Introducing the Thanks button

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The forum has introduced a "Thanks" button, previously called the "Praise Button," located next to the "Report" option on each post, allowing members to express appreciation for contributions. Members can view their praise records on their profiles under a dedicated praise tab, with a personal praise counter visible on every page. Some users have expressed confusion about the visibility of the praise tab and the functionality of the button, particularly regarding self-praise and comment limitations. There is a debate over the term "praise," with suggestions for alternatives like "applause" or "appreciation" to better reflect the button's intent. Overall, the community is encouraged to engage with the feature while addressing concerns about its implementation and terminology.
  • #101
Looks like, see reports.
 
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  • #103
Greg Bernhardt said:
ok it should now show who thanked you.

It's not, I see the column header "Thanks given by", but in there the comments are shown. The next column "Comments" is empty.
 
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  • #104
That means no comments were entered. They are not obligatory.
 
  • #106
ok looks like it works now, you should see who gave you thanks
 
  • #107
Borek said:
That means no comments were entered. They are not obligatory.
There are comments :)

Greg Bernhardt said:
ok looks like it works now, you should see who gave you thanks
Not for me, still looks the same. In "Thanks given by" it says "thanks!", the comment column is grey. Also after refresh.
 
  • #108
Monique said:
There are comments :)

Not for me, still looks the same. In "Thanks given by" it says "thanks!", the comment column is grey. Also after refresh.

Ok now works. There is a slight style problem I'll look into to.
 
  • #109
Great, the mysterious thankers have finally revealed themselves!
 
  • #110
Yeah it works for me now but Greg is there a way to see like all your thanks? Is there a scroll down button or something I'm not seeing. Mine goes up to a certain amount of the most recent thanks but I can't see some of the older ones.
 
  • #111
Monique said:
Great, the mysterious thankers have finally revealed themselves!

Ha! My assumptions of who it were that thanked me were all wrong!

I only have 3 thankers, and two of them I've never heard of. That's weird.

hmmm... They must be brilliant geniuses though, with very good taste, in who to thank. :smile:
 
  • #112
thanks good idea
 
  • #113
^ haha!

I'm going to come in late and suggest that instead of "Praise" or "Thanks" just a simple "+1" button could be used. This could add towards a reputation counter. I say this because if you see a good post, you aren't particularly thankful of that post, but you might be impressed and want to recognise that...but thanking is really the wrong word.

This isn't yahoo answers!

Just ideas though, I don't really mind.
 
  • #114
I can't delete a thanks, can I?
I've got too many undeserved ones (including yours Greg);at least five of them are undeserved (almost 50%) and one of them I am pretty sure meant to click on the report button...
Oh, there's a discrepancy in thanks count- its one less, not that it matters though...
 
  • #115
Enigman said:
I can't delete a thanks, can I?
You can't.

Oh, there's a discrepancy in thanks count- its one less, not that it matters though...
There was some bug initially, some "thanks" don't count.
 
  • #116
Thanks for the prompt reply mfb.
:biggrin:
 

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