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Are you sick of hearing about Spots? I’m sure you are. I’ll try to keep this short.

Here are the new new Spots rules:

Please use Spots for:

1) Bookmarking items for future drooling and / or purchase (these can be special items or everyday items)

2) Highlighting something so special and amazing that you want other shoppers to see

Please do not:

1) Use Spots as a means to advertise, market or promote your business

2) Solicit Spots from shoppers or friends for any particular listing (your own or otherwise)

I am not going to be prescriptive about who’s items you can and cannot Spot. Just please use your judgment in following these guidelines.

There has also been some confusion about Spotting amazing items versus run-of-the-mill items. Either type of item is totally fine *as long as* it fits in with our new Spots rules.

As a gift for putting up with all this Spots nonsense, I’ve increased the number of Spots retained for each shopper from 10 to 20. Hopefully that makes up for some of the mental stress and silly emails regarding the “Great Spots Debate”

And just a little update — I’ve been progressing on coding our new feedback system. Hopefully it will be installed within a month or so.

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I honestly had no idea that changing the Spots policy would cause so much turmoil. It seemed to be the simplest way to keep Spots from becoming overrun with spam. I see a few options moving forward and would love to have your opinion here. In the meantime, the restrictions on Spotting are lifted. Please do keep self-promotion to a minimum though. Thanks!

Hi everyone,

Just a quick note to let you know of a policy change regarding Spotting items. I originally intended Spots to be a way for shoppers to give kudos to great HC sellers as well as a way to bookmark items for later. It’s come to my attention that many HC sellers are using Spots as a way to promote their own stores and congos. From here forward, I’d like to reserve Spots for the original purpose. Please be respectful and understanding of this change. If Spots continues to be used for self-promotion, I will most likely need to remove the “Most Spots this Week” list from the calendar.

Thanks!