When the thanks system goes bad!

espresso

reheat wrote: »

I've noticed one or two folk along the way whose siggies explicitly solicit thanks button presses if they've helped you ~ to me that's a bit shallow.

More than a bit shallow, it's pathetic!

mpython

I don't get this 'thanks' envy some users have. On the comps forum I'm one of the smaller thanked peeps.

candygirl

espresso wrote: »

More than a bit shallow, it's pathetic!

They're known as "thanks !!!!!s":rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

geri1965_2

I think you should have gone back to your other thread and checked for replies. And she didn't "abuse" you either.

reheat

geri1965 wrote: »

I think you should have gone back to your other thread and checked for replies. And she didn't "abuse" you either.

I do agree with you that if someone starts a thread, it is only right and polite to go back to it.

I've not followed the details of this particular instance, so my comment here is just a general one.

melancholly

perhaps it's polite to thank people, but it certainly is rude to have a go if someone doesn't!! maybe they mi- clicked, or thought they had done it already, or maybe the post wasn't helpful at all!!! the post linked to here is just bizarre - but also quite funny!

tomstickland

geri1965 wrote: »

I think you should have gone back to your other thread and checked for replies. And she didn't "abuse" you either.

If you look at the threads, I was asked why I hadn't thanked, and then when I explained that I hadn't gone back to the thread, the next reply told me I was being put on an ignore list. So there was no gap between my explaining and the response. I can't be bothered to go and read the thread again, but, in my opinion, the response was abusive. ie: not prepared to listen to my explanation, telling me that because I had a lot of posts I must have looked at the thread etc.

Quasar

Thanking someone for advice is of course the polite thing to do. However, lack of thanking does not imply bad manners, as it could merely mean that the advice-seeker has not seen the relevant post (as Tom has explained) OR, being human, one has forgotten to click on the button.

Getting angry and putting someone on ignore on the basis of ONE post not being thanked, says nothing about Tom but a lot about the complainer, imho.

reheat

candygirl wrote: »

They're known as "thanks !!!!!s":rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Or maybe a ta tart? :rolleyes:

Mips

Hmmm well I agree with Quasar.

I don't write posts to be thanked, it is just nice if I am.

She shouldn't have even pointed it out really, it is petty. And off topic!