What kind of thanker are you?

xoxyx

I used to be a very picky thanker and only thanked if a post made me lol literally - some kind of actual noise had to emit; or if it was enough to make me stop and consider a point made. But, recently, I've been thanking posts that give me even just a little internal chuckle - those posts deserve thanks too I reckon!

So, what makes you thank a post. Or do you bother at all? Have you ever thanked out of pity or because you think it will make you look good to associate yourself with a post? Have you ever thanked to be controversial? Are there people in Boards that you thank because they're your friend or are you guilty of thanking a poster as a manner of flirting (I know of at cases of both of these!)?

What's more, I bet there are people out there who are thanking their socks off after the last Boards April Fools shenanigans. Not many people, but you'd be naive to think that there isn't at least one!

Hey - thanks!

I thank just to get my name out there.

edit: I've given 500 thanks since the 15th March.. I'm easily impressed.

Doyler92

If I find a post helps me in any way possible, it gets a thanks from me.

Also if it makes me laugh it shall warrant a thanks.

thetonynator

I read that as ''What kind of W*anker are you'' . . . :rolleyes:

My name is URL

I submit posts for analysis and consideration for thanking to a select group of international diplomats before deciding

orourkeda

z_topaz wrote: »

I used to be a very picky thanker and only thanked if a post made me lol literally - some kind of actual noise had to emit; or if it was enough to make me stop and consider a point made. But, recently, I've been thanking posts that give me even just a little internal chuckle - those posts deserve thanks too I reckon!

So, what makes you thank a post. Or do you bother at all? Have you ever thanked out of pity or because you think it will make you look good to associate yourself with a post? Have you ever thanked to be controversial? Are there people in Boards that you thank because they're your friend or are you guilty of thanking a poster as a manner of flirting (I know of at cases of both of these!)?

What's more, I bet there are people out there who are thanking their socks off after the last Boards April Fools shenanigans. Not many people, but you'd be naive to think that there isn't at least one!

Hey - thanks!

whanker

Kiera

I thank posts that make me laugh or that make a good point.

Midnight_EG

I love thanking, it gives me an enormous sense of well-being, I thank in the mornings, on Monday and on Wednesdays, sometimes on Tuesdays and maybe Fridays and the Weekend too.

I thank as much as I can, and as often as I can, I thank everyone I think deserves a thank, and hope they'll thank me too. Sometimes I'll thank based on how I'm feeling, what it contained or who the OP is.


I love thanking....






and innuendo.

pwd

Posts which help
Posts I agree with
Posts I am amused by
I thank lots. If I don't thank a post, it's probably pretty inane.

thetonynator

Deleted User wrote: »

I thank just to get my name out there.

edit: I've given 500 thanks since the 15th March.. I'm easily impressed.

How do you find that out???

Midnight_EG

thetonynator wrote: »

How do you find that out???

His last 500 thanks go back to 15th of March :P

bonerm

I'll thank a good troll or something that makes me grin (sorry no lol's here). I'll also thank if I think of something mildly amusing to say but some fúcker beats me to it.

Kiera

Midnight_EG wrote: »

I love thanking, it gives me an enormous sense of well-being, I thank in the mornings, on Monday and on Wednesdays, sometimes on Tuesdays and maybe Fridays and the Weekend too.

I thank as much as I can, and as often as I can, I thank everyone I think deserves a thank, and hope they'll thank me too. Sometimes I'll thank based on how I'm feeling, what it contained or who the OP is.


I love thanking....






and innuendo.

Why not Thursdays?

thetonynator

Midnight_EG wrote: »

His last 500 thanks go back to 15th of March :P

Just found it now, have thanked 500 posts since 6th January . . .

BOHtox

I'll buy you a diamond ring my friend if it makes you feel alright
I'll get you anything my friend if it makes you feel alright
'Cause I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love

seanaor

I said it last night, but its appropriate here, too... Ive never thanked a post. Is it not available on the mobile version?

alwaysadub

seanaor wrote: »

I said it last night, but its appropriate here, too... Ive never thanked a post. Is it not available on the mobile version?

No,it's not. Which is why my thanks count is probably very low!

bluto63

I thank well constructed posts or ones that make me lol. I can be a bit picky at times

Biggins

My name is URL wrote: »

I submit posts for analysis and consideration for thanking to a select group of international diplomats before deciding

The Bilderberg lot? :eek:

You scare me now.

xoxyx

Midnight_EG wrote: »

I love thanking, it gives me an enormous sense of well-being, I thank in the mornings, on Monday and on Wednesdays, sometimes on Tuesdays and maybe Fridays and the Weekend too.

I thank as much as I can, and as often as I can, I thank everyone I think deserves a thank, and hope they'll thank me too. Sometimes I'll thank based on how I'm feeling, what it contained or who the OP is.

There's another one. Do you thank loads of people in the hope that they will remember you and thank you back? Christ - is there a thanks Mafia??

I thought this would be fairly simple to begin with, but I think thanks are a lot more organised than I realised.

xoxyx

bonerm wrote: »

I'll also thank if I think of something mildly amusing to say but some fúcker beats me to it.

That's a really good reason.

seanaor

alwaysadub wrote: »

No,it's not. Which is why my thanks count is probably very low!

That sucks. I have this great urge to thank, but i cant. Its building up... When i can thank, i wont be able to stop!

/poor attempt at innuendo

Midnight_EG

z_topaz wrote: »

There's another one. Do you thank loads of people in the hope that they will remember you and thank you back? Christ - is there a thanks Mafia??

I thought this would be fairly simple to begin with, but I think thanks are a lot more organised than I realised.

Oh God yes, we organise massive thanking sessions in which we thank so much we literally explode with thanks!




Explosion happens site-wide, you can spot our names under people, it's where we're most effective at producing our produce

bonerm

Seriously lack of thanking on this thread I've noticed.

bluto63

I remember thanking someone once, I now have to stay home at the weekends keeping an eye on bluto64

NothingMan

Deleted User wrote: »

I've given 500 thanks since the 15th March.. I'm easily impressed.

thetonynator wrote: »

have thanked 500 posts since 6th January . . .

I would have said I was a conservative thanker, but I have thanked 500 posts since 4th May. :eek: I'm a thanks slut! Think i'm gonna reign it in from now on. Wouldn't want to catch the thank aids.

Javelin77

Midnight_EG

NothingMan wrote: »

I would have said I was a conservative thanker, but I have thanked 500 posts since 4th May. :eek: I'm a thanks slut! Think i'm gonna reign it in from now on. Wouldn't want to catch the thank aids.

500 since April 30th

Biggins

bonerm wrote: »

Seriously lack of thanking on this thread I've noticed.

Mimikyu

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Snowie

so bassiaclly some people make posts to seek approval.
nothing new there I dont


All i wonder is how the sag women defy gravitiy

Sonz

So silly question time! how does one do that thank you thingymabobby? :rolleyes:

Midnight_EG

Sonz wrote: »

So silly question time! how does one do that thank you thingymabobby? :rolleyes:

You've gotta push the right buttons

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

The thanks button is a good thing, but sometimes a bunch of tossers will use it to all agree with eachother, to gang up on a poster. They are showing you they are forming a group, to sort you out. These people normally haven't a fcuking clue what they are talking about, lack the congnitive capacity to comprehend the subject matter. Their opinions are normally wrong :pac:

Sonz

Midnight_EG wrote: »

You've gotta push the right buttons

Feel blonde now! I still can't see it? *goes and gets glasses*

NothingMan

Sonz wrote: »

Feel blonde now! I still can't see it? *goes and gets glasses*

Mwahahaha, noobs like you are not given the privellage of thanks to bestow on us pro posters...... Until you have 20 posts. Then go nuts.

SoulTrader

Sonz wrote: »

Feel blonde now! I still can't see it? *goes and gets glasses*

You can't do it until you've made ten posts.

When you've made ten posts - come back and thank me.

Midnight_EG

Sonz wrote: »

Feel blonde now! I still can't see it? *goes and gets glasses*

Press this ---> http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/post_thanks.php?do=post_thanks_add&p=66271755&securitytoken=1275913085-3ab8058e8370f207434268d9c6ee45a3c00cf674

Sonz

Wow so ye can't just say that, just make me look for it, wow i'm sorry i came back to this website.

Selected

It's the people who consistently thank all moderators posts you've gotta keep an eye on!:p

xoxyx

Axel Tender Dragonfly wrote: »

The thanks button is a good thing, but sometimes a bunch of tossers will use it to all agree with eachother, to gang up on a poster. They are showing you they are forming a group, to sort you out. These people normally haven't a fcuking clue what they are talking about, lack the congnitive capacity to comprehend the subject matter. Their opinions are normally wrong :pac:

That's why it's interesting. The thanks button is used for more than just saying thanks.

xoxyx

Selected wrote: »

It's the people who consistently thank all moderators posts you've gotta keep an eye on!:p

I forgot about that one too!
There's so much to the thanks button.

PeterIanStaker

I thank if they make me laugh, if they correct me if I didnt know facts, or if they are interesting.

pwd

I don't know why they added a thumbs-up to bypass the need for posts saying +1/lol/thanks, when they didn't add a thumbs-down to bypass the need for posts saying you are a muppet/groan/I disagree. Wouldn't these kinds of posts be better ones to do away with?

Midnight_EG

pwd wrote: »

I don't know why they added a thumbs-up to bypass the need for posts saying +1/lol/thanks, when they didn't add a thumbs-down to bypass the need for posts saying you are a muppet/groan/I disagree. Wouldn't these kinds of posts be better ones to do away with?

Because when someone disagree's it means a debate starts, and so gets active topics and an active community.

starbelgrade

I thank lots of posts & get a lot of thanks too... it's nice to be nice & nice to be thanked.

I find that the only people who bandy about terms such as "thanks whore" are generally posters who are not funny, helpful or insightful in any way whatsoever, but instead constantly post stupid jokes in the vain hope that they will garner thanks & end up bitter because they don't.

Dudess

I just thank posts I like, simples. It can be used to be petty all right - that's pretty obvious, but other than that, all this talk of widespread "thanks-whoring" and people thanking posts just because they're mods or their friends or "popular" members, is just paranoia.

Biggins

Dudess wrote: »

I just thank posts I like, simples. It can be used to be petty all right - that's pretty obvious, but other than that, all this talk of widespread "thanks-whoring" and people thanking posts just because they're mods or their friends or "popular" members, is just paranoia.

100% agree.
I thank someone regardless if they are a mod or not.
Its usually if I agree with them, like their points - even if I disagree with them - for they are well explained or they just make me laugh.

Selected

Dudess wrote: »

I just thank posts I like, simples. It can be used to be petty all right - that's pretty obvious, but other than that, all this talk of widespread "thanks-whoring" and people thanking posts just because they're mods or their friends or "popular" members, is just paranoia.

Untrue - the evidence is there in black and white - and blue.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Sonz wrote: »

Wow so ye can't just say that, just make me look for it, wow i'm sorry i came back to this website.

Dudess wrote: »

I just thank posts I like, simples. It can be used to be petty all right - that's pretty obvious, but other than that, all this talk of widespread "thanks-whoring" and people thanking posts just because they're mods or their friends or "popular" members, is just paranoia.

It sure isn't. Especially about the mods getting thanked for absolutely no reason what so ever.

Thanks whoring is quite common.

Dudess

And the talk of circle-jerking and back-slapping - in the vast majority of cases it's most likely to be a simple case of clicking a button to indicate approval of a post, no more thinking about it. It's the people who have such an issue with the thanks system that are doing all the analysing.