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Do people really think High ratio of Thanks to Posts = reputable and likely to be correct?

by AlexanderSkyHeart
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Hi fellow warriors,

I think Thomas Michal asked a really valid question in his post : "Do people really think high post count = successful, reputable and correct?"

I replied with the below but am curious to see if you agree or disagree that in this forum, is High ratio of Thanks to Posts = reputable and likely to be correct?


Frankly speaking, I imagine that the number of posts indicates how active a warrior is.

BUT for the value of their posts, I look at the Ratio of Thanks to Posts, personally I feel that quite useful to see "proof of value" and "social proof". To confirm, just need to read a few of the posts they wrote.

...and I would think that it works the same way here

  1. Warrior Forum (by Ratio of Thanks / Post)
  2. Yahoo Answers (by Ratio Stars and Best Answers) - Used to be a top contributor there
  3. Twitter (by Ratio of Retweets and #FF) - was featured in the news and tv
  4. In life (by loved ones and close friends, who will help you when you need help and who will care for you)
  5. In business (by profit, JVs, contacts and who will help you if you need help or when least expected).
Got me thinking So I went through all 3 pages of posts before this and filtered this list out.

Paul Myers
Thanked 8,457 Times in 2,222 Posts

Kay King
Thanked 3,990 Times in 2,186 Posts

CDarklock
Thanked 5,394 Times in 2,478 Posts

JohnMcCabe
Thanked 4,076 Times in 2,239

tpw
Thanked 4,573 Times in 2,108 Posts

Steven Wagenheim
Thanked 6,165 Times in 2,271 Posts

BIG Mike
Thanked 3,531 Times in 1,028 Posts

John Durham
Thanked 2,874 Times in 1,114 Posts

sbucciarel
Thanked 3,834 Times in 2,141 Posts

Rod Cortez
Thanked 1,346 Times in 525 Posts

R Hagel
Thanked 1,864 Times in 691 Posts

Michael Oksa
Thanked 2,966 Times in 1,314 Posts

Andyhenry
Thanked 4,399 Times in 1,455 Posts

myob
Thanked 1,937 Times in 1,221 Posts

WillR
Thanked 2,388 Times in 1,178 Posts

Andyhenry
Thanked 4,399 Times in 1,455 Posts

ShayRockhold
Thanked 598 Times in 269 Posts

GuerrillaIM
Thanked 307 Times in 180 Posts

George Wright
Thanked 1,796 Times in 708 Posts

Look at their Ratio of Thanks to Posts , do you think they provide posts of value? I would think so.
Originally Posted by honestbizpro View Post

It comes down really to the individual and how we as individuals perceive them.
Well said Reminds me of a quote


If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
Margaret Thatcher
#correct #high #maynaseric #people #posts #ratio #ratio of thanks #reputable #successful #trust
  • Profile picture of the author lotsofsnow
    Yes, that makes sense.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jon Patrick
    Yes. There's no doubt that the frequency with which other members "thank" you for your posts is strongly indicative of how much value you're providing to the community.
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    Originally Posted by tpw View Post

    Yes, but we get thanked for a number of reasons.

    Sometimes it is because someone agreed with us.

    Sometimes it is because we offered real value...

    And sometimes it is because we made someone laugh...


    I think all that can truly be derived from those numbers is that someone has friends or delivers the occasional "coffee through the nose" moments... :p
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    • Profile picture of the author AlexanderSkyHeart
      Originally Posted by tpw View Post

      I think all that can truly be derived from those numbers is that someone has friends or delivers the occasional "coffee through the nose" moments... :p
      Lol, I suppose that helps too
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    • Profile picture of the author PatriciaJ
      Originally Posted by tpw View Post

      I think all that can truly be derived from those numbers is that someone has friends or delivers the occasional "coffee through the nose" moments... :p
      or some butt kissing
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    • Profile picture of the author Benjamin Ehinger
      Originally Posted by tpw View Post

      I think all that can truly be derived from those numbers is that someone has friends or delivers the occasional "coffee through the nose" moments... :p
      Well said....I have seen people get 10 or 15 thanks on posts that don't have anything to do with the original question or post. Sometimes a witty comment can gain many thanks.

      All the post count and thanks mean is they have been here and have been active longer.

      Originally Posted by cashp0wer View Post

      You can see some people with a really high post count but hardly any thanks and it makes you wonder what is wrong with their posts.

      The best ones are the ones that you remember the most and that they have helped you.

      Well, you have to remember back to when "thanks" did not exist on the forum. This can be the reason why a person may have many more posts than thanks.


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    The only thing IMO better than getting good info from someone, is someone that can make you laugh until you wet yourself. In that there is great power.
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  • Profile picture of the author AlexanderSkyHeart
    Originally Posted by honestbizpro View Post

    It comes down really to the individual and how we as individuals perceive them.
    Well said Reminds me of a quote


    If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
    Margaret Thatcher
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    • Profile picture of the author PatriciaJ
      Originally Posted by MaynasEric View Post

      Well said Reminds me of a quote


      If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
      Margaret Thatcher
      and in the end what did Maggie achieve, certainly not lots of thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author princecapri
    Not quite sure! If you go to the war room, and they are giving something away, they get a lot of thanks, deservedly so!

    On the other hand, some newbies that are offered great advice on this part of the forum never say thanks, because they don't know about the function.

    So, I do look at it, but don't pay too much attention!
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  • Profile picture of the author cashp0wer
    You can see some people with a really high post count but hardly any thanks and it makes you wonder what is wrong with their posts.

    The best ones are the ones that you remember the most and that they have helped you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
    Paul,
    The 'thanks' button is a fairly recent thing.
    August of 2008, I believe. So, if that's right, roughly 3.5 years out of the 9.5 years the forum has tracked post count.
    The system can be gamed.
    Yep. One dipstick got caught recently buying thanks for a WSO on Fiverr. For the questionable credibility he gained from a lousy 5 or 6 thank yous from unknowns, he is now on the "One more mistake and you're persona non grata" list.

    Another person lost 150-ish of 160-some thank yous the other day. He was giving away software in the War Room that wasn't his original product, and may not even have been his to give.

    It's tempting to look at stats as a guide, but that's dangerous even if they're mostly accurate (which these arguably are not). Someone could give the best advice around and still not have the right answer for YOU.


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  • Profile picture of the author R Hagel
    I always think of "seasoned" (Steve) when people start talking about ratio of thanks to posts. Prior to the thanks button being installed, Steve had thousands of posts. Illness and life took him away from the forum right after the thanks button came about. When he returned, he had ZERO thanks to something like nearly 10,000 posts -- and this was at a time when most other high-post-count regulars had racked up hundreds of thanks (even thousands).

    Many newcomers didn't realize that the thanks button was a new invention. So, one look at Steve's ratio and you'd think he was the most unhelpful person on the planet.

    Things aren't always as they appear.

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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Sometimes thanks are well deserved. Sometimes they are given for no other reason than the post made someone laugh. I often give thanks for that reason alone.

    But someone can be wrong and still get a lot of thanks if no one else knows they're wrong. It can't be used as a measure of credibility. Like Paul's example, I've seen someone get a lot of thanks for giving away something that wasn't theirs to give ... that is, until the post got deleted.

    I've seen people find a great post someone and paste it in here and get a bunch of thanks for the useful information ... until the thread is deleted. When those don't get caught, the thanks only mean that they stole something that people really liked.

    On the other hand, I saw a guy who had a ton of posts and not one thanks and he had not given out any thanks either. I really wondered about the quality of his contributions to the forum.
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  • Profile picture of the author thebitbotdotcom
    I've always correlated a high "thank you" (which is kinda like voting) count to individuals saying what people "want to hear" or what they "want to believe" or what they "want to be associated with" or what they "want to be identified as"which may or may not be "the truth" or "what they actually are".

    This is how politicians get elected. Just another skew-able stat.

    In my experience, thanks and truth rarely go together. Usually truth is followed by hate and slander.

    Just an observation.
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    • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
      I don't care a monkeys for posts or thanks.

      I read what people say, then judge them for their knowledge and what I think about them.

      I also recommend people ignore my post/thanks count. On it's own it means very little. What I say on the other hand, well that's how you should judge me.

      Say we met in person and I was wearing a T-shirt saying I'd opened my mouth x times and people had said thanks x times. What does it say about what I'd said? I could have been saying useful stuff, funny stuff, stuff that helped you or stuff you just enjoyed.

      When I actually speak though, you'll learn far more in a few sentences than you did from the T-shirt.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gerard Mohamed
    If someone adds value, or gives great advice that can seriously assist you in whichever manner, then do say thanks. As long as you do not explicitly canvass them to click the thanks button.
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  • Profile picture of the author drmani
    Originally Posted by MaynasEric View Post

    If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
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    Well, at least not all the time

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  • Profile picture of the author AndreasJacobsen
    Hmm... I consider it a post-to-post thing I usually just go with my intuition about whether or not to trust a guy/girl

    I thank if I liked the post, and remember it
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  • Profile picture of the author Soren
    I know a lot of people have "thanks-buddies" (who just thanks them every time they write something stupid), so no, you really shouldn't measure people by their thanks to post ratios. Even though I'm new in the WF, I've seen people with a hundreds of thanks, make deceptive crap WSOs, and behave as little children..

    If you really need to find out about a warrior, either "find all THANKED posts by [user]" and read the last 10, or google him/her.

    If I see a warrior behave inappropiately and like a moron, that's how I'll think of him in the future. Old or new profile, thanks or no thanks. So warriors, behave
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
      Quite honestly, I'm baffled by the number of thanks I have.

      Most times (and many here can verify this) I will come to the forum and just
      speak my mind, which more times than not, usually ended up getting my head
      handed to me because I can be quite outspoken.

      Those that usually handed it to me were the older members, the ones who I
      personally look up to a lot.

      It started to make me wonder about the folks who were giving me the
      thanks.

      Was I actually getting a left handed compliment?

      (We love you Steve for being such an ass)

      So please guys, take the thank you button with a very small grain of salt.

      Heck, I've been thanked for posting a cool music video in OT.

      Doesn't quite have much to do with marketing now, does it?

      I think not.

      Appearances can be SO deceiving. That's why, more times than we can
      count, somebody who we really looked up to and admired suddenly comes out
      of the blue with an act that puts him or her in a completely different light.

      (Tiger Woods, I'm looking at you)

      IMO, Paul Myers should have 10 times as many thank yous as he has now.
      Nobody, again IMO, has given more to this forum than Paul. And he's a
      straight shooter. When you do good, he lets you know it. When you screw
      up, he lets you know it.

      The guy's been here like 10 years longer than me and only has 2,000 more
      thanks?

      That tells me something is very wrong with the system and not really
      indicative to its true measurement.

      And I think as somebody said, sometimes you get friends along the way who
      will thank you for just about anything.

      (Please refer to the video example)

      Heck, I can almost guarantee you that I could go to OT and start a thread...

      "I Had PB & J For Lunch Today"

      and SOMEBODY will thank me.

      Maybe I reminded them that they had to eat soon.
      Maybe they like PB & J.
      Maybe they just like ME.

      Please, let's not get too wrapped up in the thanks department. Instead,
      spend more time reading the posts and contributions of the members here
      and see if they REALLY contribute anything of value.

      You may just find that value =/= thanks.

      My 2 cents for whatever they're worth.

      PS - You can thank me on the way out. Tip jar is on the left by the piano.
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  • Profile picture of the author TestiVar
    And some countries elect their leaders with votes from the populace.

    Pretty scary stuff!
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