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Something about this board....
sexki11en
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.......Struck me today. I'm quite a regular on a few boards on the forum and I noticed that despite the majority of posts on here asking for help and getting great replies - no one says THANK YOU! It's done frequently on the other boards (particularly the old style board) so why not in here?
I started a thread that's had 36,000 views and over 700 replies. Virtually the only person who thanked anyone at all on there was me - despite the fact I haven't been on that thread in nearly a year. How rude! New people are asking for help on that thread (great! That's what it's there for) but no one thanks anyone for they advice they give.:rolleyes:
Look down.....it's that little button just on the right at the bottom of a post.
What will it cost you?
If someones been helpful - say thank you!:T
SK x
I started a thread that's had 36,000 views and over 700 replies. Virtually the only person who thanked anyone at all on there was me - despite the fact I haven't been on that thread in nearly a year. How rude! New people are asking for help on that thread (great! That's what it's there for) but no one thanks anyone for they advice they give.:rolleyes:
Look down.....it's that little button just on the right at the bottom of a post.
What will it cost you?
If someones been helpful - say thank you!:T
SK x
After 4 years of heartache, 3 rounds of IVF and 1 loss :A - we are finally expecting our miracle Ki11en - May 2014 :j
And a VERY surprise miracle in March 2017!
And a VERY surprise miracle in March 2017!
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I say thank you, and I've seen lots of other people say thank you too, in special occasions, - or do you mean specifically the wedding section?If my typing is pants or I seem partcuarly blunt, please excuse me, it physically hurts to type. :wall: If I seem a bit random and don't make a lot of sense, it may have something to do with the voice recognition software that I'm using!0
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Personally I dont like to bump the threads or just keep making them longer to say thank you after each reply, but I do always make sure that I press the Tahnks button on there answer to show them that I apreciate there contribution.
When I have answer someone I dont sit there and keep going back to the post just to see if I have been thanked but I can see from my thanks count that people have and they my replies are valued.0 -
I always say thank you- see the brides to be thread!!!0
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I ave said thanks and always push the thanks button xx:jHas lots to look forward to in 2011!!:j
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I have to admit, I rarely "Thank" people. I don't expect to be thanked when I tell someone the day I'm getting married or what I have had for breakfast that morning.
You shouldn't really be worried about not receiving thanks, as life is generally about giving and not receiving. I post on other forums and have never seen a thanks button before.
I'm more likely to thank someone if they make me laugh.
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I'm an active member of other forums and not all of them have thank you buttons - it's just a gimic and not something to be take seriously surely?0
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I'm on another forum (that uses the same software, even), and they don't have thanks buttons either. Now, I'm not on some sort of anti-Thanks campaign (and I've used the button several times) but it is a bit of a popularity thing.
I suppose my thinking is along the lines of Lydia's. I say thanks when it means something particular to me. I often say thanks to the regulars in the Newspaper thread, because they do a lot of research. If someone answers a particular question I posed, I'll generally say thanks (in the thread).
Also, I do think that there is a different standard (not saying that there should be necessarily, but that there is) between an Internet messageboard and real life.
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. - Jonathan Kozol0 -
I always use it, it doesn't take much, can I just say hi too im also getting married 23/08/08 :j0
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Ok, TBH this thread is annoying me now. I'm not normally a confrontational person and if I disagree with a post I tend not to respond as there have been some awful arguments on a lot of the MSE boards (not on here tho)
However, I did feel the need to post here.
Personally if I start a new thread, I do thank each and every person who takes the time to reply. If I've asked a question on another thread, then I've thanked the person who has replied to my question. But why would I thank each and every 700 posts on a topic that I did not start??
It's like Christmas - you shouldn't give to receive.
The "Thanks" operation on here is so overated. Proof is the number of Posters who have "Thank Me" in their signature. It's so darn needy - like saying "I need to be loved". Sure, it's nice to be thanked but Jeez - so what???0
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