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Cold votes

POSTED BY: BurningFeetMan 2 months, 1 week ago

(MOD's please move if i put in the wrong section, sorry :) )

I keep going on about this but its getting really silly. There are some people on here (you know who you are) who vote cold for apparently no reason. There are others of you who vote cold for very strange reasons (don't like the retailer, dont like the colour, having a bad day etc)

I would like to see some sort of feature to prevent/minimise this from happening to avoid ruining deals that are otherwise good. I have a couple of suggestions, though im sure others will have some good ideas also and please feel free to post them, hopefully a mod will integrate one of them.

1. Prevent people from voting COLD without creating a post saying why it is cold. People will still be allowed to vote hot with no reason. Hopefully this will minimise some peoples spoiling behaviour.

2. Allow people to vote hot or cold, however, their temperature increase gets a bonus of (for example) 33% extra IF they make a post at the same time.

I had another idea but i forgot it just now so will add when i remember :)

I hope, for all our sakes that we can come up with some really good ideas, and perhaps they will get implemented and we can look forward to more genuine hot/cold votes and more informative posts!

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I have been noticing this too.
The last two vouchers I put up have been voted cold by a couple of people, but no reason has been given. They weren't fantastic, 5% off pixmanias car section, and a free mp3 case, but would be useful to some people. And they haven't been posted before, and better vouchers haven't been available.
It just seems some people just don't like saving money =/
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this is a common post - i personally think it would be a good idea for people who vote cold to give a valid reason - good on them if they can find a deal cheaper than what we have posted - thats what we are here for - but to vote cold for no reason is not what the ethos of hukd is about

maybe some day admin will do something about it
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There are loads of threads about cold voting. Why not have a read of one of them?

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Yup.....far too many people with stupid reasons....

If its the cheapest, its hot end of....

Unfortunately its some of the more 'established' members doing it too
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Agreed...there are a lot of Cold voting posts out there....unfortunately no one has listened
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Why not 1 member,1 degree (and not 9)?
A member with 9 should better than to vote cold for the wrong reason...
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A member with 9 should better than to vote cold for the wrong reason...
100% Agree.....unfortunately there are a few out there who do.....can't see this ever changing
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A member with 9 should better than to vote cold for the wrong reason...
There is no "Wrong" reason for voting cold.
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To be honest i stopped posting deals cos people were voting them cold and no reasons even though no prices could be found cheaper elsewhere - basically makes it all pointless really
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I absolutely agree but as usual it will fall upon deaf admin ears who do not seem to listen
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There is no "Wrong" reason for voting cold.
Voting cold on a ps3 game because I'm a xbox fan is a wrong reason
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come on admin..what about an answer to the thread then.
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There is no "Wrong" reason for voting cold.
So its ok for me to vote a deal cold because (examples) my ex girlfriends dad works there so its cold. Or the nearest store is >1 mile away?

Of course there are wrong reasons for voting cold, this site has an etiquette which i would like to think the majority of people would follow.

And it does seem to be 'old school' HUKD posters that are some of the worst culprits. Perhaps they should not abuse their 'power' of heat and just not vote if they personally do not like something.

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ctuk:
Voting cold on a ps3 game because I'm a xbox fan is a wrong reason
In your opinion(and mine), but point to me where it says that this is wrong in the opinion of HUKD.

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I absolutely agree but as usual it will fall upon deaf admin ears who do not seem to listen
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come on admin..what about an answer to the thread then.
Admin has said many times, if he explained in every thread that is created in Feedback about cold voting, he wouldn't get anything done.

People need to read previous threads instead of creating new ones and wondering why they don't get a reponse.

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