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Originally Posted by Gozer
If the shoe fits..... 
I honestly think part of the problem is the Thanks button. I didn't like it when it was introduced and I still think there are drawbacks. Intelligent well thought out posts are omitted or skimmed over as everyone (including me) looks for the next dynamite one-liner.
I often read a long and excellent post that has nobody has thanked, probably because it wasn't worth reading unless someone else had already thanked it, and the well-articulated and topical post is lost among bickering about nuances between posters championing opposing sides of an argument. |
To a certain extent, I think the same thing. I guess this wasn't a factor to the RTT being closed, but I noticed a few regulars on the RTT that treated other threads like the RTT - the one liners and attempts to make jokes that were over-used, overuse of pics/youtubes/animated gifs, which is really just the fluff Johnny was talking about. Perhaps it is the thanks button that does it. Which is too bad, because I like the idea of it and its easier to use that then get a string of "good post" replies... easier to organize a good post with who likes it, versus scrambling 30 replies to say "good post"
But I think the problem coming from it is, people are using it more for just choosing witty and funny posts (not always that funny, actually... although I do abuse that too) and most of the best posts that are backed up well are not thanked. I guess there's really no fix for that.