Boards "thank you" etiquette

Daledge

Out of curiosity, if someone posted a question on any of the forums and another user came back with a nice elaborate response that answered the question, do you think pressing the "thank" button is sufficient as the OP? Or is at as much of a f*** you as replying "k" to a text?

Do you expect someone to write a reply saying thank you when you answer someones question?

begbysback

Requires way too much thinking for me

Barry Badrinath

Not only do I expect a lengthy positive response by the OP, I fully expect a substantial cheque in the post.

Senna

What do you want, a feckin review on TripAdvisor about the poster?

evolving_doors

begbysback wrote: »

Requires way too much thinking for me

Thank You

stampydmonkey

Gebgbegb wrote: »

Thank You

+ Thank

diomed

I think the correct response is "I would like to have your child".

Tom Mann Centuria

I tend to reply if someone's gone to the effort of answering my questions, and click the thanks button.

reason vs religion

Daledge wrote: »

Out of curiosity, if someone posted a question on any of the forums and another user came back with a nice elaborate response that answered the question, do you think pressing the "thank" button is sufficient as the OP? Or is at as much of a f*** you as replying "k" to a text?

Do you expect someone to write a reply saying thank you when you answer someones question?

Depends. If it's an answer to a small question, I wouldn't expect one, but appreciate when I get one. But if it's a lengthy one, like when I once spent thirty minutes proof-reading the terrible school work of some guy who said he was really worried he was gonna fail, I sure as hell expected it!!

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Thanking the post should be enough, but replying with "ah nice, thanks for your answer, that helps a lot" doesn't take much longer. Unless of course, you are one of those people who only type with their right or left index finger... *shudder

begbysback

Gebgbegb wrote: »

Thank You

Not at all - thank you

cnoc

begbysback wrote: »

Not at all - thank you

+1

Winterlong

Thanks
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Realt Dearg Sec

reason vs religion wrote: »

Depends. If it's an answer to a small question, I wouldn't expect one, but appreciate when I get one. But if it's a lengthy one, like when I once spent thirty minutes proof-reading the terrible school work of some guy who said he was really worried he was gonna fail, I sure as hell expected it!!

On another since extinct forum there was once a guy doing a paper on the Picture of Dorian Gray. I'm an English lecturer and I happened to have a spare few minutes so I wrote out a fairly extensive answer. Not wanting to brag but I think it's fair to claim that I am quite good at this caper and it was something very much in my area (I had, in fact, lectured on the text very recently), and the material I gave would be pretty high quality expertise, and my time on the subject would ordinarily be pretty expensive as these things go. Not a word in reply, no further questions, no thanks, no nothing.

The following week, same poster, new thread, asking about American literature. Included a line to the effect "would [Realt Dearg Sec] or anyone be able to help out with this?".

No, he would not.

[And to clarify, my intention in responding was to provoke a few responses from him, to raise some major issues in the novel with a view to getting him to think actively about the text (it would not have, in itself, constituted a completed essay by any means). His intention was clearly to lift whatever I wrote wholesale and not so much as thank me for effectively writing his paper for him. Must have worked on his teacher anyway if he was at it again the following week]

Pac1Man

The button is enough. It stops the thread getting clogged up with unnecessary posts, unless the poster went way above and beyond.

Next yee will be complaining about getting butter residue on Kate's breakfast roll.

Lorelli!

It is right to give our thanks and praise

Erik Shin

I expect you to pm me nudes...

Samaris

Depends. If it's a while after and the conversation's moved on while I've been at work/asleep/whatever, I might just thank the post and not respond, especially if the topic's changed. Same goes if I was interested in what they said, but reckon that either there's not much else to say, or it's going to gradually derail things because we're a bit off-topic.

On the other hand, if I read a post and, even if I'm in full agreement with it, but I've got something to respond, I might not thank, but quote and respond. Then thank some time vaguely later when it occurs to me. I do generally thank if someone's answered a question though.

S'possible I fail at internet etiquette. It's not intentional :P

reason vs religion

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

On another since extinct forum there was once a guy doing a paper on the Picture of Dorian Gray. I'm an English lecturer and I happened to have a spare few minutes so I wrote out a fairly extensive answer. Not wanting to brag but I think it's fair to claim that I am quite good at this caper and it was something very much in my area (I had, in fact, lectured on the text very recently), and the material I gave would be pretty high quality expertise, and my time on the subject would ordinarily be pretty expensive as these things go. Not a word in reply, no further questions, no thanks, no nothing.

The following week, same poster, new thread, asking about American literature. Included a line to the effect "would [Realt Dearg Sec] or anyone be able to help out with this?".

No, he would not.

[And to clarify, my intention in responding was to provoke a few responses from him, to raise some major issues in the novel with a view to getting him to think actively about the text (it would not have, in itself, constituted a completed essay by any means). His intention was clearly to lift whatever I wrote wholesale and not so much as thank me for effectively writing his paper for him. Must have worked on his teacher anyway if he was at it again the following week]

Haha, I feel your pain. The assistance I gave was actually with a personal statement of some sort that the guy said was needed for an imminent PLC application. So, in my mind, potentially life-changing! Unlike you, I didn't have spare minutes, but a wave of compassion came over me, so I found some time. It was one of those cases where there were so many grammatical and stylistic mistakes that it was a significant chore to correct the language without imposing my own voice. I cleaned it up substantially with a few comments on how it could be improved further. And like you, no reply, no thanks. I don't seek out gratitude or anything. But the absence of any implies disrespect, which kinda stings. I should say, also, that I'm a student, so it felt like disrespect from a peer - like the cool guy in school had suddenly taken notice of me and asked for my help with something, only to immediately blank me again when I was no longer of use!

mayo4sam2017

+1

Arghus

A simple thanks will suffice.

gramar

Arghus wrote: »

A simple thanks will suffice.

If I could thank this post 100 times I would.

Your Face

k

valoren

My 'thanks' is purely along the lines of "I agree with that, it's essentially what I would have written myself, but you got there first and saved me the bother so here's a thanks" or "I enjoyed reading that reply, thanks".

PabloAndRoy

Pac1Man wrote: »

The button is enough. It stops the thread getting clogged up with unnecessary posts, unless the poster went way above and beyond.

Next yee will be complaining about getting butter residue on Kate's breakfast roll.

Thanks for this. Very good advice. Really helpful.

Thanks again.