What does "thanks" on Boards get you?

DebDynamite

Why do people whore for "thanks" on Boards? Do you get a special reward/title if you get a certain amount?

DebDynamite

DebDynamite wrote: »

Do you get a special reward/title if you get a certain amount?

yeah, "thankswhore"

you also get to feel smug and important :pac:

ah no there's nothing

44leto

I have billions they are the reason for my being.

TanG411

Your E-penis gets bigger.

stovelid

Being thanked a lot isn't a dilemma you will ever have to personally grapple with, I would imagine.

DebDynamite

stovelid wrote: »

Being thanked a lot isn't a dilemma you will ever have to personally grapple with, I would imagine.

Why so?

Mint Sauce

Fcuk all really, apart from a load of thanks.

mikemac1

It went on before the thanks feature was ever introduced and the best compliment you could hope to get was to be quoted and +1 or QFT

The best posters still shone through, they don't need thanks to stand apart

Some people are witty, some try too hard

LenaClaire

You get a shiny hat and you get to wear it all day. It is a great honour.

Or maybe you just get feel like a smug bastard for a while... I forget which one it is.

Logical Fallacy

DebDynamite wrote: »

Why do people whore for "thanks" on Boards? Do you get a special reward/title if you get a certain amount?

On my old account, when i hit the top 5 of the "most thanked" list i got AIDS.

Didn't see that coming.

Mr.Biscuits

Getting thanks for my posts gives me a sense of enormous well being and then I'm happy for the rest of the day, safe in the knowledge that there will always be a bit of my heart devoted to it (Boards life).

TanG411

I think the 'Thanks From' should be automatically hidden. It can be annoying when going through the YLYL thread and seeing blocks of usernames.

Simply click the Thanks From bar to see it expand if you wish. Makes for neater Boards.

Where To

Thanking every post on this thread without reading them:pac:

Cheers OP

Tesco Massacre

It gets me respect on the streets, yo.

Plus, it's nice to thank and be thanked.

amacachi

Lotta pussy.

eth0

I traded mine in for an Arduino Mega a while back. Took 1000 thanks to get it

Just boards' way of rewarding people for their positive contributions

A0

DebDynamite wrote: »

Why do people whore for "thanks" on Boards? Do you get a special reward/title if you get a certain amount?

Thanks

Dudess

It's just a thumbs-up button - for people to indicate that they like the post, nothing more. It is used in countless discussion/social media forums, but for some reason, it has led to a Greek tragedy of analysis and butt-hurt here (mostly from people who don't get much thanks - kinda like sex). It saves on reams of "Brilliant post! "

I think if it were changed to "thumbs up" instead of "thanks" there'd be less of the paranoia.

efb

Geek chic

Coriolanus

ThinksAmoral wrote: »

I think the 'Thanks From' should be automatically hidden. It can be annoying when going through the YLYL thread and seeing blocks of usernames.

Simply click the Thanks From bar to see it expand if you wish. Makes for neater Boards.

Easily done, touch.boards already has this.

The King of Moo

You get 50 All Gold scratchcards for every 1,000 thanks you get.

Why do you assume people fish for thanks?

I assume everyone just posts because something occurs to them to write, be it a joke or a contribution to a serious discussion, without thinking too much about it. That's how I roll anyway.

Maybe people who don't get many thanks could be made exempt from thanks, so you could never thank their posts, and there'd be a little message saying they're exempt from getting thanks on each of their posts. That way, people would never see how few thanks they get, and they wouldn't have to get so obsessed with thanks.

But I don't get the obsession with thanks: if you don't like "thanks whoring" posts, do you also hate people making jokes in real life? If not, why is it different on the internet?
Do you complain when someone makes a bad joke in real life that they're "laugh whoring?"

Professey Chin

Blowjobs

DebDynamite

The King of Moo wrote: »

Why do you assume people fish for thanks?

I assume everyone just posts because something occurs to them to write, be it a joke or a contribution to a serious discussion, without thinking too much about it. That's how I roll anyway.

But I don't get the obsession with thanks: if you don't like "thanks whoring" posts, do you also hate people making jokes in real life? If not, why is it different on the internet?
Do you complain when someone makes a bad joke in real life that they're "laugh whoring?"

Hold your horses there. I was mainly referring to fellow Boardsies constantly accusing others of "thanks whoring" and merely wondered if there was any benefit to receiving multiple "thanks".

Captain_Generic

They're really handy for skimming through massive threads and just reading the good stuff

The King of Moo

DebDynamite wrote: »

Hold your horses there. I was mainly referring to fellow Boardsies constantly accusing others of "thanks whoring" and merely wondered if there was any benefit to receiving multiple "thanks".

I assumed you thought some posters were thanks whores:

DebDynamite wrote: »

Why do people whore for "thanks" on Boards? Do you get a special reward/title if you get a certain amount?

Anyway, I think very few people whore for thanks. I don't really see the benefit of getting lots of thanks. It can feel nice but there are more fulfilling things to do, so I don't think people consider how many thanks they might get when they post.

If people were trying to get thanks, I imagine it would come across as forced and the result would get few if any thanks. So I say leave thanks as they are, as it's normally the witty or informative posts, and the occasional psychotic extreme right-wing revenge fantasy, that get the most thanks.

saa

It's handy for me as I am never bothered checking replys to my posts I really couldn't care but if something has been thanked I go back to check if there was a response as its merely an indicator that someone has engaged with your comment otherwise its just hit or miss with me seeing replies. It's basically someone agreeing with or highlighting your post nothing special at all.

Tesco Massacre

The King of Moo wrote: »

I assumed you thought some posters were thanks whores:

Anyway, I think very few people whore for thanks. I don't really see the benefit of getting lots of thanks. It can feel nice but there are more fulfilling things to do, so I don't think people consider how many thanks they might get when they post.

Name one thing more fulfilling than being thanked on the internet, Moo.

Go on, I bet you can't.

The King of Moo

Tesco Massacre wrote: »

Name one thing more fulfilling than being thanked on the internet, Moo.

Go on, I bet you can't.

Getting Post of the Day .

AngryBollix

A thank you hand job would be nice

Tesco Massacre

The King of Moo wrote: »

Getting Post of the Day .

One can only dream.

The King of Moo

Tesco Massacre wrote: »

One can only dream.

I'm going to spam You Laugh You Lose 3 with images from the early days of the first thread in attempt to get Post of the Day with little effort.

Surely people have forgotten the old ones by now.

amacachi

Tesco Massacre wrote: »

One can only dream.

Or just be hilariously funny.

jokettle

You get validation. It's a huge boost for those of us with cripplingly low self-esteem.

bensweeney

Btw I am looking for "thanks" for my opening post here

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056590869

Blisterman

I miss the old reputation system, where you could give posts a thumb down if you didn't think it was worthwhile.

Sorely needed in After Hours.

timesnap

I found it useful to find out what my mothers username is.:o

amacachi

jokettle wrote: »

You get validation. It's a huge boost for those of us with cripplingly low self-esteem.

You look nice today, did you get a new hair or something?

CrazyRabbit

Having lots of 'Thanks' give you an opportunity to post something mildly amusing & extremely smug about your own received 'thanks' in these threads that crop up every few months.

E.G. When you reach 5,670 'Thanks', you become 20% more awesome for 1 day.

amacachi

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

E.G. When you reach 5,670 'Thanks', you become 20% more awesome for 1 day.

5678 thanks is better.

Chuck Stone

amacachi wrote: »

Or just be hilariously funny.

'Today's most thanked post' is what it should be called rather than 'post of the day'.

RichieC

I got an over sized check when I hit 10k.

amacachi

Chuck Stone wrote: »

'Today's most thanked post' is what it should be called rather than 'post of the day'.

Apart from the time I got it, it was excellent.

jackdock88

The lads are gagging for it when I tell them the amount of thanks I get

jokettle

amacachi wrote: »

You look nice today, did you get a new hair or something?

Oh, you

Doc Ruby

Thanks and €1.60 will get you a bus ride into town.

It depends on where the thanks was received and what the context was - to me it means someone agreed with my point or enjoyed a post. Other than that, I don't know.

Rolli

DebDynamite wrote: »

Why do people whore for "thanks" on Boards? Do you get a special reward/title if you get a certain amount?

Sex. You get sex.

phasers

I'm saving up for the easy bake oven, or else I'm gonna go halves with amacachi and buy the remote control truck

mattjack

phasers wrote: »

I'm saving up for the easy bake oven, or else I'm gonna go halves with amacachi and buy the remote control truck

pfft , sodastream for me,

starch4ser

500 thanks = a boards keyring
1000 thanks = a boards mug
2500 thanks = a boards t-shirt
10000 thanks = a boards waterproof sports watch
50000 thanks = a free skydiving lesson
750000 thanks = a mini cooper

lots of other prizes too.

you can check out the full list of gifts and find out how to redeem your thanks at www.boards-prizes.ie

Gummy Panda

A belly rub from Abi