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discordadore aka Christina is a 23.43 year old girl, has been a member since November 1, 2006, has scored 3078 submissions, giving an average score of 2.16.

Jan 01 '08 by discordadore

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Friends Scoring

So, I understand a designer telling their friends about a submission and asking for their votes. But recently I've seen countless submissions with a string of comments from people just saying "this is amazing!" " this has to get printed!" etc., from non-picture people who usually turn out to have joined that day and only scored that submission (which is pretty amusing when they make comments such as "the best thing I've seen on threadless!") Sure, give your friend a $5, and maybe I'm just being picky, but it feels so spammy like they're trying to sway people's opinions and it's kind of irritating.

Tonteau on Jan 01 '08 at 7:51pm

Unless you have about 300-500 friends I dobt you'll change much. Threadless know all the stats about who comments and votes on what, what they buy, when they registered. I imagine it's all taken into account. It's no big deal, threadless encourage you to do it when you submit.

Tonteau on Jan 01 '08 at 7:51pm

*doubt.

DaniellesGarden on Jan 01 '08 at 7:56pm

yep..

We will send you an email once we've accepted your submission and then you can start promoting the heck out of it! We'll give you some custom banners to use on your own site and send to your friends via email. Stay tuned!

I dont think it makes that much of a difference honestly, but I see no harm in it either.. plus, it brings more people to threadless, who might then turn around and make purchases on other shirts that otherwise would not have known about the site.

deathcabfortom on Jan 01 '08 at 7:57pm

IT doesn't even matter if you tell your friends about it. It will all balance out.

discordadore on Jan 01 '08 at 8:08pm

I think it's legit to have your friends vote but just find the comments to be mildly irritating.

KBShakedown on Jan 01 '08 at 8:10pm

This is amazing!

Best blog ever!

$5!

heyheyitsme on Jan 01 '08 at 8:15pm

i DO hope it's true that Threadless staff has some intricate software or method of monitoring stats on who comments on who...especially "clusters" of comments from the same friends. i mean, it's OK to have your friends comment, but hopefully Threadless can take into consideration the sources, patterns, etc. of the commenters so that whatever conclusions drawn are as fair as possible and not unnaturally inflated results. i too occasionally find "some" types of comments i see annoying

DaniellesGarden on Jan 01 '08 at 8:58pm

Oh Im sure they track the IP addresses so they know if its the same user with different screennames scoring.

d3d on Jan 01 '08 at 9:40pm

i'm always embarassed when my wife says something like that on one of my designs. thank god nobody else in my family spams my subs.

Malcolm Man on Jan 01 '08 at 9:44pm

I thought Leon was just about to make a sex joke.

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...

chelly on Jan 01 '08 at 9:44pm

well, i think it is good to have all those comments because putting in a first design to this very harsh site can probably be daunting

but you don't really need magic machines to figure out the comments on subs, if you've been around for a little while you can just tell because the same ppl usually comment on subs and it is noticable when new ppl have something to say

spacesick 2 on Jan 01 '08 at 9:47pm

I bet it would be nice to have friends :(

DaniellesGarden on Jan 01 '08 at 9:51pm

I just wish that when my friends commented on mine they were as nice as the ones you are talking about.. my friends can be harsh, lol. ok, i take that back, honest, they are just being honest..

dorkman on Jan 01 '08 at 10:56pm

chelly - ha! Magic Machines. Got a nice visual with that one...

d3d on Jan 01 '08 at 11:04pm

the quality of some of the shirts that get printed is total garbage. this site is anything but harsh. you just need the right idea to catch voters attention and they'll forgive you for not knowing how to design.

FRICKINAWESOME on Jan 01 '08 at 11:41pm

^world's nicest commenter, comin through!

Ellsswhere on Jan 01 '08 at 11:49pm

actually because they allow you to promote, and on the chance occasion a few of your friends might actually become community members/customers this should be encouraged, and all threadless has to know is the ip address of the commenter, if they see multiples they know they are just duplicate accounts or at the least all within your home/work.

most of the decision making is done by the staff anyways unless it peaks a 3.0 in scoring with many buys

cassiepaige on Jan 01 '08 at 11:55pm

Can you honestly say you wouldn't send your design to everyone you knew, and hope they comment and score it, and wouldn't you do the same for a friend?

I know I would post it on every message board I belong to, my myspace and facebook, and then email it everyone. People at Threadless do the same thing with their designs at other places or contents they enter.

d3d on Jan 02 '08 at 12:03am

it would feel cheap to win by the strength of your friends and family. i'd rather be judged anonymously by strangers than bully my way through.

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