This Megadraw feedback is crap

Submitted: Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 21:51
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This is crappy David, you are spoiling a good forum with alot of stupid rubbish!!!
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Reply By: Member - Doug T (Qld) - Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 21:57

Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 21:57
Well now , what a bad attitude , if you don't like it , nick off, simple as that .I know David could'nt type it like that but I will ,

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Follow Up By: Ianw - Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 22:14

Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 22:14
Nobody's reading them anymore so why waste the space. OK OK I know webpages earn more $ for more clicks but this is just cheap. Even this thread has nearly twice the views of the last three Mega things put together!!
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Follow Up By: Ianw - Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 22:25

Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 22:25
Sorry Doug,
I guess you won't get this for another hour. B***y backward north.
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Follow Up By: Member - steve H (QLD) - Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 22:32

Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 22:32
What the !!!!!
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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 22:34

Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 22:34
I don't read anything with Mega Draw as a heading.
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Follow Up By: Member - steve H (QLD) - Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 23:35

Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 23:35
Again

What The !!!!!!!

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Reply By: MP - Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 22:43

Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 22:43
The way I read it you only get points by providing feedback to an article via the feedback option at the end of the article, not by starting a thread with the title Megadraw feedback. I agree with you Ian hopefully the forum will be cleaned up, and yes I just ignore threads with "that" title.

Cheers

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Reply By: Dunco (NSW) - Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 22:52

Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 22:52
Don't like it...and won't add anything to give me points.

I joined this forum to learn, not to read stuff that people put on just because they earn "points"

But what the hey, if you like doing it, go right ahead.

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Reply By: awill4x4 - Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 23:02

Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 23:02
When I open up the site I have it opened with response times and 50 threads to the page. Out of those 50 threads, 8 were of the Megadraws, this is the only one I've opened and I'm not at all interested in the others.
Regards Andrew.
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Reply By: Member - Olcoolone (S.A) - Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 23:19

Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 at 23:19
Its past being a joke,it is getting a bit much, spent more time on some other forums tonight and enjoyed it.

Who really cares that one member has got no tickets and then she has two


Regards Richard
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Reply By: Brew69(SA) - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 06:24

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 06:24
Yep sifting through all of the posts is a PITA. I haven't read one thing yet with a mega draw heading.
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 07:27

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 07:27
this must be a first with everyone agreeing! dont you agree.
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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 07:34

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 07:34
no....its not crappy....but one should not get points for making a post to the forum....just "feedback" to the sites' helpfull areas such as shop, plot files, cooking, trek notes etc etc.....

as i said in post before this...i think dave has created a monster.....
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 13:07

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 13:07
so cause nobody knows how it works, its crap.
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Follow Up By: Ianw - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 19:28

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 19:28
The reason its crap is that some people are abusing the system for their own gain by posting rubbish feedback just for points!
Ian
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Reply By: Member - DAZA (QLD) - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 07:59

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 07:59
Hi All

I reckon the POINTS GROUPIES SHOULD GET A LIFE, now ill run for
cover.

Cheers
Daza
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Reply By: Member - Olcoolone (S.A) - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:25

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:25
You will probably find these same people will go and buy 3 cartons of milk because they can get double fly by points even that they only needed 1 carton of milk........
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Reply By: Jimbo Vic - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:37

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:37
Can't say I have any interest in it

BUT

The forum owners have tried something to try and enhance their business. Any business owner worth their salt will try techniques to improve their trade. It is an innovative attempt and whether it works for them is a decision they will make.

If you're not interested, simply don't read the posts. Sort of like getting a cup of tea, or going to the Khazi when the ads come on TV.

It certainly is NOT CRAP. It is a legitimate marketing idea that offers benefits to those who choose to participate. Those who choose not to, are free to do so.
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Reply By: Laura aka diver 1 - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 09:33

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 09:33
EXPLOROZ IS NOT JUST A FORUM THANKYOU VERY MUCH - and yes Im yelling cos I can....

If you notice on the bar across the top it says other things like TRADER,SHOP,TREKS,TOPICS,PLACES,DIRECTORY,MEMBER etc etc etc....

It is a very good business idea to get things moving along a bit more - good on them I reckon - gets their members involved in more that just the idle chat...

Laura
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Follow Up By: Laura aka diver 1 - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 09:35

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 09:35
No wonder your winging Ianw- you dont wanna fork out the money to become a member !!! Grow up...

Laura
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Reply By: ExplorOz Team - David - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 11:30

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 11:30
I agree and have posted about this see 51153.
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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 12:00

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 12:00
uh? you agree with Ian that its crappy?
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Follow Up By: ExplorOz Team - David - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 12:06

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 12:06
I do not (and did not) want the forum cluttered up with article feedbacks that are simply entered to acheive points in the draw. The idea is to have people enter valid feedback in the hundreds of article pages not just bombard the Mega Draw pages with what is really only dud feedback in order to acheive points.

We want to encourage people to read the articles and use the feedback to interact about the topic of the article, this makes for a type of grouping system to keep articles and forum feedback together and helps new users who read the article to see how the forum works and gain additional un-biased information on the contents of the articles.
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Follow Up By: Ianw - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 19:45

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 19:45
Thank you David. You have explained the problem much more eloquently than I did. It seems many more are of the same opinion as myself.
The points for submissions idea is a good way of encouraging contributors, but the way it was abused for personal gain was not on.
Thanks for a great website and keep the improvements coming.
Ian
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Reply By: Redback - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 12:56

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 12:56
I just had my feedback deleted, i wasn't on here yesterday when it was started and just noticed a follow up to Davids post on silly feedback, didn't think mine was silly i just commented on the idea, seemed OK.

STICK YOUR TICKETS
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 13:09

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 13:09
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Follow Up By: ExplorOz Team - David - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 13:48

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 13:48
I did not delete the tickets did I!
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 14:21

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 14:21
you might now though.
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Follow Up By: Redback - Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 14:23

Thursday, Nov 01, 2007 at 14:23
Wouldn't have a clue if you did or didn't, that emain is for registering to forums only, i haven't visited it for that long, it's probably got hundreds of unread emails by now.

Not really interested in the tickets anyway, just made a comment on the new item, seems it wasn't long before it was abused hey?

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