Originally Posted by
GUWonder
I may be wrong about the following, but it was my view that jpdx wasn't necessarily saying those referenced deals of the past were killed by bloggers. Rather it is increasingly the case that such kinds of deals won't be discussed as well on FT and things that could make a good deal even sweeter gets undermined with the "brain-drain" and knowledge segmentation/diffusion.
Right, just look at how bad the MR Deals thread has gotten over the past year.
I'm afraid to post anything decent I find there unless I won't use it, and I really don't do it out of selfishness. As someone who does dedicate a lot of time into finding these 'deals', and isn't a 56-year-old millionaire (or whereabouts) with a lot of extra cash to make up for a lack of available deals, I really find these things (potentially, not quite yet
) taking a toll on my travel life. When I posted a really good KL deal last fall, I got really mad when blogworld wrote about it, didn't give me credit, and then it disappeared quickly. Thankfully, I'd booked 3 of them before posting on FT, but that's just one personal example of how they can destroy our community!