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Use the Thanks Button When Necessary

by johnben1444
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How many times have you read a useful contribution from a member
and instead of using the "thanks" button you simply post "thank you" in the thread.

A lot of people are guilty of this including myself..
Though some newbies might not be aware of this functionalities
how will they know, when we don't even give them a reason to.

Forum is a community of people from different countries, background, ethnicity and more just like in the real world, there are the good, the bad and the ugly. This little things are what we have to checkmate frivolous activities and ensure trust reign though it's not a 100% surefire.

Enhance forth, i will be exhausting my thanks but only to the right people, so make it count..
  • Profile picture of the author Horny Devil
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    Makes no difference to me whether someone hits a stupid little button to provide me with an electronic "thanks", expresses it within their post, or does nothing at all. If I've helped someone with some information I've imparted, or provided a smile or laugh or two as a very brief interlude from life's tribulations, then I'm happy with that. The word "thanks" is neither solicited or necessary.

    Ramping up your "thanks" count, as with ramping up your "post" count, means absolutely nothing. Aside from some naive or impressionable newbies believing it means you know more than most.

    Instead of being overly concerned about the above, I'd be overly concerned about the standard of your English language. There are numerous free courses and tutorials online, and if you truly want to make a lasting impression in IM then communication is the key to everything. Just saying.
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    • Profile picture of the author johnben1444
      Originally Posted by Horny Devil View Post

      Makes no difference to me whether someone hits a stupid little button to provide me with an electronic "thanks", expresses it within their post, or does nothing at all. If I've helped someone with some information I've imparted, or provided a smile or laugh or two as a very brief interlude from life's tribulations, then I'm happy with that. The word "thanks" is neither solicited or necessary.

      Ramping up your "thanks" count, as with ramping up your "post" count, means absolutely nothing. Aside from some naive or impressionable newbies believing it means you know more than most.

      Instead of being overly concerned about the above, I'd be overly concerned about the standard of your English language. There are numerous free courses and tutorials online, and if you truly want to make a lasting impression in IM then communication is the key to everything. Just saying.
      English is not my mother tongue, so i don't give a hoot about that.

      While most of what you said is true, there is still a big difference with rated and unrated personality.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Originally Posted by Horny Devil View Post

      Makes no difference to me whether someone hits a stupid little button to provide me with an electronic "thanks", expresses it within their post, or does nothing at all. If I've helped someone with some information I've imparted, or provided a smile or laugh or two as a very brief interlude from life's tribulations, then I'm happy with that. The word "thanks" is neither solicited or necessary.

      Ramping up your "thanks" count, as with ramping up your "post" count, means absolutely nothing. Aside from some naive or impressionable newbies believing it means you know more than most.

      Instead of being overly concerned about the above, I'd be overly concerned about the standard of your English language. There are numerous free courses and tutorials online, and if you truly want to make a lasting impression in IM then communication is the key to everything. Just saying.
      Both my "thanks" count and "post" count prove that
      As for the OP's english, honestly I would not have known it wasn't his native language.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
      Originally Posted by Horny Devil View Post

      Makes no difference to me whether someone hits a stupid little button to provide me with an electronic "thanks", expresses it within their post, or does nothing at all.
      It may not make a difference to you, as you say, but it does make the threads easier to read when there are fewer posts in the thread to scroll past that don't directly contribute to the intended discussion.
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      • Profile picture of the author Horny Devil
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        Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

        It may not make a difference to you, as you say, but it does make the threads easier to read when there are fewer posts in the thread to scroll past that don't directly contribute to the intended discussion.
        Excuse me Dennis but Wisconcin conundrums after midnight never was my strong point. :confused:
        Layman's explanation please.
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        • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
          Originally Posted by Horny Devil View Post

          Excuse me Dennis but Wisconcin conundrums after midnight never was my strong point. :confused:
          Layman's explanation please.
          lol - You're probably trying to overthink what I said, HD. I'm not smart enough to pose a conundrum. I can't even spell it.

          What I meant was, when there's 10 or 15 posts in a thread that essentially say "thanks" in so many words, it takes more time to read them and scroll past them than if they just clicked the thanks. Instead of a bunch of thank you posts spread throughout the thread, the thanks are grouped together and take less time and space to negotiate.
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          • Profile picture of the author Horny Devil
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            Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

            lol - You're probably trying to overthink what I said, HD. I'm not smart enough to pose a conundrum. I can't even spell it.

            What I meant was, when there's 10 or 15 posts in a thread that essentially say "thanks" in so many words, it takes more time to read them and scroll past them than if they just clicked the thanks. Instead of a bunch of thank you posts spread throughout the thread, the thanks are grouped together and take less time and space to negotiate.
            Why didn't you say that the first time then. :p

            To quote the OP:

            Originally Posted by johnben1444 View Post

            Enhance forth, i will be exhausting my thanks but only to the right people, so make it count
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