09-27-2011, 09:26 PM | #166 | |
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09-27-2011, 09:48 PM | #167 | |
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Well, actually I'd gotten the impression from some of the assorted comments upthread that posters seemed to be considering the mods to be like unto alien entities hailing from some ethereal plane, appointed to watch over us by Alex from on high.
They were kind of speaking as though the mods were so detached from earthly concerns that since they weren't regular Deals-goers like the rest of us mortals that they couldn't understand how terribly inconvenient the new system would be, not being acquainted with how comfortable the old way was. Which would be a false assumption, if indeed it was being made, since Dr. Drib who's one of the regular Deals mods is also a regular freebie/bargain-getter and frequently thanks the OP who finds the books he's interested in. Anyway, your sentence just happened to look like the most convenient semi-representative quotable bit which I could hang my own comment off of. Sorry about that. Quote:
Mind you, it certainly would have been more straightforward and left less room for argument (although MR-goers will complain about anything, from observation) and I'd actually encourage the mods to just put that out there for the lulz to see how people respond. But then I tend to be one to reach for the when people go all . * Myself, I'd have just gone and forbidden affiliate links outright and set phasers on BANNINATE for any repeat offenders. And then deleted the Deals forum if people kept complaining, to give them something to really complain about. Because when you think about it, this is really a device-usage/format-help/shopping-advice site for the main part and the Deals forum simply a perk for regular visitors. Page-view #s for the average freebie/deal thread is in the low to mid-hundreds. Random help-with-Calibre requests have roughly the same, and there's enough of those to fill up an entire sub-forum and 8 more sub-sub. |
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09-27-2011, 10:15 PM | #168 | |
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09-28-2011, 01:38 AM | #169 |
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Having skimmed everyone's posts, I am now slightly more confused than ever. I must be stupid as I was not aware of affiliate links before until I just happened to glance up at the URL. I'm a little scared of posting my thoughts here now because I'm afraid to get pounced on and chewed up.
This isn't a democracy, and I don't want mob rule either EDIT: I do prefer maybe just limiting the posts in the deals/freebies forum to whatever can't be posted in the sub-forums below (kindle, sony, etc etc). |
09-28-2011, 03:47 AM | #170 |
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How about eliminating the Deals Forum altogether and placing deals in a sub-forum inside the appropriate device forum: Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Sony, etc? That would make it much easier to find specific deals.
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09-28-2011, 04:24 AM | #171 |
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Well ultimately, the consumer does pay extra. All costs associated with selling a product are factored into the price.
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09-28-2011, 05:24 AM | #173 |
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I don't understand how it is easier going in and out of 4 subforums instead of having them all in the one Deals Forum it makes no sense to me. If anything all freebies and deals should be eliminated from sub forums and only appear in the one Deals and Freebies area.
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09-28-2011, 06:07 AM | #174 | |
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If I'm looking for Sony books, I don't want to have to wade through all of the Kindle and Nook deals to find them. |
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09-28-2011, 07:26 AM | #175 |
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The problem with this is that your good may be my bad. For example, any book published by a Christian publisher would not fall on my good list; I see it as an attempt to proselytize -- bad enough they ring my doorbell. That someone else liked it, recommends it, or was paid to give it a 5-star rating seems insufficient to make it "good."
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09-28-2011, 07:29 AM | #176 | |
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09-28-2011, 07:41 AM | #177 | |
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09-28-2011, 07:50 AM | #178 |
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I didn't know that there were affiliate links (I'm actually surprised they were allowed) and have no problem with the new policy (as long as the affiliate threads aren't stickied).
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09-28-2011, 08:53 AM | #179 | |
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For all practical purposes, Amazon gives a little of it's profit away for the sake of generating more sales and making the profit up in volume. Some places do really lousy things with their affiliates/referral programs, programs, like give better deals to customers who DON'T use a referral link, or prevent referred users from taking advantage of other discounts and offers. I hate that. Amazon doesn't seem to do that. By the way, I've seen mention of the affiliate links generating cookies which give the affiliate credit for all Amazon purchases made in 24 hours (assuming no other affiliate link is clicked, I guess). Does anyone have any proof of this? I do not believe it works this way. As far as I can tell, the affiliate link is only good for the one browser session, which typically only survives about 20 minutes if the session is inactive, and would not survive, say, fully exiting and reopening your browser, or rebooting your computer. ApK |
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