Giveaway of the Day Forums

1. 

   BuBBy
   Teh adnim

   This is meant purely as constructive criticism - and hopefully it is something that the GOTD Team can take onboard. I know many people feel like they have been "stung" by some of the giveaways this week, and really many of the problems were not caused by GOTD.

   That is not to say, that GOTD could not have avoided these issues and user agro if they could foresee just how poorly things things would run when left up to external parties.

   • Fri - April 13.
     WebSite X5 - Problems with Activation process (Registration code/product code confusion, "product code already assigned" error, registration website outages, Spam emails.

   • Sun - April 15
     Power Phone Book - Problems with Activation Process, Activation emails sent out in Russian

   • Wed - April 18
     goCRM - Problems with Activation Process (Voucher Code Expiring), Unresponsive (asleep?) support.

   The giveaways that (for the most part) seem to go ahead without a hitch are the ones where GOTD manage themselves via the in-house activate.exe

   I believe the most appropriate thing I can say on this - "If you want something done properly - you have got to do it yourself".

   Posted 17 years ago #
2. 

   Wolven
   Member

   Well stated BuBBy.
   Now that you have lost your job we all owe you a beer lol

   \_O_/

   _/ \_

   Activate.exe Fan.

   Posted 17 years ago #
3. 

   BuBBy
   Teh adnim

   I'm sure that I am only saying what Everyone is thinking.

   Note, I am not criticizing the GOTD team at all. I think they have been doing a great job. But I hope some lessons for the future, can be learned from the past 5 days.

   Posted 17 years ago #
4. 

   Wolven
   Member

   That's precisely what I thought you were saying.

   Although I would have used the word 'good' in preference to 'great'. 'Good' is still not knocking GOTD. It is just a reminder that there are areas to be worked on for future improvement.

   Well, just had a final check of the mail - Still no reg key - GOTD could move towards greatness perhaps, if they could get an extended reg period for problem installs. As we all know, there have been a few lately. On this one, I missed the program (always a first time), so stiff cheddar, ...there will be more. But I am not happy with the amount of time and sleep I lost in the process.

   Posted 17 years ago #
5. 

   BuBBy
   Teh adnim

   That's precisely what I thought you were saying.
   Although I would have used the word 'good' in preference to 'great'.

   But if I said that, you'd think I was reading your mind. (l33t moderator powers)

   Posted 17 years ago #
6. 

   Wolven
   Member

   I hope you were. I was projecting the thought. lol!

   Posted 17 years ago #

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