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Can you unthank a post pls?
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clairibel
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Hi i have thanked the wrong post, is this forever or can i unthank
Sorry half asleep when i did it. I have searched for my answer but no joy?

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Sorry, but you can't.Free/impartial debt advice: National Debtline | StepChange Debt Charity | Find your local CAB
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It would be a nice feature if you could though.
Many a time has someone been thanked in error by someone that had actually intended just to quote them when replying.
Perhaps have a short time, say 2 minutes, to unthank someone so that the facility cannot be abused.
Failing that, how about locating the thanks button further away from the quote button?"Now to trolling as a concept. .... Personally, I've always found it a little sad that people choose to spend such a large proportion of their lives in this way but they do, and we have to deal with it." - MSE Forum Manager 6th July 20100 -
It would be a nice feature if you could though.
The "thanks button" forum mod that is installed here on MSE actually does have that option.
It's just that for some reason the MSE team has seen fit not to enable that option. :undecided
In fact in one of the board upgrades a while back, it made a brief (unplanned I presume) appearance.Free/impartial debt advice: National Debtline | StepChange Debt Charity | Find your local CAB
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Hi i have thanked the wrong post, is this forever or can i unthank
Sorry half asleep when i did it. I have searched for my answer but no joy?
If I do that I just quote the post and say...."I thanked you but didnt mean to"Nature wants the human race to survive. However, it does not depend on us because we are not its only invention.0 -
The_Banker wrote: »If I do that I just quote the post and say...."I thanked you but didnt mean to"
Yeah many people do the above, i would just do that as well:D0
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