thanks are just lazyness really arent they?

IM0

its a discussion forum, not an I get jokes forum, if you need thanks on your post for to have it spelled out for you that someone thinks something you said was funny or whatever or thanks for replying to me, well time to move on.
It just creates a really lazy way to agree with a post too, but the thing is you may agree with certain points made in a post and not others in it, but lots find themselves just thanking the post. post your opinion and let it stand on its own.

Its like canned laughter on a crap sitcom tbh now, its just getting crap and abused.

down with thanks I say!



*dodges stage crowd*

I purposely avoided in b4, I could think of lots that some will no doubt say, but that wouldnt be any fun now would it if I headed them off at the pass :P

El Guapo!

Thanks

Micky Dolenz

+1

internelligent

Queue 1 million thanks to opening post.

Mint Sauce

El Guapo! wrote: »

Thanks

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

+1

Damn you both

<shakes fist>

minotour

is it not intended as a method for people to agree without consuming unnecessary bandwitdh?


Which is ironically all this thread achieves.....

Mint Sauce

IM0 wrote: »

its a discussion forum, not an I get jokes forum, if you need thanks on your post for to have it spelled out for you that someone thinks something you said was funny or whatever or thanks for replying to me, well time to move on.
It just creates a really lazy way to agree with a post too, but the thing is you may agree with certain points made in a post and not others in it, but lots find themselves just thanking the post. post your opinion and let it stand on its own.

Its like canned laughter on a crap sitcom tbh now, its just getting crap and abused.

down with thanks I say!





*dodges stage crowd*

I purposely avoided in b4, I could think of lots that some will no doubt say, but that wouldnt be any fun now would it if I headed them off at the pass :P

Or just get the witty 2nd post in.

K-9

I can actually disagree with a post and still thank it.

Don't read too much into it!

Napper Hawkins

No, thanks.

not yet

Thanks a million..!!

iDave

You've really little to be worrying about OP

PlainP

But people say things and you agree with them so you thank them
Or
Someone says something that you would have said and so instead of repeating it you thank them
Or
Funny/witty remarks you thank them

There's lots of reasons to have the thanks button there. I'm just too lazy to think of anymore.

Seachmall

I don't thank posts I agree with but when someone makes a post that I agree with in a really clear and concise manner, or at least better than I could, I feel obligated to thank that post (sometimes I thank posts I don't agree with but like the argument none-the-less).

It's a way of showing my support for an argument without repeating what the original poster said (which would just bloat the discussion).

IM0

K-9 wrote: »

I can actually disagree with a post and still thank it.

Don't read too much into it!

me too :pac:

IM0

PlainP wrote: »

But people say things and you agree with them so you thank them
Or
Someone says something that you would have said and so instead of repeating it you thank them
Or
Funny/witty remarks you thank them

There's lots of reasons to have the thanks button there. I'm just too lazy to think of anymore.

but the problem comes when you have all 3 in the same post!

PlainP

IM0 wrote: »

but the problem comes when you have all 3 in the same post!

No problem just thank it ;-)

Seachmall

PlainP wrote: »

But people say things and you agree with them so you thank them
Or
Someone says something that you would have said and so instead of repeating it you thank them
Or
Funny/witty remarks you thank them

There's lots of reasons to have the thanks button there. I'm just too lazy to think of anymore.

Or when someone makes a dick comment it's great to see the person who replies to them with a condescending or witty remark get dozens of thanks.

Makes me feel good inside.

Mr. CooL ICE

Iirc, it was originally introduced to stop people posting +1s. In a discussion before thanks, people would agree with a good post by quoting it and typing "+1", so often half the page of a thread would be unnecessary sh1te. Now the thanks function is a catch-all for good posts and jokes.

Long live the thanks function, I say

SCOOP 64

I just put a thanks to someone who puts it better in words what i was thinking, if that makes sense, you see what i mean!

IM0

LordChessington wrote: »

Iirc, it was originally introduced to stop people posting +1s. In a discussion before thanks, people would agree with a good post by quoting it and typing "+1", so often half the page of a thread would be unnecessary sh1te. Now the thanks function is a catch-all for good posts and jokes.

Long live the thanks function, I say

*looks around forum*

hmmmmmmmm

Jacks Smirking Revenge

*thanks OP*

bgrizzley

спасибо

the groutch

Go raibh maith agat

Wattle

Gracias.

antodeco

**~~Lyk dIs PoSt iF u CrYed~~**

Capt'n Midnight

El Guapo! wrote: »

Thanks

me too

Capt'n Midnight

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

+1

++1

Capt'n Midnight

irish-stew wrote: »

Damn you both

<shakes fist>

I wish I'd thought of that,
<sends karma>

Capt'n Midnight

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

++1

acutally +++1

Capt'n Midnight

I think you see now why there is a thank button.

keith16

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

++1

+eleventy

Quazzie

LIKE

Capt'n Midnight

antodeco wrote: »

**~~Lyk dIs PoSt iF u CrYed~~**

I cried

but at the grammar not the idea, should I thank this ?

decisions / decisions



OP - you really only want useful comments


And we could do with a "no thanks" button or maybe a "do not want" one

Or we could do it like a chess ranking system, where the amount of thanks you get depends on the difference in ranking so that thanks from younglings don't count for squat

Capt'n Midnight

keith16 wrote: »

+eleventy

++eleventeen

Ash.J.Williams

the day my "thanked by me" posts outnumber the "thanked" posts is the day i cut my own throat, it's how i get up in the morning

Jacks Smirking Revenge

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

++eleventeen

+Tenteen

--Kaiser--

IM0 wrote: »

its a discussion forum, not an I get jokes forum, if you need thanks on your post for to have it spelled out for you that someone thinks something you said was funny or whatever or thanks for replying to me, well time to move on.
It just creates a really lazy way to agree with a post too, but the thing is you may agree with certain points made in a post and not others in it, but lots find themselves just thanking the post. post your opinion and let it stand on its own.

Its like canned laughter on a crap sitcom tbh now, its just getting crap and abused.

down with thanks I say!



*dodges stage crowd*

I purposely avoided in b4, I could think of lots that some will no doubt say, but that wouldnt be any fun now would it if I headed them off at the pass :P

Why don't you just ignore them?

rain on

burble burble burble yap yap yap really long post that takes up loads of the screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen

This.

Truncheon Rouge

Ah, but his cunning plan to use the ironic humor so often found in A.H to manipulate them into thanking his post worked.

YOU HAVE BEEN LIED TO.

Remove your thanks good people!!! if not only to show you are not naive then to help me not feel jealous.

nelly17

ahhhh thats better

AnonoBoy

I concur.

Czarcasm

I think the whole "thanks", "likes", whatever thing should be done away with tbh. I'd much rather see the rep system that was used on other sites brought back, as in good posters had a higher reputation level and the +1's were hidden as such, so nobody knew who "thanked" their post and there weren't a wall of +1 posts that followed.

Take for example a post I made the other day, one simple line-

"Quorn and a horn?", got an embarrassing amount of thanks, I mean, sometimes I post serious, sometimes I post something for a giggle, but jaysus, it wasn't THAT funny I thought to myself.

I think "thanks" and "likes" functions encourage people to seek validation rather than posting an actual opinion on a discussion site, they're more concerned with their thanks count and so will post something they think will get them loads of thanks rather than what might be a true reflection of their opinion on the subject of the thread.

It almost becomes like everyones a smart àrse on the internet or an attention seeker and I personally think it takes away from the forum and doesn't give a true reflection of the poster, but rather their comedic ability, or lack thereof in most cases.

clairefontaine

Czarcasm wrote: »

I think the whole "thanks", "likes", whatever thing should be done away with tbh. I'd much rather see the rep system that was used on other sites brought back, as in good posters had a higher reputation level and the +1's were hidden as such, so nobody knew who "thanked" their post and there weren't a wall of +1 posts that followed.

Take for example a post I made the other day, one simple line-

"Quorn and a horn?", got an embarrassing amount of thanks, I mean, sometimes I post serious, sometimes I post something for a giggle, but jaysus, it wasn't THAT funny I thought to myself.

I think "thanks" and "likes" functions encourage people to seek validation rather than posting an actual opinion on a discussion site, they're more concerned with their thanks count and so will post something they think will get them loads of thanks rather than what might be a true reflection of their opinion on the subject of the thread.

It almost becomes like everyones a smart àrse on the internet or an attention seeker and I personally think it takes away from the forum and doesn't give a true reflection of the poster, but rather their comedic ability, or lack thereof in most cases.

+1

Mint Sauce

nelly17 wrote: »

ahhhh thats better

Thanking every post doing it for ya.

:P

AnonoBoy

Czarcasm wrote: »

"Quorn and a horn?", got an embarrassing amount of thanks, I mean, sometimes I post serious, sometimes I post something for a giggle, but jaysus, it wasn't THAT funny I thought to myself.

It was 23 thanks funny. Not 47 thanks funny.


Edit - 48 thanks. Thought I'd add one to embarrass you further.

Seachmall

Czarcasm wrote: »

"Quorn and a horn?", got an embarrassing amount of thanks, I mean, sometimes I post serious, sometimes I post something for a giggle, but jaysus, it wasn't THAT funny I thought to myself.

The number of thanks isn't an indication of how funny something is, it's an indication of how many people thought it was funny regardless of how funny they individually think it is.

Czarcasm

Seachmall wrote: »

The number of thanks isn't an indication of how funny something is, it's an indication of how many people thought it was funny regardless of how funny they individually think it is.

Ah no I get that much alright (tbh the post was just the first thing I thought of off the top of my head), but what I guess I mean is it's something that's already started on facebook, the "1,000 likes" type status things, and I just wonder if it's a "I'll thank this because everyone else did" kind of thing, may possibly look like I'm over thinking things here but it's something I've noticed happening on boards a long time now-

POTD usually going to a post in YLYL being a classic example where there's no discussion allowed in the thread, yet it's the most validated post on a discussion forum??

I know they say a picture says a thousand words, but come on!

Eponymous

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

+1

QFT

looksee

I like thanks, they give me a tiny little warm

IM0

Czarcasm wrote: »

Ah no I get that much alright (tbh the post was just the first thing I thought of off the top of my head), but what I guess I mean is it's something that's already started on facebook, the "1,000 likes" type status things, and I just wonder if it's a "I'll thank this because everyone else did" kind of thing, may possibly look like I'm over thinking things here but it's something I've noticed happening on boards a long time now-

POTD usually going to a post in YLYL being a classic example where there's no discussion allowed in the thread, yet it's the most validated post on a discussion forum??

I know they say a picture says a thousand words, but come on!

no thats part of it, people are sheep mostly, after a certain amount of thanks, the ones who dont find it funny will be going back to thank from peer pressure!

its a momentum which builds, similar thing with canned laughter in crap sitcoms, you hear people laughing so you are more likely to find it funny even though you are the only one watching it in your house, the rest is a laughter track on an audio feed from the tv!

LizT

Czarcasm wrote: »

I think the whole "thanks", "likes", whatever thing should be done away with tbh. I'd much rather see the rep system that was used on other sites brought back, as in good posters had a higher reputation level and the +1's were hidden as such, so nobody knew who "thanked" their post and there weren't a wall of +1 posts that followed.

Take for example a post I made the other day, one simple line-

"Quorn and a horn?", got an embarrassing amount of thanks, I mean, sometimes I post serious, sometimes I post something for a giggle, but jaysus, it wasn't THAT funny I thought to myself.

I think "thanks" and "likes" functions encourage people to seek validation rather than posting an actual opinion on a discussion site, they're more concerned with their thanks count and so will post something they think will get them loads of thanks rather than what might be a true reflection of their opinion on the subject of the thread.

It almost becomes like everyones a smart àrse on the internet or an attention seeker and I personally think it takes away from the forum and doesn't give a true reflection of the poster, but rather their comedic ability, or lack thereof in most cases.

A rep system wouldn't work here at all. People would make it personal unfortunately.

I love the thanks function personally.