Suggestion Thanks Feature and/or Reputation

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The discussion centers on the suggestion to implement a "Thanks Feature" or reputation system to reduce one-line gratitude posts on the website. Users argue that while expressing gratitude is important, it contributes to spammy content. The forum already has a reputation feature through Science Advisors and Homework Helper medals. Previous discussions on this topic have occurred, indicating a lack of consensus on the need for such a feature. Overall, the idea of a dedicated thanks or reputation system is unlikely to be adopted.
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I think that this awesome website would be even cleaner if users didn't have to make 1-line posts saying "Thank you." Yes, gratitude is a virtue, but things would be less spammy if we have a Thanks Feature like at AoPS.com or a reputation feature.
 
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We already have a repution feature: the Science Advisors and Homework Helper medals.

Anyway, this topic has been discussed many times already. This is the last discussion: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=609840
 

Thread 'Thank you to mentors, advisors and members'

I want to thank those members who interacted with me a couple of years ago in two Optics Forum threads. They were @Drakkith, @hutchphd, @Gleb1964, and @KAHR-Alpha. I had something I wanted the scientific community to know and slipped a new idea in against the rules. Thank you also to @berkeman for suggesting paths to meet with academia. Anyway, I finally got a paper on the same matter as discussed in those forum threads, the fat lens model, got it peer-reviewed, and IJRAP...
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Thread 'Thank you physics forums, 20 years later'

About 20 years ago, in my mid-30s (and with a BA in economics and a master's in business), I started taking night classes in physics hoping to eventually earn the science degree I'd always wanted but never pursued. I found physics forums and used it to ask questions I was unable to get answered from my textbooks or class lectures. Unfortunately, work and life got in the way and I never got further the freshman courses. Well, here it is 20 years later. I'm in my mid-50s now, and in a...
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