
If youve got a reputation on this site, your winning comps or posting 1000+ upvote deals.
everyone else…
removing comments is wrong. those members must have something to hide.
Ozbargain turning to Twitter? Are they James Gunn, Dan of Rick and Morty, and the like?
I've seen this too, though not neccessarily big players. I guess I would too if I wrote something that Stupid.
I think part of the problem is people use the "neg" vote a bit liberally. I hardly ever "neg" a post but I will write comments or highlight deals that are better. To me there is a difference between a "civilian" posting a deal they have seen and a representative of a company posting for their product. I, generally, give the civilian the benefit of the doubt but the representative should do a bit more due dilligence. I also get a bit "iffy" where people "neg" a post because there is some obscure ebay site has it cheaper; not everyone wants to take the risk on some ebay stores for a couple of bucks - which might be negated by postage anyway.
The thing to remember is that the people posting deals here are, generally, doing us all a favour. There is a litle bit of effort in putting the post together so they don't have to do it. I've certainly not posted on deals I've seen because I don't want to wade through the negative comments. (The humourous comments I do quite like, though, even at my expense.)
I'll give people a hint don't start comments with "this is not a deal because…." Instead put in "if you can get gift cards for <abc> then you can probably get this cheaper" - you get across the same message but you are less obnoxious about it. Some of the deals I've had here are epic and I don't want people to take their bat and ball and go home. My worry is the next deal they might have posted was the mother lode but they couldn't be bothered to post it.
In relation to comments. In the heat of the moment some people say things they regret later - so they might back out the comment rather than look like a complete tool. Think, type, review, post.
Lol JV doesn't remove their comments. (If they did they would have no comments)
sorry, i try not to do it, but as a big player the power gets the better of me some times.
A commenter can remove their own comment (by themselves) within a few minutes of making their comment however if someone has responded to the comment they can not.
A commenter can request that a comment be removed and in most cases we will remove it. Cases we don't is if it is a useful comment or it breaks the conversation others are having (usually the 1st comment of the chain).
We don't remove comments requested by others (including companies) unless it violates the commenting guidelines (e.g. referral, personal attack, etc.)
I can't really tell you why but in most cases, it's due to the commenter putting the wrong info, writing a comment which in hindsight the commenter regrets, and also duplicates.
I was thinking he meant like "Deleted" comments that are removed from existent, like there is no line that says "Blah date comment was unpublished due to commentor or whatever", it's just not there as if it was never ever posted in the first place….
All comments that are unpublished (they are never actually deleted) show the reason. You can see comments below this one. e.g. (Requested by Commenter).