Thanks! 'Thank you hack' (merged)

trafalgar_2

Fastflys wrote:

So on my post above, you all see "Thanks" where I see "Edit"


Correct?

exactly.....you don't wanna thank yourself

System

trafalgar wrote:

.....you don't wanna thank yourself

I do, i do it all the time.

sunflower_2

sra555 wrote:

I'm not sure I like all the extra information under the username/avatar.

just seems unnecessary to me

totally agree

i like the idea of the "thanks" button in a way
cos some people defo just add "thank you" posts to boost their post count for some mad reason

maybe the higher the post count the more important u become eh ?

however i very much dislike the bit next to avatar that says "thanked x times in x posts"

whats the crack with that ???
how can this info be of any use whatsoever?

fair enough if u want to say how many "thanks" people have received

but the "in so many posts" bit is just madness

sorry to however thought this bit of info was a good idea - but i think its pants

m00nie

if a person asks a question and gets 4 answers that are of help, or 4 people answer with similar replies, then the person needs to now put 4 thank you's in the 1 thread, adding 4 more sections to the thread.

trafalgar_2

m00nie wrote:

if a person asks a question and gets 4 answers that are of help, or 4 people answer with similar replies, then the person needs to now put 4 thank you's in the 1 thread, adding 4 more sections to the thread.

I agree,doesn't help at all

bridiej

sunflower wrote:

however i very much dislike the bit next to avatar that says "thanked x times in x posts"

whats the crack with that ???
how can this info be of any use whatsoever?

fair enough if u want to say how many "thanks" people have received

but the "in so many posts" bit is just madness

sorry to however thought this bit of info was a good idea - but i think its pants

I agree, I cant see how this "thanked so many times" is any diffrent to the "reputation" feature we all hated. I already feel left out because I havent got any thanks.

Not liking that idea

Pollen

bridiej wrote:

I agree, I cant see how this "thanked so many times" is any diffrent to the "reputation" feature we all hated. I already feel left out because I havent got any thanks.

Not liking that idea

thanks for letting us know about feeling left out, I hope you feel better soon. Does seem a little bit egotistical - whilst manners and recognition important, may not reflect good advice etc.

bridiej

Sorry, didnt mean to moan but I do feel it's in a similar vein to the reputation feature that was tried a few weeks ago and, like you say, doesnt necessarily mean someone gave good advice.....

sra

bridiej wrote:

Sorry, didn't mean to moan but I do feel it's in a similar vein to the reputation feature that was tried a few weeks ago and, like you say, doesn't necessarily mean someone gave good advice.....

If it is to remain, maybe the statistics bits should be removed - leaving only thankyous under posts.

Would mean it still highlights useful posts but make it less likely for people to thank their pals to boost each others numbers

coda

Well, can't please everyone. I tried my best to get this hack working and now some of you seem to think it will turn the forum into an even more competitive battleground.

I can understand that some of you are comparing your postcounts and now you feel like there is yet another thing to beat each other with. But the bottom line is, the post thank you hack is here for a purpose: it decreases database usage and saves space, as well as making threads less full of posts that don't contribute towards the topic.

As you view the thread you may notice the differences from this example:

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Kent
Posts/Thanks: 1,979/2
Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts

the /2 represents the number of times you have thanked someone. w/o the hack that would have been 1,979+2 = 1981 posts

just don't use it if you would not have posted in the thread anyway... but like anything else that is new, people will get used to it and 2 weeks from today, they would be wondering how they ever survived w/o it

i have just suspended the error messages previously happening, let me know of any problems after using the hack