An inside look – overview of little known Buxr features

August 28th, 2008

There is not a single day that goes by that we don’t add something new on Buxr. It is very hard to keep up with all the changes even for us, let alone Buxr members. I decided to write this blog post to go over some of the recent changes to refresh my memory and help you better understand how the website works from inside.

Sorting deals

Up until recently all deals were sorted by the time they are submitted. This is great if you want to keep track of new submissions and also very useful for figuring out who we should give a credit when the same deals (duplicates) are submitted. Starting this week the default sorting is by Activity. This means that whenever you comment on a deal (or flag it) the deal will go to the top of the deals list. You can change the sorting at any time using the ‘Customize the view’ box on the right side bar.

Flagging deals

You already know you can flag a deal using the drop-down list on the deal page. This helps our admins find problem deals and resolve any issues sooner. What you probably don’t know is that if 3 members flag a deal as ‘Dupe’ they will move it back to the ‘Upcoming’ queue. Also if 3 members flag it as ‘Dead’ it will be automatically marked as expired. It takes just one member to expire a deal if it is the owner who is flagging it, but this will only work on recently submitted deals.

Upcoming queue

All deals that members submit first go to the Upcoming queue for review. You can check the deals in the queue and flag them if you see problems with the submission. If 3 members positively review a deal it will automatically go to the main list. If at least one member negatively reviews the deal it will stay in the Upcoming until we verify it. We encourage you to visit the list and help us sort out the upcoming deals. Your feedback helps us fix incorrect submissions and eliminate duplicate deals early on.

Auto-moderation

If we notice that your deal submissions are consistently accurate we will include you in a test run of our latest feature — auto-moderation. For you this will mean that your new deals will no longer sit in the Upcoming queue but instead will go right into the main page. The ‘auto-moderation’ title is revocable and if we notice that the quality of your submissions degrades we will take you off auto-moderation. Are you interested? Drop us an email and we will send you a list of items you should pay attention to during your submissions to be included into the test-run.

Price history

You might have already noticed that some deals have a Price History list under the description. This is the latest feature we added to the site. The historic prices are built based on past deal submissions and are intended to provide more data for assessing the hotness of a deal.

What is coming next

The next big thing we are working on is a discussion board for the members to socialize and discuss anything that doesn’t fit well with the deal comment pages. So far Monthly Contest has been the page where you come to talk but it is too flat and too messy, so we want to create a better place for you all to hang out!

This seems to be all I can recall at the moment. I will update this blog post if I notice anything missing. Meanwhile please let us know what you think about this list and also tell us in the comments what features you would like to be added in the future!

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