What's with the thanks bias?

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I've seen some really great in depth posts by new members or members with low post counts and 0 thanks given, yet when a member with a large post count posts even general, insignificant, or similar things people can't wait to thank them. :confused:
#main internet marketing discussion forum #bias
  • I wouldnt take it personally.. but I do agree there is some of that.

    I think there's a bit of "suck uppage" going on with some of the big guys..

    I see it in Facebook too. There's on particular marketer that if he just said "F&rt" on FB 200 people would click Like. It's pretty weird.
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    • What do they gain by thanking those the high posters? Is it the same as sucking up to the rich guy in the neighborhood or are high posters able to pass some reputation to thankers as they can do in some other forums?
  • A lot of people look up to many of the members with a large post count, they're probably thanking them more for the time they're taking out of their already successful IM time to help newer members. Their time is more valuable maybe?

    It's easier to forget about the people struggling once you've made a success yourself, but you have to think back to how much help you got from experienced warriors.
  • Thank for who?
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    Shrugs

    Just my personal observation, but it seems that "thanks" go out a lot to posts that people agree with, regardless of whether it is something new or particularly helpful to the conversation at hand. You think all those "thanks" under my name are for saying smart things and making people money ? I'd say more than anything they're for making people chuckle.

    But whenever I think of this I stop and realize we're talking about an admittedly insignificant metric on an internet marketing forum and move on with the rest of my day. But people can be fooled by those with a bunch of thanks! True, but they're kind of asking for it unless they choose to actually check the "thanked" history to see if the posts were actually worthy of being bestowed.
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    • As for me, if I find a post that I think deserves thanking, I just thank it without looking at who the poster is or how long they've been a member, or how many thanks they already have.

      That would be just too time consuming trying to keep track of deciding who to dole out thanks to or trying to do the math for an equation to thank people by.

      When you see those long in depth posts you deem worthy of a thank, just thank them. Plain and simple.

      You should also keep in mind what some people find to be in depth and informative, others may not. There are a boatload of marketers at all different experience levels here.

      Oh, and happy thanking.

      Terra
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      Very true!
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  • Any community which has such a feature runs into a little bit of friends thanking or repping friends and perhaps even some "buddying up." It's a human nature thing, we do it in real life too. I personally haven't noticed this being a problem such as you describe, but that's just me. From what I've seen in general, people are pretty fair and discerning with their thanks for the most part.

    Regards,
    jim
  • Hey cashtree,

    Just wanted to say "thanks" to ya
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  • I'll hit thanks when I genuinely appreciate the post, or when I agree but have nothing to add -- I don't see the point in adding a whole extra post that just says "me too" or "I agree". It just makes the thread longer and doesn't add any extra info or meaning.
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      Thanks bias? They have to make you laugh, as in heh, heh, heh. Or solve your problem or be generally useful information. But making you laugh is better, much better



      THANKS

      A little boy and his grandfather are raking leaves in the yard. The little boy finds an earthworm trying to get back into it's hole. He says, "Grandpa, I bet I can put that worm back in that hole". The grandfather replies, "I'll bet you five dollars you can't. It's too wiggly and limp to put back in that little hole".

      The little boy runs into the house and comes back out with a can of hairspray. He sprays the worm until it is straight and stiff as a board. Then he puts the worm back into the hole. The grandfather hands the little boy five dollars, grabs the hairspray, and runs into the house. Thirty minutes later the grandfather comes back out and hands the little boy another five dollars. The little boy says, "Grandpa, you already gave me five dollars". The grandfather replies, "I know. That's from your grandma, and she says thanks".



      ps - the thanks button is bottom right folks . . . . . thanks
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  • I am thankful that I have been around a while.
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  • I agree. Someone thank me please. I am still new and need to make a reputation here.. haha

    I think people with large no. of posts have lots of experience that's why whatever they say it seems like its a good advice. But it doesn't mean that guys who doesn't have many posts are not experienced enough. I just didn't found this forum earlier.

    You all can thank me now...
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  • I could care less how many posts someone has or long someone has been here. I'll thank you if you have some information that's worthwhile.
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    • This is hilarious - the person ranting about "thanks" has given less thanks to others than most posting in this thread.

      I'm amazed to find people look at those numbers long enough to complain about them. I never think of it - they are just numbers.

      I'm more likely to thank a newbie for a good answer or funny comment than I am to thank someone posting a long tutorial or lecture. That's my choice - and not the OP's business who I thank or why.

      kay
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  • And in further breaking news, the sky is blue and grass is green.

    fLufF
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    • I have noticed this as well.

      We all want to feel appreciated and recognized for being someone special that matters in the forum. I think the thank you button does help with that. Or is it just me that gets that warm fuzzy feeling whenever someone gives me a "Thanks"?

      I would go as far as saying that some members, , become better members after receiving some "Thanks".

      I'm serious. I have been part of some forums for more than a decade and with a few exceptions, most of the time I have been a lurker. WF is one of the few forums where I have felt that some of the stuff I have to say might actually be appreciated!

      This is what I do as well.

      Easy for you to say, who's already got more than 5000!! :p:p
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  • When I found something very good from you, I should hit Thanks. Because you deserve it for your contribution.
  • When they wants to thank, they thanks . If not, irrespective of how helpful you are, you will not be thanked...

    Even myself sometimes amazes when someone thanks me on very general comment...and sometimes I expect that some one will thank me for it then there is no one...

    So leave it...It just an human psychology.
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    Like Kay mentioned ... you've been here since 2010 and only thanked a little over 100 posts. I started out by thanking people and not worrying about being thanked and that's what I still do. When a post makes me laugh or I completely agree with it, I thank them. It has nothing to do with who it is and everything to do with whether I liked the post for one reason or another.
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  • You could have fixed that yourself by being the first to drop a well-deserved "thanks".

    Did you? And if not, why not? :confused:
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  • Go hang out in the SEO forum and try to get a thanks over there. You could post the secret to eternal life in the SEO forum and not get a single thanks.

    I'm not sure what it is, but they're a tough crowd.
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    • Oh, Kurt, I think you know "what it is." Giving a "thanks" would rob spammers of the chance to make another worthless post just for backlinks / sig exposure.
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    • It's not really too hard to understand why you don't get thanks from the SEO forum.

      There are people that don't see anyone in the world but themselves. You'll find these types over-represented in the SEO forum.

      These are the people that have no scruples, that will do anything to enrich themselves, that make comments in these forums like "everyone is just in it for the money."

      Find some of the threads with topics like "Do all internet marketers lie?" and the posts that say "of course everyone lies" are made by people who rarely if ever thank anyone for anything. They care only for themselves.

      In a word they are reprobates, rogues and scoundrels, and by their thanks, or lack thereof, shall ye know them.
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    • I have recently discovered this secret and was going to share but will now keep it to myself if I'm not going to be 'thanked'.
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    • SEOs have been trained by Google to not believe anything ... and to be completely thankless robots that find humanity a messy inconvenience.
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  • Welcome to the human race.

    RoD
  • Your thread is a great example.

    You started it bitching about the behaviour of members - negativity gets less thanks than positivity and creativity - hence some of the responses get thanks when you don't.

    It's not the post count of the people that contributes to the thanks - it's that people know what they mean and agree or at least see the value.

    Your post had zero value - so no matter how well you communicated it - bitching doesn't get many thanks.

    You can help the 'problem' by being the change you want to see.
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    • maybe im missing something, but his post come off more innocuous than that, he's from what ive seen been thanked alot and made alot of posts and was simply asking a question

      that being said, being new myself and slowly trying to contribute to the community with the limited knowledge i do have I dont expect to be thanked

      i am guilty though of being thank happy on my first couple of post because frankly was quite surprised how helpful everyone was
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    • Most of us are on this forum because we are trying to build businesses. We are trying to learn how to develop relationships with our customers, and learn how to increase our cashflow.

      And/or we are trying to make sure the bills get paid, and want to make sure that our familiy members have something to eat, and a warm place to sleep at night.

      We're not here to use this forum as a popularity contest. There are way more important things than that.

      And if there are people who are favoring certain people over other people, does it really matter?

      That's life, people just naturally form groups, and alliances, with those who make them laugh, or with those who think along the same lines as they do.

      That's their choice and right.
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  • I got the opposite going on. I have such a high post count now with such low thanks that I can give a really good answer and no one wants to give me any!
  • This place just gets weirder all the time.
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      THIS STUFF IS IMPORTANT
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    • This thread is totally going to win if that post gets the most thanks

      John
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    • Ahh, but it makes for such interesting and entertaining reading.

      Terra
    • I think we have a real shot at surrealism.

      fLufF
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  • When you think someone is a god among men that tends to happen
  • People tend to be nicer with those who they think
    are experienced. Not just here but everywhere. There's
    nothing we can do about it.
  • Since there's no such thing as -thanks, I'll say it. And this is about making money online how?
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  • Favouritism my stern. In the topsy-turvy world of cyber sadomasochism, the unwritten rule is if you can't spank the ones you love, thank the ones you loathe.
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  • When is Allen going to implement the "Kiss-My-A**!!!" button? Or the "Sticks-And-Stones-May-Break-My-Bones...yadda yadda" button?

    RoD
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      Yes, that last one: that's the one I'm specifically awaiting.

      Because, of course, I'm far too well-mannered to ask for the "Yah-Boo, Sucks" button.
  • How about a "that's stupid" button! Nevermind, probably overload the forum's servers if you did that.
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    • Just in the spirit of this thread, would it be beneficial to have like/dont like option much like reddit where relevant or intriguing post make it the top and others fall down .. may cut down on the reduntant post and promote the better ones

      i can see how this can be abused but would hope the community at large would make the right choice, may cut down on the same threads showing up without someone doing a search first

      edit: being a marketing forum, do see how people commenting to promote sigs links wouldnt like it, easy one off comments on the current thread

      edit2: just dawned on me thats why this is the free portion of the forum
  • I feel you on that 1.

    It feels as though some good info gets no love here I'm gonna thank you for asking the hard questions.
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    • The problem with that philosophy is that "good info" is in the eye of the reader. Not everyone will have the same definition for what is good, it depends on their level in that particular area.

      Take the second portion of your post where you say the OP asked the hard question.

      I don't consider that question hard at all. I think the hard question would be why the OP is questioning the lack of thanks given to some posts while in the approximate 2 years he's been here, he's only thanked 85 posts.

      When you look at the staggering amount of posts made on the WF within a given year, his total is quite minute in comparison.

      Um, not so.

      If this were true, the number of thanks I've given would be a big fat zero.

      Terra
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  • Heh. Yipes, when I joined way back in 2008, I busted my fatcheeks to get street-cred, yo, even going so far as cutting my hair and changing my name. Look where it got me. *Bows head in shame*

    I, too, blamed it on the those elusive cliques. But instead of spending my energy moaning in threads, I decided to do what all good outcasts do and channelled my chameleon talents into writing a song that may or may not have been subconsciously inspired by that of another well-known band... yet so much better.

    Code:
    When I logged on today,
No-one knew my name,
I'm just so unknown here,
I wanna be the same;

And you you're treated like you're famous,
In a Hollywood film,
I wish I was special,
You're so freakin' special;

But I'm a creep,
I'm a stranger,
What the heck am I doin' here?
I don't belong here;

I don't care if it hurts,
I just wanna have control;
A respectable "Thanks" count,
I wanna have it all;

I want y'all to notice,
When I come around,
I want y'all to thank me,
I wanna do you proud;

I wanna gain entry,
To the inside of your clique,
I want you to listen,
And nod when I speak;

I want you to praise me,
When my posts astound,
You're so freakin' special
I wish I was special;

But I'm a creep,
I'm a stranger,
What the heck am I doing here?
I don't belong here,
Ohhhh, ohhh,
I'm starting a clique.
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  • Not so sure. When I first read that I actually typed a reply, but decided to delete it because my own impression could be wrong. I was going to say it sounded like someone who felt like an outsider looking in. Not saying that is good or bad. Sometimes the people on the inside are desperately trying to get out.

    Jeffery 100% :-)

  • LOLz

    Future spammer in training? :rolleyes:
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    • Bill,One of the new crop of Vietnamese spammers that have been showing up lately. Hanoi, most likely, although one geolocator shows him as being in Dak Lak Province.

      Over time, these things tend to go in waves. At one point, almost all the spam here was from Malaysia and the Philippines. Then the SEO spam migrated first to India, and then a part of it to Pakistan. Still a lot of both, and they're the bane of the SEO section. Whole threads pop up there with nothing but spammers talking past each other for the link juice.

      Bangladesh is the biggest source of SEO garbage here outside of India.

      Western Africa, especially Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire, have remained pretty consistent. A few legit members amidst a flood of every kind of scammer imaginable.

      What there are of fraudulent sales offers have always come mostly from the US, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Indonesia. The Netherlands gets an honorable mention there. Sprinklings from every corner of the world, of course, but those are the big ones.

      The fashion spam, electronics knockoffs, credit card dumps, and some of the cookie stuffers, come largely from China. The cookie stuffers probably just post through proxies or paid services there, though. The sources are probably US, UK, and Canadian affiliates. The various services involved could speak to that more authoritatively. They won't - and shouldn't - give me specifics on that stuff.

      And we get mixed spams and scams from Eastern Europe, although not as much as we used to. I wouldn't buy software or themes that originated there, though, unless I knew the creator really well. Hackdoors abound.

      The majority of the malevolent trolls are American, with the UK a close second. No other country is even in the same ballpark as those two on that score, although Dubai and the UAE are making moves.

      We have positive, contributing members from nearly every country on the planet. The interesting thing isn't that there are crooks in every country so much as that the type of scammery tends to be relatively consistent within cultures.


      Paul
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  • I don't think "thanks" matter at all, but that is my opinion. I remember seeing a woman here some months back post a WSO as a newbie. She had proof she was a millionaire and got a lot of attention and sales - and still does. Some did question her "newness", but she quickly got over that hump.
    People can tell if you are the genuine item or not within a short time. Thanks may eliminate some of the initial curiosity, but I don't know that it helps with anything beyond that.
    Personally, I prefer not to live at the WF. I just want to visit now and then. lol
  • A better question is why do you care so much about being validated by strangers on the internet?

    Post helpful and relevant content and the "thanks" come naturally. My "thanked" count is proof of that.
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    • wasnt that his point
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  • nope, thats not what he said
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      Well, what you seem to be failing to get is that he has been here almost 2 years and only doled out 85 thanks himself. Seems like a pretty unthankful person to me. So, it's basically a pot > kettle situation.

      In addition, each person has their own opinion on what is a valuable post and what is not a valuable post, so someone can blather on for 2,000 words and not say anything valuable to me, while others may think the OP walks on water.
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  • Sorry to disappoint you, OP, but there have been times when I have done the exact opposite of what you suggest. That's right, I have purposely given thanks to people with low post counts, just hoping to put a smile on their face for a few moments.

    Of course the post still needs to warrant a "thanks" from me, but there are a lot of reasons why I do so. Here are a few...

    1. Agreeing with a post.
    2. A post that makes look at something in a new light.
    3. Being in complete disagreement, but the poster was thoughtful and polite in how they disagreed with me.
    4. Making me laugh.
    5. Making me think.
    6. Handling a rude member in a particularly worthy way.
    7. Giving useful advice.
    8. Answering a question for me.
    9. Taking the time to respond to one of my posts.
    10. Or, as in this thread, pointing out the hypocrisy of the OP.

    That being said, I still tend to give more "thanks" to the people I know. I believe this is natural. The reason is that I have a better idea of who they are, and by extension, the intent of their posts. Think about it.

    All the best,
    Michael
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    This went to 90 posts? You guys love to talk WF stats. I think I'm going to write the WF version of Moneyball. Should obviously be a big hit (I just need to find a way to make sure the metrics all make me look good...) .
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      I was thinking this.

      Pretty often it's the threads at which I take a quick look and think "That won't still be here in an hour" that make it to second and even third pages some time the following day.

      On the other hand, threads like this, with so many good points made, some of them quite amusingly, are just the kind that make you "run out of thanks for the day" and traipse off to Oklahoma to join Bill Platt's harmonica choir ...
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  • And now you got "thanks" for posting this. There you go.
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  • Thanks/Rep/Likes.. all of these systems are abused on forums.

    And its not just WF. Its ANY forum.

    I'm admin on a gaming site & some of the stuff we see over there is insane.

    People starting "rep" groups to boost their rep power.

    It got to the point where each person of the group was able to add 8 green bars of rep (positive) to someone, just from "repping" them ONCE.

    They could also take 4 bars away from someone, OR add 4 red bars of rep (negative) to a new member.

    Needless to say, they got reset.

    And Paul - I too would like to learn more about this 'pizzaplicity' thing you speak of.. I love pizza <3
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    • You can get TWO DiGiorno pizzas for the price of 10,000 fake Facebook likes!
  • Damn.

    I dont do fake likes
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    • More money for pizza!

      DiG <3 U
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  • I brought back the Original Post, because there seems to be some confusion.

    There are two complaints in the OP:

    1. People aren't thanking new people for good information;
    2. People are too quick to thank long-time, high post-count members, sometimes for worthless comments.

    His complaint is against those people "who most often hit the Thanks button." He seems to feel that certain people are thanking all of the wrong people and not thanking those who deserve recognition.

    As an aside, we can only Thank posts 25 times in a 24-hour period. There are people in this thread I want to thank now, but I cannot, because I have exhausted my Thanks count for the current 24-hour period.

    {Paul... Cue the harmonica choir... LOL}

    Many of us are familiar with the Original Poster (cashtree)... He complains a lot... He is a "glass half empty" type of person...

    As has been described in several posts within this thread, there are many reasons why people choose to hit the Thanks button.

    I thank those who:

    * teach me something I believe useful;
    * I appreciate;
    * I agree with;
    * make me laugh.

    {Harmonica Choir} Nearly every day that I come into the forum, I give away my full count of Thanks on 3 or 4 threads.

    I come into the forum every few days for a half an hour or a couple hours, then I leave again.

    I will never see every post that deserves a Thanks, and even if I do see one that deserves a Thanks, I often run out of my daily quota!!

    That is why I turned the OP questions back to cashtree, because he is seeing these posts that are very deserving of Thanks, and instead of thanking it himself, he seems to be accusing folks like me of "playing favorites".

    People have a choice in life... They can be part of the problem or part of the solution...

    Complainers are NEVER part of the solution!!
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    • didnt know this part
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    • What a disgusting joke, and to think that I laughed out loud when I read it. And I'm going to steal it too. Shame on me.
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  • I always pay THANKS for informational and inspiring posts. This courage the warrior to share more information with others.
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  • I guess it just boils donw to manners. Don't it persoanlly that you have taken the time out to be helpful and they don't thank you where it is probably due, that reflects badly on them not you

    Although it is odd that some not particulary helpful posts get lots of thanks, maybe it is like what someone hinted - people just want to get in others good books...

  • Made in Oklahoma, Used by many people in the Warrior Forum.
  • Maybe the OP is more about a "cry for attention" than anything else. When a person feels lonely or lost or even like a small fish in an ocean full of big fish they often feel neglected. That usually comes in the perceived response or lack of from the community.

    Eventually some of these folks cry out for attention. In the OPs offline circles it could be a person that is the center of attention, but in online circles they are alienated to a huge extent.

    It many ways that can lead to destruction on many levels.

    However, this is not about that me thinks. My sense of this post and the others with a alt-handle says it goes much deeper. Not a sense of conspiracy, but rather a sense of "change".

    Jeffery 100% :-)
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      To address this hypothetical: to those who are worried about their thanks and feel "alienated" there is a simple solution.

      Participate and don't be a dickweed.

      Want to be in a clique? Interact with that clique. Does that clique reject you or worse insult and degrade you? Then they are dickweeds and you don't want to be part of that clique anyways.

      It's social interaction at it's most basic people. Nobody is going to handle it for you, just like waiting around in high school for one of the cool kids to suddenly notice what a great person you were never worked out.
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      That's a possibility. When I first starting posting here, I didn't know anyone and all of my posts were ignored, even the ones that asked questions. It didn't stop me though and it didn't really bother me. I just got a weirder avatar and kept on posting and I have developed what I feel are friendships, albeit online where you never really meet face to face.
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  • Complaining or not it's true, in pretty much everything. In a society most of us just want to fit in and go with the group. It doesn't surprise me really, same thing goes for facebook likes, thumbs up, squidoo likes, and so on......... Once someone or something is popular it's much easier to go on.
  • Joseph posted: 09-08-2012, 08:19 PM
    Jeffery posted: 09-08-2012, 09:21 PM
    Bill posted: 09-08-2012, 09:29 PM

    Someone once said something like "We all have our 15 minutes of fame.."

    So you win err.. won the moment Joe

    Jeffery 100% :-)
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    • OMG!!!

      I am all out of Thanks!!!

      Dammit Paul... Fix This!!!

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  • Second thought.. maybe increasing it only for Joe and Bill. The rest of us, when out of thanks, could ask Joe and Bill to give thanks for us. We would work less and create a new form of social interaction.

    1st person: Joe, I'm out of thanks, please thank Bill for me.
    2nd person: Bill, I'm out of thanks, please thank Joe for me.
    up to the 50th person.

    Third thought.. maybe just change the whole Thanks Thing to be under the control of Joe and Bill? The rest of us, thousands of people, would work less and...

    Fourth and final thought on the above. Don't change a thing please or Joe and Bill might kick my butt.

    Seriously, you both are okay in my book.

    Jeffery 100% :-)
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      I wouldn't; but others might. If there is one thing I learned that is true about my youth: I still don't understand how to effectively handle power when given to me. So let's shelve this one for a few more years .
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  • Pizzaplicity is a T.V. commercial. Essentially, you get more value for your money. You can get two pizzas for the price of one delivery or for the price of one frozen pizza.

    Can't remember the brand of the pizza Joe?

    When I saw the commercial, last week, it made me think about the marketing. And the truth of it. I even asked my wife what was the cost of our frozen pizzas. After 21 years of marriage I should have known bettter!

    Jeffery 100% :-)
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    NOOOOOOOOOO my thanks are gone too!
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    • LOL, thats funny

      Jeffery 100% :-)
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      I still have some and I'm squandering them
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  • When people began to know you, then you will get more thanks! It's that simple! Keep putting out good post and you will see your thanks go up! Make sure it's useful! Just because you post something don't mean you have someone reading it!
  • @ MissTerraK

    Hence the look I received from my wife, LOL.

    Ironic in a way. Hour ago I treated her to the movie Snow White and myself to Pizza.

    Jeffery 100% :-)
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    Well ladies, they advertises those Tostinos Pizza Rolls and Bagel Bites to you. All the commercials involve moms and kids, because they are quick to prepare. So don't feel left out .
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      Well, to steer the thread somewhat back on topic, I won't be hitting the "thanks" button to Tostinos for marketing crappy little pizza rolls and bagel bites to women and children. My family likes pizza. Real pizza.
  • It's just perceived credibility and social proof.

    People with a higher post count can come across as being more experienced and therefore offering more value (although it isn't necessarily always the case).
  • Banned
    To bring it back off topic: Stop crying and have what I'm having. Time for some football!
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  • I think the original poster works for a pizza franchise and this thread was just a brilliant marketing ploy, as I'm not even slightly convinced of it's original premise.
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    • Banned
      Still out of thanks for this.

      Anyways, we've been found out OP, back to marketing headquarters for a new plan! Really though, surprised this is still open.
    • It's original premise was to bash people who don't give out a lot of thanks to what he deems thank worthy posts, all the while being guilty of not giving out many thanks himself.

      I think the secret was for him to subconsciously confess to his thank you stinginess as to ease his guilty conscience. :p

      Terra
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  • I just thanked you guys Oh wait, am I part of the conspiracy to inflate popular members' thanks count now? Uh Oh....
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  • who cares..
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    • Seriously?

      Um, how about the OP, for starters?

      Terra
    • WELL, NO THANKS FOR YOU! ALSO, NO SOUP FOR YOU!
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  • Banned
    Time to be Captain Buzzkill on this thread.
    Hey, he wanted it shared, liked, subscribed, etc. It's not teasing :p.
  • Why is the 5 pages long????:confused:

    And why did I read the first 3...

    Garrie
  • All I can say is:
    Thank You (Faletinme Be Mice Elf Again)
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    • Banned
      This thread has run it's course.


      So, (cast in order of appearance) . . .


      Thanks cashtree
      Thanks Patrick Batty
      Thanks JakeAng
      Thanks mrhonored
      Thanks Joseph Robinson
      Thanks MissTerraK
      Thanks rpstaller
      Thanks zigizag
      Thanks JimDucharme
      Thanks quantumtiger
      Thanks TheWrightWords
      Thanks Horny Devil
      Thanks Marhelper
      Thanks JohnMcCabe
      Thanks Susan A
      Thanks joseph7384
      Thanks jsjohn96
      Thanks PatriciaJ
      Thanks ceenote100
      Thanks Kay King
      Thanks fluffythewondercat
      Thanks The Real Deal
      Thanks Bobby Asburn
      Thanks KMec
      Thanks sbucciarel
      Thanks tpw
      Thanks Kurt
      Thanks Gail_Curran
      Thanks Rod Cortez
      Thanks nichescape
      Thanks Andyhenry
      Thanks bigballin6161
      Thanks Paul Myers
      Thanks Sleika
      Thanks shane_k
      Thanks Perrymma
      Thanks IM Headlines
      Thanks IMSince2003
      Thanks DireStraits
      Thanks Alexa Smith
      Thanks Prosper2day
      Thanks cjreynolds
      Thanks Jeffery
      Thanks Enfusia
      Thanks fin
      Thanks YourBusinessEye
      Thanks JabMonkey
      Thanks Cool Hand Luke
      Thanks Michael Oska
      Thanks Jill Carpenter
      Thanks Topwriters
      Thanks mhaddyness
      Thanks Steve Stunner
      Thanks Whos That Guru
      Thanks jfambrini
      Thanks RogueOne
      Thanks Rodger Hood
      Thanks galmiar
      Thanks Dariuszden
      Thanks Dan Curtis
      Thanks Cali16
      Thanks Mreece601@gmail.com
      Thanks Cee
      Thanks Karen Connell
      Thanks Topkat22
      Thanks Trivum
      Thanks Mark72
      Thanks Nio93
      Thanks GarrieWilson
      Thanks KimW


      In the words of Bob Hope . . . Thanks For The Memories

      ps - I bet some of you vain bums are checking to see if you're on the list



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  • Banned
    Wait...I'm not done! Now I know how Adele felt...

    Adele cut off during her acceptance speech Brit Awards 2012 HD - YouTube
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  • Yes.

    I also noticed something else, that if you have an image of a cute girl or any combination of that i.e. bikini on a girl, girl on a motorbike, girl in a gstring etc. as your avatar you will get thanked more often.

    Heard someone saying once that if you email webmasters for link swaps that you should use a chicks name...

    Man, we really are desperate nerds arn't we...

    If you got it -work it!

    Nothing wrong with that.

    Sex change it is!
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  • Cash,

    It is simply because the person with a larger post count is more affluent,
    therefore what he or she says will be taken more seriously because he/she
    is more respected.

    -Justin

    PS - Think: You receive "thanks" when you GIVE a lot of things out, - that deserve "thanking".
    • [1] reply

    • Nice advice, but since cashtree had only been thanked 102 times in the last 21 months, prior to posting this thread, I am afraid he won't understand -- from experience -- what you are talking about...

      :p
  • OK you two, get a room and stop clogging up this important thread...

    OOPS, bad timing, not you Bill...
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    What's with the thanks bias?

    I've seen some really great in depth posts by new members or members with low post counts and 0 thanks given, yet when a member with a large post count posts even general, insignificant, or similar things people can't wait to thank them. :confused: