Posted 52 minutes ago
Discussions shouldn't become deals
Hi.
This has happened to me three times now. Before posting a deal, I'll check there isn't already a deal/voucher posted.
I'll go through the steps to post, and hukd will automatically check for duplicates, but like me it only checks deals/vouchers.
So is good. Deal goes up, description is filled with info, photos are added and resized. People start posting, I reply with answers etc. Then about 3 hours later, I get a notification that it's already been posted and my deal has been deleted/merged. Of course, confusion sets in, I know I was the only one to post it and I've seen it as the only deal for the store even after posting.
But what has happened is someone posted a discussion and mentions a code. That discussion with few views, limited details and no comments, then takes precedent they become the author of the deal and the heat + potentially voucher code for a hot deal. It's disheartening for this to happen after the effort you put in verse someone who throws up an ad-hoc comment that doesn't even show up on a search so you don't even know it exists on the mobile app.
It's tempting to start just throwing up 1 word comments myself and then if something gets popular come in an snipe it and claim ownership.
So my ask is, let deals merge but don't let discussions get merged with deals.
This has happened to me three times now. Before posting a deal, I'll check there isn't already a deal/voucher posted.
I'll go through the steps to post, and hukd will automatically check for duplicates, but like me it only checks deals/vouchers.
So is good. Deal goes up, description is filled with info, photos are added and resized. People start posting, I reply with answers etc. Then about 3 hours later, I get a notification that it's already been posted and my deal has been deleted/merged. Of course, confusion sets in, I know I was the only one to post it and I've seen it as the only deal for the store even after posting.
But what has happened is someone posted a discussion and mentions a code. That discussion with few views, limited details and no comments, then takes precedent they become the author of the deal and the heat + potentially voucher code for a hot deal. It's disheartening for this to happen after the effort you put in verse someone who throws up an ad-hoc comment that doesn't even show up on a search so you don't even know it exists on the mobile app.
It's tempting to start just throwing up 1 word comments myself and then if something gets popular come in an snipe it and claim ownership.
So my ask is, let deals merge but don't let discussions get merged with deals.
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hotukdeals.com/vou…634
was submitted at 17:17 on 10/03 with confirmation of the offer and the same deal image and information that you used in your later thread submitted at 18:21.
We don't move unconfirmed deals/vouchers from discussion to deals if they are updated after posting, but in this case it seems the error was in the original review as the confirmation was available - it could have been submitted straight into vouchers and the team moved it over once this was brought to their attention. It's an unusual case and not something that happens very often.
Incase anyone else sees it, my suggestion is that when checking for duplicates, it would be good to show discussions, so the deal poster can manually check them as the automated duplicate deal checker doesn't do it. Because when checking for duplicates on a store you only see deals and vouchers, not discussions.