Comments / Feedback / Suggestions Thread 2020

scotty on 02/01/2020 - 19:27
Last edited 03/01/2020 - 13:26 by 1 other user

New year, new suggestion thread. Yes I know there are still many pending "unresolved" from last year's suggestion thread, but please use this thread in 2020 to post your suggestions for new features, bug report, feedbacks etc. Please refrain from creating new posts for feature requests / bug reports — they will be merged back here. Also, please check this wiki page as your suggestion may already have been mentioned.

The majority of things you see, as well as policies on OzBargain were implemented based on user feedback. Please see the Site & Guideline Updates Announcement Thread to keep up to date with the changes/features that we implement as they are added.

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  • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 21/06/2020 - 11:38

    There seems to be an issue with the Instagram tag on this post.

    • Moderatormoocher on 22/06/2020 - 12:25

      Thanks, this has been fixed now.

  • barozgain on 26/06/2020 - 15:03

    would it be possible to put a number next to "report" in comments (similar to reporting posts)?

    • Moderatorscotty on 26/06/2020 - 15:34

      It won't be possible to be next to report because there can be up to 100 comments on a page which results too many queries. However we can put the number inside the report popup so that it's still possible to see whether the comment has already been reported, when you try to report it.

      The original intention for showing the current report number is to stop users overflooding moderators with reports, when they see that a deal/forum topic has already been reported. Didn't really work though.

      • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 26/06/2020 - 16:31
        +2

        The original intention for showing the current report number is to stop users overflooding moderators with reports, when they see that a deal/forum topic has already been reported. Didn't really work though.

        I always thought it was so that more people could report it which would then prioritise the fixing of the deal. (For example if heaps of people reported sockpuppeting the deal would get unpublished faster).

        • barozgain on 26/06/2020 - 19:26
          +1

          Thanks so much Scotty…. I always thought like wouldyouliksomecash that mods would like many to report cause would grab their attention for bigger breaches etc

  • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 26/06/2020 - 18:08

    Quick question: when adding a photo to a deal description/comment does OzBargain mods/admins prefer if we use the OzBargain file uploaded or a third party service like imgur?

    Thanks :)

    • Moderatorhamza23 on 26/06/2020 - 18:23

      Probably OzBargain file uploader for the sake of users, so there isn't spam/ads/tags on the image file and it should load quicker.

  • msmhw on 02/07/2020 - 13:43

    is it possible to add an option to subscribe for item or service similar to subscribe to a store? thanks

    • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 02/07/2020 - 13:56

      Not possible as tags don’t get added until later on in most deals. An alternative would be to setup a search alert.

  • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 02/07/2020 - 17:52

    There appears to be a bug as Classified Ads no longer show up in the live tab.

    • Moderatorscotty on 02/07/2020 - 18:23

      Classified has not shown up in Live for a while, as Live feed only contains publicly accessible posts, but we have moved Classified to login only.

      Something that I need to fix for a while…

  • alexshel on 03/07/2020 - 00:56

    why deal https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/440682 was unfairly marked as expired as in fact it is a long running deal ? another user created a new page and now it is marked as "long running" instead.

  • Hellcrusher3304 on 06/07/2020 - 16:57

    Is it just me or did the "edit" button disappear from the comments section. I recall being able to edit my own comments but now I can't find that button anymore.

    • Hellcrusher3304 on 06/07/2020 - 16:58

      That's weird, the "edit" button showed up in this comment but not in my other comments in other posts???

      • Hellcrusher3304 on 06/07/2020 - 17:00

        Ok, now my first comment can no longer be edited but my second comment can. I guess we can't edit comments once someone has replied to it?

        • Moderatorhamza23 on 06/07/2020 - 17:01

          You can only edit your comment if both:

          (1) Less than 60 minutes has passed
          (2) No one has replied to your comment

  • [Deactivated] on 07/07/2020 - 19:41

    I think we need better way to choose what forum topics appear on front page.

    Most comments means that troll posts such as https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/549828 make it to the front page too easily. (I don't really need to mention all the "no car insurance" posts where the OP gets flamed. There's no reason why such posts should be on front page of a bargain website imo)

    The only alternative I can think of is having a voting system. I think this would be better so that you actually have content which people think is interesting/useful on the front page.

    • Moderatorneil on 11/07/2020 - 10:44

      Posts that you may not like reading, may be enjoyable to others to read. Just have a look at news sites and their most popular articles. They're certainly not the in-depth, investigative pieces they spend ages writing but usually this celeb did this or look at this cat in a suit etc. That said, we do have a flag to prevent individual posts from hitting the front page where the topic may be controversial.

      We've just changed the front page algorithm to count unique comments instead of total comments. Let's see if that makes a difference to the front page.

  • g12345567 on 08/07/2020 - 12:15

    Why are we only allowed to report a deal or comment once?

    What happens if you need to report a deal more than once?
    EG one or more of an item listed has sold out / is no longer available / expired but not all. Then later another item or whole deal expires.
    If the details of a deal have changed and need updating multiple times if you are not the original poster and can't change yourself.

    • Moderatorscotty on 08/07/2020 - 14:39

      Why are we only allowed to report a deal or comment once?

      It was a database design issue.

      What happens if you need to report a deal more than once?

      Use TWAM or post a comment and then report that to get moderators' attention.

      • [Deactivated] on 26/07/2020 - 08:59

        On that note then, is it possible for the "Report Resolved" message to also have the TWAM link in it to start a post? I've had one case where the report was resolved but the mod inadvertently missed one incorrect part of the deal, so I had to manually create a TWAM post.

        • Moderatorhamza23 on 06/08/2020 - 11:02

          Previously there would only be a link to TWAM if the report reply from a moderator contained feedback (writing), found in your PM inbox. Admins have added a link to TWAM in the report reply in the notification itself as of this morning, for report replies that are a simple resolution without additional feedback (no action taken, content modified or content unpublished).

          Thanks for the suggestion.

  • Quantumcat on 23/07/2020 - 10:02
    +1

    When clicking on "votes" for a comment, all the positive votes are listed first before the single line that contains the negative votes. When looking at the votes for a comment that seems controversial I am mostly interested to see how many times it has been neg voted. But the more controversial it is the further I have to scroll to get past all the positive votes to see that single line. Can you please move the neg vote line to the top? It is always only one line so isn't going to take up much room.

    And something else - can you colour the voting button differently if we have already voted on a comment? Eg green if we have already given it a positive vote? Sometimes I go back and read an old post and go to vote on a comment only to find I already did.

    One last suggestion re comment votes. If a comment is past the age limit to be allowed to vote on it. Can you just remove the voting button? Clicking the voting button then clicking the + button then getting a popup saying "this comment is too old for you to vote on" which you then have to close is kind of annoying

    • Moderatorscotty on 23/07/2020 - 14:43

      Thanks, we'll look at implementing these:

      • Show number of -1 voters on comments before +1 voters
      • On mobile sites indicating whether the comment has already been voted
  • [Deactivated] on 26/07/2020 - 09:00

    I've noticed since the COVID-19 situation that some posters are going around negging deals (especially face masks) simply for being made in china. Is this an invalid negative vote, without actual evidence of an issue with the product or vendor? Should this be added to the voting guidelines?

    • Moderatorscrimshaw on 27/07/2020 - 14:42

      Neg votes for country of origin (COO) and manufacturing origins are valid. As per Moocher's answer to your question in your TWAM.

      There exists circumstances where people have negged a deal for food products that aren't grown or produced locally, electrical appliances that aren't compliant with Australian safety standards, masks will fall into the same area. The community can decide whether the vote should stay or not using the comment voting system.

  • [Deactivated] on 29/07/2020 - 14:04

    Just noticed that typing out of stock in deal gets you a message to report

    Maybe we should have the same thing with price in title. (Perhaps also auto notify OP aswell if possible)

  • Zachary on 30/07/2020 - 16:43

    out of stock

    Zachary on 30/07/2020 - 16:43 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
  • smogg on 02/08/2020 - 19:57
    +1

    Are you able to hyper-link the recent deals in the search suggestions menu when we search something so that we can open them in a new tab/different browser window? I find myself right-clicking the recent deals far too many times (I'm sure I'm not the only one) to open them in a new tab however it just closes the whole search suggestions bar. Would be nice so you don't have to leave your current page to visit the deal you searched for :)

    GIF for reference.

    • Clear on 03/08/2020 - 23:18
      +1

      You need Super Drag if you're in Chrome. I haven't right clicked for tabs in years. Just click, drag and release to open links in new tabs or to Google highlighted words. It's super fast!

      • smogg on 04/08/2020 - 12:00

        Oh, interesting! Will give it a try, thanks.

    • [Deactivated] on 23/08/2020 - 17:13

      No, please not. It's very easy to open links in new tabs by control-clicking them (command-clicking on Mac) but when the site explicitly opens links in new windows it's a giant pain to try and get them to not do that. It's preferable that people wanting to open new windows do so with your browser's alternate-click behaviour rather than making everyone who expects a link to work like a link have to work around it.

  • brisdaz on 05/08/2020 - 10:53
    +2

    New Badge Request: Nice Share

    In Discourse message boards there's a Nice Share badge :

    This badge is granted for sharing a link that was clicked by 25 outside visitors. Thanks for spreading the word about our discussions, and this community.

    Ozbargain doesn't seem to have one - Badges - OzBargain

    Please add a nice share badge to Ozbargain.

  • brisdaz on 05/08/2020 - 11:36

    Fiverr Gig to Post on Ozbargain.

    Thought this might be of interest - a Dutch person selling a service to post on Ozbargain - https://www.fiverr.com/joskenolsen/post-your-product-or-serv…

    $40USD for something you could do for free. Although I guess there are so many who don't know how to follow the rules but $40USD?

    • [Deactivated] on 23/08/2020 - 17:04
      +1

      Probably a service for businesses that are banned from posting associated deals (Kogan?)

      Should really send them an email so that they can C&D Fiverr.

  • spackbace on 05/08/2020 - 17:50
    +3

    Can we please revisit the minimum vote count required to get a performance based store ban?

    Every day the same 2-3 members upvote everything and a vote average of +1 is very easy to obtain when mediocre deals get +2 or +3 just from these same members.

  • [Deactivated] on 05/08/2020 - 21:17
    +2

    Can we have a hard hide option so if you chose to hider user/store etc for deals/comments you don't see it at all rather than seeing (comment blocked etc.)

  • capslock janitor on 06/08/2020 - 17:55

    1. Remove Max rating/day Limit for user star ratings

    2. Add "re/set to default" option for Personalized front page/new deals

    • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 06/08/2020 - 18:53

      I still don’t understand how rating works?

      • capslock janitor on 09/09/2020 - 12:38
        +1

        It's for mainly personal record currently, if you can skim the threads I linked. Would really like the limit removed ASAP ..

  • CVonC on 10/08/2020 - 00:42

    I get that there's a warning to report to mods instead when you post a comment with the word "expired". But what if you're replying to a comment that links to a different thread, the warning comes up of course but there's no way to ignore it and continue to post.

    Edit: I've gotten around it by typing "That's expired though"

    • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 10/08/2020 - 00:44

      A quick workaround would be to use “Ė” in place of the “E” or something similar to that, example:

      Ėxpired

  • Taegukgi on 12/08/2020 - 14:36

    Can a top/popular comment e.g. those that have met a certain vote count in a thread be automatically be placed at the top of all comments?

    • Moderatorscotty on 12/08/2020 - 15:05

      People vote up comments for various reasons, and those with most votes usually aren't the most informative comments that need to be highlighted.

    • spackbace on 12/08/2020 - 18:24
      +3

      You can always report to have a good comment (ie informative) pinned to the top

  • stealthpaw on 16/08/2020 - 18:44
    Merged from OzBargain: Feature Suggestion: I Bought This

    I'd love to see a button / link on each deal page (under bookmark maybe?) with "I bought this" or "Purchased" etc.
    Only shown when logged in, the link would add the product to the user's products have list.

    Feature Mock-up: https://puu.sh/Gistg/c8ffb5b875.png

    An alternate feature would instead be a direct link to the product page.

    • jelko on 16/08/2020 - 18:48

      Good idea.

    • John Kimble on 16/08/2020 - 18:48

      It exists for items on their product page.

      Ie Status of none, want, have or had

      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/product/google-pixel

      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/user/(userID goes here)/lists/product

    • Moderatorscotty on 17/08/2020 - 11:50

      This has been asked quite a few times previously as well. If it's just for you to track your purchases,

      • Click on "Bookmark"
      • File the deal under a folder called "Bought" (create one if not existed)
      • stealthpaw on 17/08/2020 - 14:44

        Thanks for the advice scotty.

  • Phlume on 22/08/2020 - 12:29
    +1

    Any chance we can have a pinned monthly simple questions and answers thread for the automotive forum category?

    • Moderatorneil on 25/08/2020 - 20:01

      What questions did you have in mind?

      • Phlume on 26/08/2020 - 09:44
        +1

        I had questions on the line of legalities of driving on roads, pricing vehicles and other common short questions that users can ask get simple answers from the community.

        • Moderatorneil on 08/09/2020 - 15:13

          If you come up with a common set of questions, we can certainly pin them.

  • [Deactivated] on 23/08/2020 - 17:08
    +1

    Just thinking after seeing a Westpac Extras deal post, should those deal posts have their link removed and instructions to manually log into online banking be supplied instead? It's incredibly bad security practice to click on links to a bank's website, even worse a deeplink into the bank's online banking system, and OzBargain really shouldn't be encouraging those practices given its reach. Westpac even advises you specifically never to click on links to online banking.

  • fredblogs on 25/08/2020 - 18:31
    +2

    I've noticed that routers (mesh or otherwise) seem to be categorized differently often.
    Wireless Router: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/559421
    Wireless Range Extender: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/560033
    Modem Router: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/560817
    Both: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/557643

    I wonder if the categories should be combined to a single category - (eg "Wireless Networking")?

    • Moderatorscotty on 25/08/2020 - 20:47

      They should all be categorised as Wireless Router. Sometimes those product tags weren't set up properly.

      "Wireless Range Extender" are specific Wi-Fi AP that only has repeater / extender functionality, but does not provide routing.

      "Modem Router" are routers + ADSL/VDSL modem in a single device. A bit rare these days with nbn.

      • fredblogs on 25/08/2020 - 23:31
        +1

        Right, I guess I'm proposing merging these 3 categories so that deal posters don't make this mistake. There's not much advantage to keeping them separate them if posters keep getting it wrong…

        • Moderatorscotty on 26/08/2020 - 08:56

          Those were actually mistakes by moderators. Posters only need to link to the product tags, and then the product tags would add in relevant brand / category tags. Those product tags were not set up with the correct category — not a mistake by the users.

  • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 26/08/2020 - 13:04

    Ability to Make a Bio on User Page

    It would be cool to have the ability to add a bio to the user page (similar to Instagram, Twitter, etc.)

  • 87percent on 26/08/2020 - 14:42

    Probably discussed, but is there a reason that dark mode on my iOS phone keeps switching off?

    • Doovik on 26/08/2020 - 15:26

      Because it auto switches. if you go into settings you can constantly make it dark

      • 87percent on 28/08/2020 - 12:28

        auto switches how? as in the time of the day?

  • Zachary on 27/08/2020 - 01:14

    When uploading a file, I get: 413 Request Entity Too Large nginx/1.14.2

    • Moderatorscotty on 27/08/2020 - 04:43

      The maximum upload size is around 10MB. Try not to upload something that's larger than that?

      • Zachary on 27/08/2020 - 09:29
        +1

        Oh, well there was no size limit warning or note so I didn't know…

        • Baysew on 28/08/2020 - 12:38
          +1

          Did you try ten times?

          • Zachary on 31/08/2020 - 13:07

            @Baysew: I tried eleven times just to make sure it wasn't the file or my connection…

  • b1h on 28/08/2020 - 10:59

    Umart links aren't working when logged out of OzBargain(affiliate links)

    • Moderatorhamza23 on 28/08/2020 - 11:26

      Thanks for letting us know, scotty has disabled them for now.

  • pinkybrain on 30/08/2020 - 19:47
    +1
    Merged from [FEATURE REQUEST] Notifications - Show Unread button

    In the dropdown menu under the bell/notification icon
    there is two buttons

    -See All
    -Mark as Read

    It would good if there was another button..
    -Show unread

    This would be good filter to just show only unread bargains/notifications
    so it does not get cluttered with ALL the bargains as well as unread bargains/notifications.

    I often find there is 1 unread notification but it is be buried down somewhere in all the bargains
    (that have been posted since that bargain)
    and now it is very hard to find just that 1 unread bargain/notification.

    • Moderatorscotty on 30/09/2020 - 12:28

      "Show unread notifications only" is now a setting option. Turn it on and the notification drop down will only list the notifications that have been been masked as "read".

  • Taegukgi on 02/09/2020 - 12:35

    Can there be a floating "Top" function like Pricehipster instead of having it right at the bottom of the page?

    https://imgur.com/a/BNrN799

    • Moderatorscotty on 02/09/2020 - 12:50

      Something like that will be coming.

      On deal / forum pages we do already have comment bar at the bottom. The idea is to have something that provides both "Scroll to Top" and additional page-level controls (like next/prev comment).

  • wisdomtooth on 06/09/2020 - 06:25
    +1

    The All comments page doesn't currently support posting replies. Can we have that changed?

  • wisdomtooth on 06/09/2020 - 06:26
    +1

    Comments and replies currently show net votes instead of +'s and -'s. Could we have the latter?

  • wisdomtooth on 06/09/2020 - 06:28

    Neg votes on comments and replies currently do not require any justification as neg votes on posts do. Could we have that changed?

    • Moderatorneil on 06/09/2020 - 10:58

      Too complex and unnecessary for every comment.

      • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 06/09/2020 - 11:00

        Plus it could create a problem where people know how is downvoting their comments…

        • wisdomtooth on 06/09/2020 - 11:18

          If it is a policy to keep neg votes anonymous, then the reply can be made anonymous too.

          The case for asking users to justify their neg vote on comments is the same as for asking us to justify our neg votes on deals: it is otherwise too easy to mindlessly neg someone's comment, possibly obliterating their comment and overriding their vote.

  • wisdomtooth on 06/09/2020 - 06:35
    -1

    Currently, comments are ordered chronologically only. Could we have options for ordering them by net and total votes? (By a controversy index, e.g. total – |net|, would be interesting too.)

  • wisdomtooth on 06/09/2020 - 07:06

    We can currently post deals anonymously via email by sending it to [email protected]. Could we have an email to post non-anonymously (linking the sender address to the registered profile)?

    • Mr BoMBAStiG on 03/10/2020 - 12:00
      +1

      Why not just sign up for an account?

  • wisdomtooth on 06/09/2020 - 10:00
    +2

    Currently, we can revoke votes but cannot vote again. Many times we vote on a deal and later change our minds based on others' experience and observation or on actions by the seller. Could we please be able to change our minds?

  • wisdomtooth on 07/09/2020 - 07:19

    Why is voting not allowed on comments posted more than 30 days ago? Searched everywhere here and found no rationale for this. Is OzB's content that time sensitive? I don't think it is, especially when talking about the quality and reliability of products and services. It's so frustrating when you search for product here that you're considering buying, read the comments and can't voice agreement with them.

    • wisdomtooth on 27/09/2020 - 23:18

      We can't even upvote long running deals past 30 days!

  • slowmo on 09/09/2020 - 08:12

    not sure if this is the right place for it but it seems shopback has changed it's referral url syntax and it's not the same as the one you can store in user profiles here now.

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