Is it my imagination ...but...

Torby

some members seem to add "thanks" to a post whether it has any relevance or not, in as I suspect, an attempt to receive a reciprocal "thanks" to inflate their own stats?

Now I suppose if you agree....you may not feel you should click the "thanks" button...but then again...if you did agree...this has been a worthwhile post...

Tigsteroonie

Users have different reasons for thanking depending on which area of the MSE forum you are in. For example, actually thanking for advice in the benefits threads; marking competition threads as entered; and acknowledging a mate's remark in the Arms.

tbh, I really don't care how many Thanks I have. (says she, noticing that she hit 15000 thanks at the same time as this post!)

Torby

Tigsteroonie...thanks for that...but this is the type of thing I mean...and its obviously not the posters intention to generate "thanks"...just makes me wonder about the motivation for "thanking"...

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=19178275&postcount=1386

not only that, but sadly, no one offered him any assistance either...yet they thanked him

fermi

I think on some boards or threads it is almost just something that people have got into the habit of automatically doing.

Read post = click thanks button........... if you see what I mean.

I think the answer is to not put much store in thanks. It is just a bit of fun rather than anything else.

Savvy_Sue

Well, some of them will have clicked thanks by accident, and some of them will have clicked all posts just to show how far they'd got in reading the thread. That's my guess, anyway.

staffie1

I thank people who have either helped me or someone else, or who have, imo made a constructive contribution to a discussion. Why would anyone give a toss about how many 'thanks' they had accumulated? Unless there is a prize for the greatest number which I don't know about..?

Carmen_Queasy

I'll thank anyone who has took the time to respond to any of my threads- well unless they're being rude I will!

cyril82

the practise of using "alter Egos" on MSE is something that has recently been brought to my attention but since being made aware of it i have noticed several people who seem to always get a "thanks" no matter what they post, and strangely it's usually from the same person, who never actually seems to post anything themselves, or thank anyone else.

I have suspected that this is just an attempt to boost their own stats by posting as many comments as they can, relevant or irrelevant then logging in under their "alter ego" and thanking all the posts.

I'm pretty sure that's happening, though while a tad strange, it doesn't hurt me so what the heck....let em get on with it.

staffie1

cyril82 wrote: »

I have suspected that this is just an attempt to boost their own stats by posting as many comments as they can, relevant or irrelevant then logging in under their "alter ego" and thanking all the posts.

Why would they want to 'boost their stats' though? I've never noticed the stats myself. Who would care?

[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure that's happening, though while a tad strange, it doesn't hurt me so what the heck....let em get on with it.[/QUOTE]

Well, quite!

cyril82

staffie1 wrote: »

Why would they want to 'boost their stats' though? I've never noticed the stats myself. Who would care?
!

impossible to say, some people pay too much attention to things that really don't matter i suppose?

staffie1

cyril82 wrote: »

impossible to say, some people pay too much attention to things that really don't matter i suppose?

I think you're right. So why are you paying too much attention to it?