Whats your opinion on the 'Thanks from' BS on this forum?

jimpump

seems pretty lame to me

the other forums im a member of(football,boxing,mma) sites, dont have it, and i prefer it that way...none of this ass kissing BS!

mcmoustache

Thank me if you disagree with the OP.

Degag

mcmoustache wrote: »

Thank me if you disagree with the OP.

Ditto.

Kasabian

It completes me.

Superbus

I don't like to think of myself as a thanks whore, I'm more of a thanks escort.

foxyboxer

It's purpose is to avoid additional posts such as;

+1

+1000

I agree.

etc clogging up threads.

You thank a post if it (a) makes you laugh - see YLYL or (b) the poster has expressed an opinion/sentiment that you agree with and has saved you the time of posting it yourself.

Or am I completely wrong and it's Ass-Kissery of the highest order? :pac:

Doctor Jimbob

jimpump wrote: »

seems pretty lame to me

the other forums im a member of(football,boxing,mma) sites, dont have it, and i prefer it that way...none of this ass kissing BS!

Why did you feel the need to tell us the other forums you're a member of?

Orando Broom

jimpump wrote: »

seems pretty lame to me

the other forums im a member of(football,boxing,mma) sites, dont have it, and i prefer it that way...none of this ass kissing BS!

Thanks brightens up my otherwise dark life.

It is a beacon of hope in these recessionary times.
It is the totem of ambition that propels me to post, longer, wordier, faster, more regularly with better grammar and spelling. It is the catch-cry of the voiceless to come to AH and express their feelings about tinkers, scummers, the dole, bus **** and poo.

Thanks is...

willmunny1990

Its something people use to give each other a pat on the back.
Boards is full of cliques and Thank whores. I personally don't care about it though, sher whatever makes em happy.

Knasher

Lets me know if a long post is actually worth reading. Probably wouldn't have bothered getting through yours otherwise. :P

Nate--IRL--

Orando Broom wrote: »

Thanks is...

... the reason AH is so shít.

Nate

jimpump

Superbus wrote: »

I don't like to think of myself as a thanks whore, I'm more of a thanks escort.

i actually heard that from a whore before!!

Dunny

Who cares?

upandcumming

I like it because I can look back through funny posts that I previously thanked when I'm bored!

jimpump

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

Why did you feel the need to tell us the other forums you're a member of?

mmmmmmmmm, dunno really...

Sykk

Nate--IRL-- wrote: »

... the reason AH is so shít.

Nate

If you don't like it, you're free not to come here.

Dunny

Nate--IRL-- wrote: »

... the reason AH is so shít.

Nate

/Thread hijack alert: That's one thing I dont get, why do people feel the need to put their name at the end of every post..

TwoShedsJackson

Dunny! wrote: »

/Thread hijack alert: That's one thing I dont get, why do people feel the need to put their name at the end of every post..

Who knows?

Cordially,

TwoShedsJackson.

Nate--IRL--

Sykk wrote: »

If you don't like it, you're free not to come here.

AH still pollutes the main page.

Dunny! wrote: »

/Thread hijack alert: That's one thing I dont get, why do people feel the need to put their name at the end of every post..

It just a habit. It also has the added bonus of annoying some people.

Nate

mcmoustache

Degag wrote: »

Ditto.

Damn. My subtle Thanks Whoring techniques need a bit of work, I see.

Superbus

Nate--IRL-- wrote: »

It just a habit. It also has the added bonus of annoying some people.

Nate

Thanking: It's just a habit. It also has the added bonus of annoying some people.

baltimore sun

jimpump wrote: »

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the other forums im a member of, dont have it,

football has it, never been to the MMA one, something about all those men in their underwear holding each other down and then other men talking about it, doesn't really do it for me :P

Nate--IRL--

Superbus wrote: »

Thanking: It's just a habit. It also has the added bonus of annoying some people.

I don't mind thanking, it works well on most forums. It just seems on AH every 2nd reply is a smart arse attempt to gamer some thanks.

Nate

jackie1974

I feel the opposite and wish another forum im on had it instead of the +1, ITA, what she said etc. especially if you have slow internet. Or if somebody quotes you but you have nothing to say back you can acknowledge that they addressed you with the thanks button. I dont see as this high five, clapping each others backs thing that some people seem to see it as.

old hippy

Nothing wrong with a bit of manners

iggy

jimpump wrote: »

seems pretty lame to me

the other forums im a member of(football,boxing,mma) sites, dont have it, and i prefer it that way...none of this ass kissing BS!

Why did you feel the need to 'thank' 10 other posts?

Aoifey!

Don't like it, don't use it.

I think it's much better than tons of "+1" posts.

harrythehat

It's pretty much the same thing as 'like' on facebook IMHO!

Azureus

I like it, its a handy way of acknowledging somebody if they reply to a post you make/a useful way of agreeing with somebody instead of clogging a thread with 'quote/+1'.

As for thanks whoring,people made the typical inane thanks whorey posts to (try) be funny before the thanks button so it doesn't make much of a difference imo.

al28283

Dunny! wrote: »

/Thread hijack alert: That's one thing I dont get, why do people feel the need to put their name at the end of every post..

Thanks for this post

bb1234567

no i like it forum wouldnt be the same without it imo, but i think they should change it to like a thumb up on face book rather than a ''thanks'' button, but they should add a thumb down too. if they added a thumb up and tumb down option this forum would be really cool!:D