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Thanks

  • 20-07-2014 12:10PM
    #1
    YellowFeather
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭


    I've been dipping in and out of AH for the last while. I don't post as much as I used to, but I'll give an auld thanks to a post that I think is good.

    But I've noticed that people are getting really stingy with their thanks. Back in the day (when this was all fields), a decent post would be thanked. Now it seems like it's more of a political Eurovision scene. Thanks count is not going to make or break anyone's day (I hope), but I always thought of it a basic response. Like laughing or nodding your head in real life.

    What's happened the thanks??


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Comments

  • #2
    wretcheddomain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    Slow day on AH...


  • #3
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    Jesus Christ.


  • #4
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,833 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    I haven't noticed any drop in "thanks" being given.

    Are you getting paranoid no-one likes you on here?


  • #5
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    I gave thanks to the thanks whore. :o


  • #6
    JustAddWater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭JustAddWater


    Read the title and got bit worried about Tom Hanks for a second there


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  • #7
    Mrs Garth Brooks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,865 ✭✭✭Mrs Garth Brooks


    Just gave you a thanks there op. I dont know why. I felt sorry for you.


  • #8
    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    YellowFeather wrote: »
    I've been dipping in and out of AH for the last while. I don't post as much as I used to, but I'll give an auld thanks to a post that I think is good.

    But I've noticed that people are getting really stingy with their thanks. Back in the day (when this was all fields), a decent post would be thanked. Now it seems like it's more of a political Eurovision scene. Thanks count is not going to make or break anyone's day (I hope), but I always thought of it a basic response. Like laughing or nodding your head in real life.

    What's happened the thanks??
    I'm still getting used to this newfangled thanks button.


  • #9
    Renegade Mechanic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,928 ✭✭✭Renegade Mechanic


    "Have a pity thanks."

    "Is there any other kind..?"


  • #10
    YellowFeather
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭YellowFeather


    wretcheddomain wrote: »
    Slow day on AH...

    Ha - I know. I only start threads about the important things.

    I still stand by my views though.


  • #11
    c_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭c_man


    I agree OP. People these days...


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  • #12
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Your welcome. Actually, no. Welcome is over there. I'm always getting you two mixed up.


  • #13
    YellowFeather
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭YellowFeather


    Super-Rush wrote: »
    Jesus Christ.

    :( Harsh. It's a legitimate observation. Kinda.


  • #14
    B0jangles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,950 ✭✭✭B0jangles


    FYI there is a limit to the total number of Thanks that Boards can support at any one time; every time you Thank a post, a Thank is taken from one of your own posts.


  • #15
    Irish Guitarist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    There should be a "you're welcome" button for when someone thanks you. People would say thanks more often then.


  • #16
    Macavity.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,745 ✭✭✭Macavity.


    The worst is when a mod makes a "funny". The amount of thanks it will receive is probably double of that a regular poster would get. Pathetic.


  • #17
    YellowFeather
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭YellowFeather


    B0jangles wrote: »
    FYI there is a limit to the total number of Thanks that Boards can support at any one time; every time you Thank a post, a Thank is taken from one of your own posts.

    That's only when the quote quota is exceeded though. When the quote quota and the thanks limit have been breached, a puppy catches on fire.

    Feck - I shouldn't have quoted you there to make my point. Sorry burned puppy.


  • #18
    131spanner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭131spanner


    The thanks are still there to be found! Probably my finest hour on AH, post 10 on this thread.

    Every now and than I look back for some shameless ego stroking, just to see what once was :o :pac:


  • #19
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    When I see a post I like I doff my imaginary cap at the screen in a salutary manner. I'm comfortable that I thanked the post in an anonymous, dignified and respectable fashion, in my own head at least.


  • #20
    gugleguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭gugleguy


    Boards. IE are sooooooo behind. You should be able to buy ’thanks’ for €5 each from a handle randomly generated and not already in boards as a real individual. Think of it as a kind of rent a crowd analogy. Except no real individual looks stupid for thanking you. This is done on Facebook with the like option. Explains why I'm not on GB too.


  • #21
    Maphisto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭Maphisto


    Is there anything you can do with these "Thanks" once you've amassed them?


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  • #22
    YellowFeather
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭YellowFeather


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    When I see a post I like I doff my imaginary cap at the screen in a salutary manner. I'm comfortable that I thanked the post in an anonymous, dignified and respectable fashion, in my own head at least.

    No. That's not cool.

    "Dignified and respectable." What's wrong with you man?


  • #23
    YellowFeather
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭YellowFeather


    Maphisto wrote: »
    Is there anything you can do with these "Thanks" once you've amassed them?

    You can exchange them for stamps at the GPO. 1,000 thanks = one stamp. The stamp has a picture of a flower on it. :)


  • #24
    Monsieur Folie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭Monsieur Folie


    Maphisto wrote: »
    Is there anything you can do with these "Thanks" once you've amassed them?

    You kind of just... stare at them and tell yourself how great you are. I mean, loads of "Thanks" = you are super popular, right?



    .... right? :o


  • #25
    Maphisto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭Maphisto


    YellowFeather wrote: »
    You can exchange them for stamps at the GPO. 1,000 thanks = one stamp. The stamp has a picture of a flower on it. :)

    That's just beautiful. My new career will be as a "Thanks" lady of the evening (I was going to type whore but seeing your cherub faced avitar caused me to euphamise my post).:p


  • #26
    YellowFeather
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭YellowFeather


    Maphisto wrote: »
    That's just beautiful. My new career will be as a "Thanks" lady of the evening (I was going to type whore but seeing your cherub faced avitar caused me to euphamise my post).:p

    I like your spirit. Here - have .001 of a stamp.


  • #27
    Maphisto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭Maphisto


    131spanner wrote: »
    The thanks are still there to be found! Probably my finest hour on AH, post 10 on this thread.

    Every now and than I look back for some shameless ego stroking, just to see what once was :o :pac:

    You'd almost be tempted to use the line again, or change the animal for originality :pac:


  • #28
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    Yay I almost have 9 stamps!


  • #29
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    A thanks whore thread where the OP has more thanks than the second post. Well I never.


  • #30
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Being charged 50c per thanks, you really have to be careful which posts you thank. Has to be really worth it. What if I want to thank the postman? Sorry, used them all up on boards!


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  • #31
    YellowFeather
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭YellowFeather


    Micky Dolenz wrote: »
    Your welcome. Actually, no. Welcome is over there. I'm always getting you two mixed up.

    At the risk of derailing my own thread - Over There? We miss that guy.

    Don't know the Welcome fella though.


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