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How does a poster get thanked so much?

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I just read this thread and noticed that the poster had been thanked over 30 times for each post.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2036087
I am curious how this is possible, as looking at a few prev. posts doesn't bear this out. I suspect a site glitch.
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  • shellsuit
    shellsuit Posts: 24,749 Forumite
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    Not a glitch, they post competitions and everyone who has entered one they have posted, will thank that member.

    There is someone with over a million thanks on here who does the competitions!
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  • elsien
    elsien Posts: 36,059 Forumite
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    Not sure what you're looking at. I can't see anyone being thanked more than once on the link you've posted?
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  • Money_maker
    Money_maker Posts: 5,471 Forumite
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    As shellsuit says, competition posters can be thanked over 600 times per post if its a good one.
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  • spakkker
    spakkker Posts: 1,322 Forumite
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    Wow , a million thanks! 600 for a post!
    I've never been on the comps forum - it's not like that on the techie threads!
    In my link the O.P. has already been thanked that many times
  • Donnie
    Donnie Posts: 9,862 Forumite
    Certainly not in the link that you've posted....
  • Willowx
    Willowx Posts: 1,955 Forumite
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    Donnie wrote: »
    Certainly not in the link that you've posted....

    If you look at the OP from that threads thanks to thanked post ratio you will see what the OP from this thread is on about.
    mattytun
    Fantastically Fervent MoneySaving Super Fan


    Join Date: Dec 2007
    Post Count: 2,217
    Thanked 48,930 Times in 1,389 Post
  • ben500
    ben500 Posts: 23,192 Forumite
    spakkker wrote: »
    Wow , a million thanks! 600 for a post!
    I've never been on the comps forum - it's not like that on the techie threads!
    In my link the O.P. has already been thanked that many times

    It's because people entering the comp will use the thanks button to identify that they have, so that in subsequent visits if they see they have thanked the op they know they have entered and do not duplicate an entry disqualifying them from the comp.
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  • Rock_Bottom
    Rock_Bottom Posts: 5,270 Forumite
    ben500 wrote: »
    It's because people entering the comp will use the thanks button to identify that they have, so that in subsequent visits if they see they have thanked the op they know they have entered and do not duplicate an entry disqualifying them from the comp.
    Very handy if you suffer with old timers disease.
  • CHR15
    CHR15 Posts: 5,193 Forumite
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    Gets me how people can rack up such a post count...

    Quasar for example:

    Join Date: 31-08-2005

    Posts Total Posts: 74803 (49.28 posts per day)
    50 posts EVERYDAY, 365 days a year since Aug 05 :eek::eek:
  • MARTINS_DOLL
    MARTINS_DOLL Posts: 11,141 Forumite
    edited 27 October 2009 at 1:31AM
    shellsuit wrote: »
    Not a glitch, they post competitions and everyone who has entered one they have posted, will thank that member.

    There is someone with over a million thanks on here who does the competitions!

    Yep, I think it is about 4 regular FMs with over a million thanks clicks for posting comps... ;)
    ................................... MSE MARTIN LEWIS ... :A ... THANK YOU.......................
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