Thanks! Feature

[Sample00]

this isnt a thank you for a post but a thank you for a kind gesture.
I wanted to let everyone know that WesternCanadaKing was kind enough to donate his Texas Instrument TI 83 plus calculator to my daughter for school.
It was very kind of him to do that and its very much appreciated.
Thanks Western Canada King.
Many red squares to you!!!

[photon]

That merits a custom title at least I think.

[HOOT]

Awesome!

[REDVAN]

I don't know if any of the powers that be could consider this, and I certainly have no technical knowledge about this...

but can we do a "no thanks" button? I know everyone talks about it... but:

As for logistics of listing the posters who've said thanks/no thanks, we could just change that to say: "Users who have voted on this post" and then colour code the thanks black and the no-thanks red or something? Is this even possible? Or is it not even worth the effort? We could even have a plus minus score going on to keep it hockey themed.

[photon]

The only downside of that is it's far easier for people to be negative than positive.

I wouldn't mind seeing a digg style rating system for every post, but that isn't available for this forum software.. And I'd change it so you can only give out half as many negatives as you've given positives or something like that.

So for now I think leaving it just positive is better.

[Azure]

I think we would start having 'thanks' wars....if there was a 'no thanks' feature.

While I would often like to give a stupid post a 'no thanks'....I think the way it is works fine.

[HOOT]

Sometimes it is even funnier when someone gives a bad post a "Thanks". Well at least I laugh but I'm easily amused.

[Azure]

^lol.

Yes, yes it is. *cough*

[FanIn80]

Damn. I don't know which of you two to thank...

[Rerun]

Well, I started a thread on getting a "No Thanks" button but apparently it has/is being discussed here...

... so I shall post what I posted in the other closed thread, here....

I never liked the old blue and red squares that rated a poster. I'm glad they're gone.

I do like the current "Thanks" button but wouldn't it be logical to have a "No Thanks" button also, that you can press if you disagree with or don't like a thread?

It might also save a lot of back and forth arguing and it also would allow someone to express their opinion without having to actually get into the whole post a response thing.

It would also give the poster some what of an idea where his opinion/post stands in the general CP community, particularly if he/she receives a lot of "No Thanks".

I know a lot of time I read something that I disagree with but I just don't have the time to say so in a post, or I just don't want to get into an argument with the poster... A "No Thanks" button would be perfect just for that type of situation.


P.S. Some people have said that having a "No Thanks" button will start wars. We have wars already.... as a result of some people quoting others and battling away. Having a "No Thanks" button may actually reduce the conflicts, IMHO.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by Rerun

It would also give the poster some what of an idea where his opinion/post stands in the general CP community, particularly if he/she receives a lot of "No Thanks".

And there lies my issue. Message Boards are discussion forums. Therefore you're supposed to have vibrant and divergent opinions. The 'Thanks' Button works great as a ditto button, or to tell a poster that you enjoyed their post. I don't see how we should more streamline thoughts to the 'general CP community". Who are we? The Borg?

[driveway]

I think the 'no thanks' button would just result in pettiness. We've already got a "Cp's Gone to Hell" thread (in the main forum, no less!) and I think a no thanks button would just encourage negativity.

Oh, and I would like to say that I have entirely gotten used to the appearance of CP with the thanks feature and no longer find it ugly or distracting.

No Thanks to No Thanks!

[KTrain]

I'm not against the idea but could see where it could get out of hand.

It might be an option to really limit the number of "No Thanks" for each day. One or two? It would have to be a really stupid post for someone to want to waste their "No Thanks".

[Temporary_User]

From what I understand each member gets certain amount of "thanks" each 24hour period. I think the number needs to get upped a bit.
I don't thank posts too often because normally I am just on CP as a guest. Sometimes I'll sign on in order to thank a post that I really liked & deem deserving of such. Essentially my point is that I don't thank that many posts in a typical day, thus I don't think I should ever run out of thanks, however just recently I happened to run out.
It was pretty frustrating, because there were still quite a few posts that I ran across that I felt deserving of a "thanks" and I couldn't give one. It would be too hard for me to remember each post and go back at a later date and give the thanks.

[flip]

Originally Posted by Temporary_User

From what I understand each member gets certain amount of "thanks" each 24hour period. I think the number needs to get upped a bit.
I don't thank posts too often because normally I am just on CP as a guest. Sometimes I'll sign on in order to thank a post that I really liked & deem deserving of such. Essentially my point is that I don't thank that many posts in a typical day, thus I don't think I should ever run out of thanks, however just recently I happened to run out.
It was pretty frustrating, because there were still quite a few posts that I ran across that I felt deserving of a "thanks" and I couldn't give one. It would be too hard for me to remember each post and go back at a later date and give the thanks.

Yeah but won't that devalue "thanks". I agree that it can be frustrating but sometimes you just have to revoke that thanks and give it to the more deserving poster.

I just don't know how I'd feel if the value of the thanks people gave me wasn't part of their strict daily quota.

[HelloHockeyFans]

Originally Posted by photon

And the top thanked users by thank count overall I think is:

HalifaxDrunk 1010
Bingo 913
MrMastodonFarm 758
JiriHrdina 694
CaptainCrunch 589
Machiavelli 586
fotze 555
Locke 504
troutman 502
Reggie Dunlop 496
Dion 415
HOOT 405
Resolute 14 403
FanIn80 386
HPLovecraft 380
4X4 357
Hack&Lube 345
browna 343
photon 329
MelBridgeman 302
Canada 02 291
Hemi-Cuda 285
Bagor 275
Ronald Pagan 266
Phanuthier 263
GreenTeaFrapp 247
kermitology 233
flameswin 214
Jayems 208
HelloHockeyFans 205
Bobblehead 204
JohnnyB 201
Gozer 199
transplant99 196
Rhettzky 194
KootenayFlamesFan 190
rubecube 182
octothorp 182
Lanny'sDaMan 180
kobafett 179
GoJetsGo 177
Daradon 170
Eastern Girl 170
The Fonz 167
Russic 166
Prototype 163
Kidder 160
RougeUnderoos 159
awildermode 156
VladtheImpaler 156

Surprised Jay Random isn't on that list - solid poster.

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by HelloHockeyFans

Surprised Jay Random isn't on that list - solid poster.

Well that list is almost 8 months old (02-26-2009).

[Azure]

Photon should do a new list.

[photon]

Sure, the top 50 again:

troutman 2868
HOOT 2797
HalifaxDrunk 2781
JiriHrdina 2766
CaptainCrunch 2712
Bingo 2678
Dion 2610
Machiavelli 2579
Reggie Dunlop 2359
Resolute 14 2098
4X4 2091
Locke 2018
fotze 2000
HPLovecraft 1948
AC 1938
MrMastodonFarm 1608
Hemi-Cuda 1555
photon 1448
MelBridgeman 1354
transplant99 1341
FanIn80 1282
sureLoss 1256
flameswin 1247
GreenTeaFrapp 1236
Gozer 1152
Hack&Lube 1087
Roof-Daddy 1063
rubecube 1055
Yeah_Baby 994
Bagor 964
Canada 02 910
Jayems 876
flip 865
browna 859
Azure 830
thefanblogger 827
Rhettzky 826
awildermode 814
malcolmk14 807
Phanuthier 804
alltherage 797
GoJetsGo 795
VladtheImpaler 788
jammies 778
Cowperson 751
ResAlien 729
Barnes 724
Bobblehead 708
jeremywilhelm 707
Displaced Flames fan 676

[Ozy_Flame]

Geebuz some people have a lot of thanks...Now this is turning into a cutthroat race!