Scratching my head

traxmaker · 07-05-2009, 05:13 PM

Scratching my head at an option I just saw. I just thanked someone for a useful post (in my honest opinion) then right after saw the option to remove my thanks. Why would one do this?

Dan C. Rinnert · 07-05-2009, 05:15 PM

Maybe in case you thanked the wrong person or had second thoughts.

traxmaker · 07-05-2009, 05:21 PM

Ok that makes more sense than my initial thoughts which was someone getting mad at another and going back and removing their thanks. I think I need sleep?

Stefan Vee · 07-05-2009, 05:25 PM

How about this... You thanked a person who "stole" a post or answer from another forum.
Time to remove your "thanks", right?

Michael Nguyen · 07-05-2009, 05:26 PM

"Don't think.......feel........it is like a finger pointing away to the moon"

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Originally Posted by traxmaker

Ok that makes more sense than my initial thoughts which was someone getting mad at another and going back and removing their thanks. I think I need sleep?

WritingMadwoman · 07-05-2009, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by traxmaker

Ok that makes more sense than my initial thoughts which was someone getting mad at another and going back and removing their thanks. I think I need sleep?

LOL! I actually had to think about it the first time I noticed it too...how can you thank someone and then take it back??! But yeah, there are times you may want to, so it's good we have the option.

Wendy

Sven Schoene · 07-05-2009, 05:36 PM

Better to have the option than not having it, right?

Honestly, who knows what the heck might happen. Imagine you want to click "Quick Reply" to a post because it made you really furious and you just HAVE TO prove that stupid argument wrong. Well, you suddenly have to sneeze and then it happened: You accidentally thanked the wrong person. Bet you would like to have the "Unthankyou"-button now, right?

ExRat · 07-05-2009, 07:02 PM

Hi,

It never used to be there.

But the forum had a few sociopaths join up, and they would make a great post and get lots of thanks. Then some time later, they would come back, edit the post so that it was totally unhelpful and unacceptable and then make a new post to bump it back to the top - purely to embarass the people who had thanked them and cause dissent amongst the ranks.

So the removal option was added to thwart their karma-disrupting plans.

WritingMadwoman · 07-05-2009, 07:10 PM

Wow Roger, I must have missed those! Now I can see why it's definitely a good thing. Some people have too much time on their hands.

Wendy

traxmaker · 07-10-2009, 06:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ExRat

Hi,

It never used to be there.

But the forum had a few sociopaths join up, and they would make a great post and get lots of thanks. Then some time later, they would come back, edit the post so that it was totally unhelpful and unacceptable and then make a new post to bump it back to the top - purely to embarass the people who had thanked them and cause dissent amongst the ranks.

So the removal option was added to thwart their karma-disrupting plans.

Some people have nothing better to do with their time? I wonder how much advertising and sales they could have put out and received during the time they were being a bit wacko here? Some people ...

ExRat · 07-10-2009, 06:48 AM

Hi Traxmaker,

Perhaps my use of

wasn't quite as informative as if I had used the standard

When viewing certain peoples' posts (IE mine) it's worth remembering -

Quote:

Some people have nothing better to do with their time?

...than cracking jokes whenever possible - there is no more valuable use of your time, than to just have fun and smile. Although in truth, my joke probably has elements of the reality of some peoples' mindset within it - which just adds more reason to follow my 'fun' mantra.

traxmaker · 07-10-2009, 06:54 AM

Well you just earned a thanks from me for giving me a small chuckle. Its a bit early my time or else it may have been a bellow of laughter on that last sentence. Every since I was a child and I have no idea why, but just hearing/reading the word thwart makes me LOL. Your last sentence is one to be remembered!

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Originally Posted by ExRat

So the removal option was added to thwart their karma-disrupting plans.

07-05-2009, 05:13 PM	#1
traxmaker Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 36 Thanks: 15 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Scratching my head Scratching my head at an option I just saw. I just thanked someone for a useful post (in my honest opinion) then right after saw the option to remove my thanks. Why would one do this?

07-05-2009, 05:15 PM	#2
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07-05-2009, 05:21 PM	#3
traxmaker Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 36 Thanks: 15 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Scratching my head Ok that makes more sense than my initial thoughts which was someone getting mad at another and going back and removing their thanks. I think I need sleep?

07-05-2009, 05:25 PM	#4
Stefan Vee HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 323 Thanks: 94 Thanked 109 Times in 50 Posts	Re: Scratching my head How about this... You thanked a person who "stole" a post or answer from another forum. Time to remove your "thanks", right?

07-05-2009, 05:36 PM	#7
Sven Schoene Psychology KING War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 154 Thanks: 279 Thanked 41 Times in 18 Posts	Re: Scratching my head Better to have the option than not having it, right? Honestly, who knows what the heck might happen. Imagine you want to click "Quick Reply" to a post because it made you really furious and you just HAVE TO prove that stupid argument wrong. Well, you suddenly have to sneeze and then it happened: You accidentally thanked the wrong person. Bet you would like to have the "Unthankyou"-button now, right?

07-05-2009, 07:02 PM	#8
ExRat Dare To Be Different War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: U.K. Posts: 8,878 Thanks: 1,318 Thanked 2,807 Times in 1,041 Posts	Re: Scratching my head Hi, It never used to be there. But the forum had a few sociopaths join up, and they would make a great post and get lots of thanks. Then some time later, they would come back, edit the post so that it was totally unhelpful and unacceptable and then make a new post to bump it back to the top - purely to embarass the people who had thanked them and cause dissent amongst the ranks. So the removal option was added to thwart their karma-disrupting plans.
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WritingMadwoman ... Madly Writing! War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,573 Blog Entries: 16 Thanks: 257 Thanked 162 Times in 110 Posts	Re: Scratching my head Wow Roger, I must have missed those! Now I can see why it's definitely a good thing. Some people have too much time on their hands. Wendy
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