bagpuss
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Should we have an amazon affiliate linkIt has been suggested that we should have an amazon affilate link on site
The topic has been discussed here please add to the debate there or just read it an make up your mind
The current proposal would add a button to the left hand menu of the site that you could click on and it would take you to amazon and downsizer would get a small cut of any purchases you make
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Silas
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This needs a bump - any way of keeping it at the top of the list?
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Erikht
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Why isn't this in the "chat" section, were the discussion thread is. This is hiding it away in a rather uninteresting part of the forum.
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Barefoot Andrew
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It's in the place it needs to be.
A.
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Hairyloon
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I fluffed my vote. I meant to hit abstain, but the mouse voted yes when I wasn't looking.
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bagpuss
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Hairyloon wrote: | I fluffed my vote. I meant to hit abstain, but the mouse voted yes when I wasn't looking. |
We will take that into account if the final numbers require it
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Silas
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Hairyloon wrote: | I fluffed my vote. I meant to hit abstain, but the mouse voted yes when I wasn't looking. |
Well, thats Amazon for you - irresistable
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jamanda
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Just keeping this up at the top.
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sean
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Bump.
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Rob R
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Oh dear, someone rush round and pick sean up, sounds like he's had a fall.
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Becki
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I don't really mind either way, so I guess I'll abstain
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Shan
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The poll is hidden rather well by putting it in this section.
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jamanda
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Shan wrote: | The poll is hidden rather well by putting it in this section. |
How's it hidden? It shows up on latest posts the same as anything else and it's been made sticky.
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Shan
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I wouldn't have bothered looking in this section for it as the discussion took place in'chat'. I ended up clicking through from the original 17 page thread and only noticed it was here because of the header on the page.
I'm not the only one who thinks it is well hidden.
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jamanda
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Well maybe the discussion could be moved into here if that would help - it really is in the right place - if we need to find it again in the future it will be much easier in here than lost in chat.
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Shan
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How many people honestly look in here aside from moderators?
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jamanda
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Shan wrote: | How many people honestly look in here aside from moderators? |
Well at least 44 which is more than we usually get on a poll. I don't browse by sections at all - I just use latest posts.
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Shan
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I didn't vote by coming in here. I voted by clicking on the link in chat. I only noticed aftwerward how I got in here. How many others voted that way?
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Rob R
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Jamanda wrote: | Shan wrote: | How many people honestly look in here aside from moderators? |
Well at least 44 which is more than we usually get on a poll. I don't browse by sections at all - I just use latest posts. |
Me too, I find it too random & time consuming to do it any other way.
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tahir
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Rob R wrote: | I find it too random & time consuming to do it any other way. |
Yup
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chez
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Jamanda wrote: | I don't browse by sections at all - I just use latest posts. |
Yes, me too.
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Shan
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Hmmm, i will switch to latest post.
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chez
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Shan wrote: | Hmmm, i will switch to latest post. |
It makes it much easier to keep up with all the flame-threads
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VM
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Yup, latest posts is what I do, almost always.
And people seem to have been bumping it fairly successfully.
Voted ages ago, so guess I can't do it again...
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sean
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Unless anyone has any violent objections I think that this should be allowed to run for another 48 hours then be closed.
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sally_in_wales
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sounds realistic to me
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Brownbear
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You can vote to abstain on this poll? What about people who are abstaining for the abstention vote? Their voices are stifled, you fascists.
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Jonnyboy
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Brownbear wrote: | You can vote to abstain on this poll? What about people who are abstaining for the abstention vote? Their voices are stifled, you fascists. |
Your name will also go on the list.
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Rob R
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sean wrote: | Unless anyone has any violent objections. |
I have many...oh, you meant about this poll
BB:
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Silas
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pretty poor response though forty or so voters and 4000 members...
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Jonnyboy
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It's a far better response than most polls on here.
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Silas
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I suppose so, but just over 1%?
Must say, knowing the peverse nature of people on this site, I expected the vote to be a lot more against.
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Brownbear
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Silas wrote: | pretty poor response though forty or so voters and 4000 members... |
The other 3950-odd are principled abstainers.
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Jonnyboy
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Or have a life beyond downsizer.
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Silas
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Jonnyboy wrote: | Or have a life beyond downsizer. |
Are you suggesting that there is life out there....
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Jonnyboy
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No idea, I'm in here furiously voting.
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Hairyloon
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Silas wrote: | Jonnyboy wrote: | Or have a life beyond downsizer. |
Are you suggesting that there is life out there.... |
Yes, but not as we know it.
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Silas
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Just a nudge up.
Pretty close really
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Silas
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Oh, and just missed a £500.00 laptop sale for my daughter.
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Barefoot Andrew
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Adjusting for Hairyloon on p1, it's almost neck-and-neck - 25 for, 26 against, 4 abstains.
A.
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Treacodactyl
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Barefoot Andrew wrote: | Adjusting for Hairyloon on p1, it's almost neck-and-neck - 25 for, 26 against, 4 abstains.
A. |
You mean 24 for, 27 against, 4 abstains?
Hairyloon wrote: | I fluffed my vote. I meant to hit abstain, but the mouse voted yes when I wasn't looking. |
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Barefoot Andrew
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Gah. *reminds self that blokes can't reliably do multiple things simultaneously*
A.
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jema
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All the same pretty close for a poll. I was a last minute convert to the "no" camp on this and it would only have taken me and one other to tip the result the other way!
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Effie
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Barefoot Andrew wrote: | Gah. *reminds self that blokes can't reliably do multiple things simultaneously*
A. |
*Refrains from comment *
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Erikht
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Well, when we need money some day the idea is there, and it will be reality. Because sooner or later, everybody needs money.
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jamanda
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Erikht wrote: | Well, when we need money some day the idea is there, and it will be reality. Because sooner or later, everybody needs money. |
This is true, and I'm glad we looked into it, because I do prefer this to some of the other options that have been talked about. Thanks for suggesting it. If nothing else maybe Sally will get a few hits on her Amazon link now.
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Nick
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Sorry. Just voted. Was that too late?
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sean
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Yes.
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cab
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Its interesting that the 'against' option was ahead for a long time, those who initially came to vote went slightly against. Then the two options closed slowly together, with a definite trend later on towards 'for'.
I suspect (although of course I cannot prove) that of those who followed the debate closely and voted early on as a result, there was a slight trend against. And for those who came in later and perhaps didn't follow the initial discussion, there was a slight trend 'for'. And that makes sense to me; the initial response to 'do you want a site you use to get free money to do more of what it does' is likely to be 'yes'. The response when listening to differing points of view talking about why it may not be quite that simple won't always be the same.
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Silas
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Pretty close, but if we take hairyloons cock-up then its a NO.
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