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Why not HOT ?

POSTED BY: longie 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hi,

I posted this yesterday.. it is now 68 but still not HOT.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/147177/royal-doulton-gloucester-20-piece-b/

How do items become hot ?

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by selecting DIRECT LINK REMOVED on your original post. Its up to people who view your post to decide if they consider it worth raising the temp on it.

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thiank they are asking what temp it need to get to before it reaches and becomes a hot deal
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if people think its hot they will vote for it

its all down to peoples opinions I'm afraid - they may think its not that good a deal
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however, if it's temp is currently at 93.. why not HOT ? I assume there is a trigger once it has reached a certain temp level ?
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however, if it's temp is currently at 93.. why not HOT ? I assume there is a trigger once it has reached a certain temp level ?
The temp you see is not just calculated from people voting hot, it is also from page views etc, there is an equation that admin is privvy to...
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I don't think linking to an op is such a problem, but you shouldn't be allowed to post a link to a vote like you have in your first post, this could lead a loophole to be exploited like removed link allowing people to cheat the voting system...

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Your 100% correct and i have removed it straight away, my hand is still smarting from the slap i have given myself, i'm now sitting in the corner facing the wall and i won't do it again.
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To anyone wondering about the link above, it goes to a 20month old deal from edi which was at 1 degree before I submitted the link and is now at 19 degrees, so this is potentially a problem.

timber - thanks, this wasn't a criticism at all, never thought of linking to the hot button before but I think it could potentially be a problem

Biggest problem is you click on the link and its not obvious what has happened - current page just reloads, but you will have voted on the deal. Perhaps its possible to only allow vote links coming from the deal page itself?
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That's OK i never gave it a thought when i posted and your correct this potentially has the ability to bump up posts and the un-knowledgeable would be none the wiser what they had done.

Good thinking regarding your test which proves it is a potential problem and hopefully the Mod's will act on it
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Like I mentioned I've never seen it or thought of it before and can't really see anyone being bothered enough to get their deal a few votes hotter to be worth fixing (unless its a really simple thing to do, which I doubt). I'm fairly sure anyone caught doing it to promote their deals would be met with a ban anyway...
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Its on the front page now with a heat of 95 degrees, does somebody else want to click expire please!
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Its on the front page now with a heat of 95 degrees, does somebody else want to click expire please!
PM a mod.
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I tried to report it but there is a database problem and you can't seem to get to the deal page itself...
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I tried to report it but there is a database problem and you can't seem to get to the deal page itself...
Post up a link, I'll take a look.
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