Get rid of the thanks button

bertiewhite

I can't help noticing that this thread has received more "Thanks" per post than a lot of others. Oh the irony.

Biggles

bushbaby1103 wrote: »

yes, and some more imaginative smileys and emojis please the existing ones are old.

Well, if we have to remove something completely useless, I would vote to remove 'smileys'. They just clutter up posts unnecessarily, make them harder to read and make less sense when they are used inappropriately, which is usually. Learn to type words, people!

andrewf75

I think its a good feature. There are many separate boards here and I'm sure it doesn't serve a useful purpose everywhere, but in many places it does. If someone asks for advice and there are several replies, how do you know which is the best advice? The more thanks a post has gives you some clue and when responding many people might not have time to type a reply, but can just click a button to say they agree with something.

Former_MSE_Andrea

Hi!

The thanks button is the basis of the WOW deals feed subscriptions.

mjm3346

Biggles wrote: »

Well, if we have to remove something completely useless, I would vote to remove 'smileys'. They just clutter up posts unnecessarily, make them harder to read and make less sense when they are used inappropriately, which is usually. Learn to type words, people!

I second that and raise you "avatars"

tessie_bear

i think its awful when one poster says something rude about a persons post and then spineless like it...very unpleasant

spadoosh

Just messing....

That actually works, my thanks button thanks the OP. That is the thanks button above, not the one i cant see.

Biggles

mjm3346 wrote: »

I second that and raise you "avatars"

I'll 'see' your 'avatars' as I found out long ago that you can turn them off in the settings. Otherwise I would raise you 'signatures' but I've turned them off as well!
;-)

Former_MSE_Andrea

tessie_bear wrote: »

i think its awful when one poster says something rude about a persons post and then spineless like it...very unpleasant

Please make sure you report anything unpleasant or unfriendly. It's not acceptable.

Thank you!

andromedean

iammumtoone wrote: »

I don't see the point of it and I'm not really sure what its use is.

As far as I can make out one of its uses seems to be so 'gangs' can thank each others posts and intimidate others. It's also the cause of upset if god forbid someone forgets to thank a post that the poster thinks they were entitled to thanks for.

Re the similes, in a sensible financial discussion yes they are out of place but there are lots of other boards on here where their use is acceptable.

Exactly, I've seen people insulted in a manner that infringes the rules, then the post thanked multiple times. It' clearly promotes tribalism especially in political discussions. In other contexts, just thanking someone for a specific technical answer I have no problem with. It should therefore be restricted to the mainstream MSE boards.