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A plea to abolish the "thanks" system on this site

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  • #102
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    I like the ‘thanks’ system, especially when people complain about posts that oppose them getting way more appreciation that way. That kind of complaining doesn’t happen often but when it does, it’s delicious. :D You have an unpopular viewpoint - deal with it. It’s nothing to do with cliques or ganging up. I’ve been the unpopular one myself before, viewpoint-wise, and it’s really not that bad.


  • #103
    retro:electro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    Wibbs wrote: »
    A few years back someone in the know informed me that I give the most thanks of all posters. I liked to hear that. :) I generally thank any post that I read twice that's funny/interesting/informative(triple points if it's something I was completely ignorant of), whether they agree with me and my outlook or not.

    I’d say it’s likely that you’re the most thanked too!


  • #104
    alan1963
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭alan1963


    LillySV wrote: »
    saying thanks is only manners..where ya not thought that at home? :D

    It's taught, not thought, were you not taught to spell at home?:D


  • #105
    Patlanta
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Patlanta


    I think there were probably people arguing for a thumbs-down counterpart since thumbs-up was introduced and honestly I don't think Boards is going to change at this stage, so for me it's just a WIBNI thing. However there is one other WIBNI thing that might have less opposition and could make it easier for people to thank something they don't want to be seen thanking, and that's anonymous thanks. It seems to the be the standard way of thanking/liking on most other social media forums.


  • #106
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,311 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Patlanta wrote: »
    ...could make it easier for people to thank something they don't want to be seen thanking, and that's anonymous thanks.

    Y'know, I reckon the majority of posters on this site are under pseudonyms. Just a hunch, mind.


  • #107
    Patlanta
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Patlanta


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Y'know, I reckon the majority of posters on this site are under pseudonyms. Just a hunch, mind.

    Oh, I know but nonetheless people are protective of the reputation of their internet alter egos, crazy as it may sound.


  • #108
    MonkieSocks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,349 ✭✭✭MonkieSocks


    Jmsg wrote: »
    It's my take that the "tanks" system


    MYh6.gif

    =(:-) Me? I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude (-:)=



  • #109
    10000maniacs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,017 ✭✭✭10000maniacs


    Totally agree to remove "thanks". Its probably here to quantify consensus, but to give a real example of forums here populated by fanatics like the Commuting & Transport, you post a complaint about a particular train or bus journey, immediately one of the CIE fanboys poke a "hole" in your complaint, and then immediately another 20 CIE fanboys "thank" the original fanboy. So its pointless even going there.


  • #110
    Omackeral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Wait. There are CIE fanboys? Jaysis that is pretty niche.


  • #111
    10000maniacs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,017 ✭✭✭10000maniacs


    Omackeral wrote: »
    Wait. There are CIE fanboys? Jaysis that is pretty niche.
    Probably Iarnrod Eireann employees who are also forum members or train spotters.
    The above did literally happen. I think I was complaining because the Dart trains were cut to 1 carriage a few years ago at peak hours.


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  • #112
    Mutant z
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Mutant z


    Did the op start this thread to complain about the thanks system so he could get as much thanks as possible.


  • #113
    mdwexford
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,280 ✭✭✭✭mdwexford


    Pac1Man wrote: »
    If someone writes a post with a thesaurus, I'm definitely not thanking it.

    Yours sincerely,
    Baby Kangaroo Tribbiani.

    This could be my new favourite post ever.

    Well played.


  • #114
    LillySV
    Registered Users Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭LillySV


    alan1963 wrote: »
    It's taught, not thought, were you not taught to spell at home?:D

    Thanks by two ! Haha


  • #115
    worded
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,608 ✭✭✭worded


    A “Super Thanks” or just Super is the way to go ....

    Super

    https://youtu.be/6ajEW9kjufM


  • #116
    Dakotabigone
    Site Banned Posts: 512 ✭✭✭Dakotabigone


    Every post needs a big word


  • #117
    BeerWolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    How narrowminded... the Thanks system is neat in other ways, like seeing a great post or hilarious comment.

    Curb your pessimism please. It isn't a downvoting...


  • #118
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    It didn't use to be here and the site worked fine. But it serves its purpose in avoiding the relentless +1 as someone else mentioned.

    A bit more variety could be good. Thanks / I agree / I disagree / You're a wanker.


  • #119
    Zorya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    A dislike button would be open to abuse. Let people make an effort to post actual words if they are going to disagree with me, the fools. :pac:


  • #120
    Atoms for Peace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Atoms for Peace


    I'd like a button that posts a random Simpson or Fr Ted qoute.


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  • #121
    FishOnABike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,548 ✭✭✭FishOnABike


    Atoms for Peace wrote: »
    I'd like a button that posts a random Simpson or Fr Ted qoute.

    Careful now!


  • #122
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    wasnt the world a fine place when you could dislike something minor without petitioning for it to be removed?


  • #123
    Elemonator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭Elemonator


    You wrote a post with a dictionary and ended up saying nothing at all.........

    I know which one is more irritating :(


  • #124
    worded
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,608 ✭✭✭worded


    After tiring of a few pages of a post it’s a good way to ignore the unpopular posts that have no thanks and skim through and speed read the “good” ones.

    Thanks qty can be a time management aid particularly if it’s a long post. There are only so many hours in the day


  • #125
    AllForIt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,477 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    When username "YourTalkingBollox" thanks my post I wish they didn't.


  • #126
    ELM327
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,213 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    thesandeman wrote: »
    If there wasn't a thanks button we would have an OP followed by the next 30 posts saying +1 (with most of them probably quoting the OP).
    +1


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  • #127
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    I can never quite understand boards.ie? Are the 92 thanks of the OP agreeing that the thanks forum should be abolished or are they ironic? Its After Hours so I'll go with ironic ?


  • #128
    The Tetrarch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,092 ✭✭✭The Tetrarch


    I thank any post that uses big words.
    People will think I understood it.


  • #129
    Mena Mitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭Mena Mitty


    I thank posts that I agree with and I thank posts I disagree with. I also thanks posts that make me laugh or have a good point.

    I also thank posts for no particular reason and for the heck of it.

    I'd be striving for the title of Thank You Queen 2020.

    It's nice to be nice so keep on thanking your fellow posters/posers I say.


  • #130
    xi5yvm0owc1s2b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭xi5yvm0owc1s2b


    Wibbs wrote: »
    A few years back someone in the know informed me that I give the most thanks of all posters.

    I knew it! You're really Barry McGuigan, aren't you? ;)


  • #131
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Wibbs wrote: »
    A few years back someone in the know informed me that I give the most thanks of all posters. I liked to hear that. :) I generally thank any post that I read twice that's funny/interesting/informative(triple points if it's something I was completely ignorant of), whether they agree with me and my outlook or not.

    I think its a good idea around here to thank all posts that Wibbs has thanked.


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  • #132
    Purgative
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭Purgative


    my3cents wrote: »
    I can never quite understand boards.ie? Are the 92 thanks of the OP agreeing that the thanks forum should be abolished or are they ironic? Its After Hours so I'll go with ironic ?


    Not much of a sample but I was being ironic.


  • #133
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    10000maniacs wrote: »
    Totally agree to remove "thanks". Its probably here to quantify consensus, but to give a real example of forums here populated by fanatics like the Commuting & Transport, you post a complaint about a particular train or bus journey, immediately one of the CIE fanboys poke a "hole" in your complaint, and then immediately another 20 CIE fanboys "thank" the original fanboy. So its pointless even going there.

    Why?

    So what if lots of people like a post that opposes yours? Stick to your guns. If you think you’re right, what does it matter?


  • #134
    Zorya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    Why?

    So what if lots of people like a post that opposes yours? Stick to your guns. If you think you’re right, what does it matter?

    I agree. It's character building to feast on the thanks of your opponents. Good for the soul. :)


  • #135
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Zorya wrote: »
    I agree. It's character building to feast on the thanks of your opponents. Good for the soul. :)

    Its always good for a laugh when you see the same circke-jerk groupies all jumping in to a thanks together where someone makes a comment that offends their sensibilities lol. :pac:


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