Giveaway of the Day Forums » Suggestions and proposals on our forums, blog or web-site

1. zipplus11
   Member

   First of all a great big THANK YOU for the service you provide the internet community. This is a terrific way to test drive great software for FREE. Let me list a few things that might make the site more useful and pleasant.

   1) Some of us are frustrated by the crude comments and language on the comments post for the GOTD. Perhaps block offensive language? Intelligent users can describe problems without resorting to such laguage. It is also unbelievable to see the griping over software that is provided for FREE.

   2) Perhaps you could have a checkbox for comment postings that would identify a comment as postive, negative, or neutral. (Think eBay feedback comments) You could then post an icon by each comment indicating it as postive, negative or neutral. Often I want to read the comments of those that have negative comments but I have to hunt for them. I also like to read review-like comments that really discusses the software and alternatives by folks that like the software. Allow users to sort comments into these groups. Even if the sorting is not possible, the icons would be really nice.

   3) Many of the comments about the software are completely useless. [Snipped - No need to post links to books that you may or may not have written or have some input to publishing, you being a teacher seems a bit 'sus' to me.] Even allow users to sort the comments based on usefulness. There are some knowledgeable folks out there with insightful comments and then there are those that just want to see there username posted online. This would help us to sort the crud from the gems.

   4) When listing negative comments a user might be given a checkbox to categorize negative comments. The problems could be sorted by
   A. activation problems (which are usually by folks who can't follow
   directions)
   B. system crashes, program doesn't work
   C. Interferes with other programs, slows computer down
   D. Spyware or adware issues
   E. Features, better alternative programs available
   Then allow visitors to the site to see perhaps a bar graph of negative comments by each category. Software developers would then be better able to evaluate comments as they develop and upgrade their software.

   Again, thanks for the terrific idea. Software developers get to advertise their products for the cost of a few lisences and users get to test drive software for free. No doubt many users become customers of the software once they get addicted to it.

   Posted 1 year ago #

2. Face
   Member

   Good ideas, obviously you put a lot of thought into setting it all out - now I hope somebody sees them.

   Posted 1 year ago #

3. wizodd0
   Member

   I find it frustrating that so many posts obviously do not belong in the product post, but should be posted in the forums.

   I'm not sure what can be done about many of these problems--they are related to the SPAM problem and the rapidly decreasing volume of 'real' information in the net.

   It would seem that some sort of filter could remove many of these comments before they were actually posted and perhaps send the "filtered out" comment back to the submitter labeled "inappropriate"although I don't know how easily that could be done.

   It also seems odd to me that the email messge telling me about the GOTD is not sent until 4 hours after the GOTD is posted. But I suppose it is possibly a measure of how popular the site is....

   Posted 1 year ago #

4. kaman25
   Member

   I also love the service! Who wouldn't? I have two sites I'd like to see added.

   1) retro.giveawayoftheday.com For people who were not here at the beginning. I'd like to try every program and game since day 1. Also to have a chance to get a program that at first I didn't need but then later said, "Oh <explitive deleted> I needed that program I saw on GAOTD!"

   2) beta.giveawayoftheday.com We could download the beta version of the software, find the bugs and make suggestions and then when the full release comes out the people who helped with the beta would get the software free (even if it was hundreds of dollars)

   If I had a complaint it would be that screen savers don't turn me on. Although it would be kewl to have one that you could put keywords into and have it display random pictures from the Internet. Something that would come on and save the screen but also have some function.

   What say you?

   Posted 1 year ago #

5. Michelle
   Member

   2.) Probably would be good for giveawayoftheday.com. Everyone would be a beta tester, but not so good for the company who is trying to sell software. I doubt that would happen unless Giveawayoftheday plans to make their own software.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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