Introducing the Thanks button

[Greg Bernhardt]

So today I get a Thanks from the OP of a thread and in the comments field of the Thanks the OP asks if "I can please elaborate on my answer". It's like a PM, which I usually have disabled for most, and to which I can't directly respond. Bah, Humbug! Thanks belong in the threads.

I can delete it for you

 

[OmCheeto]

i agree

also, there's no way to tell who gave the praise

You can see it in your profile.

Mere mortals can't see the who.

Probably better that way...

Otherwise, there'd be 4 am type spitty/slobbery smooches going back and forth all day.

 

[LCKurtz]

So today I get a Thanks from the OP of a thread and in the comments field of the Thanks the OP asks if "I can please elaborate on my answer". It's like a PM, which I usually have disabled for most, and to which I can't directly respond. Bah, Humbug! Thanks belong in the threads.

I can delete it for you

You mean the "Thanks" button, huh, huh??

 

[mfb]

Oh. I am not sure if that was intended...

You mean the "Thanks" button, huh, huh??

He meant your user account, of course.

 

[Evo]

I can understand some people not liking the button, especially when it is abused, as in LCKurtz's example, but I have to confess I like getting them. Yeah, I always say, no need to reward me, but I secretly want to be rewarded.

I do think they should be private because a person can get dozens of "Thanks" as a joke from a friend, while someone that puts a lot of effort into helping gets none. I don't want getting "Thanks" to become a competition and cause good members to feel hurt.

 

[OmCheeto]

I can understand some people not liking the button, especially when it is abused, as in LCKurtz's example, but I have to confess I like getting them. Yeah, I always say, no need to reward me, but I secretly want to be rewarded.

I do think they should be private because a person can get dozens of "Thanks" as a joke from a friend, while someone that puts a lot of effort into helping gets none. I don't want getting "Thanks" to become a competition and cause good members to feel hurt.

/me pushes Evo's "thanks" button about 47 times, as it has to be 4 am somewhere.

[edit]
Actually... Thank you Evo. I've been meaning to apologize to someone I dissed several months ago, in a burst of anger. I think a "thank you" will be most appropriate. He will have to wait for his million dollar yacht though...

 

[tiny-tim]

Mere mortals can't see the who.

can it be fixed so that only the OP can thank anyone?

 

[mfb]

And everyone else would not be allowed to appreciate other posts? :(
Not all threads are "homework question" "help for this homework question" "got it, thanks".

 

[tiny-tim]

Not all threads are "homework question"

but then how do you know who thanked you??

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Am I understanding correctly that the "Thanks given by:" field is not showing for non staff?

 

[Borek]

Looks like, see reports.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

ok it should now show who thanked you.

 

[Monique]

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.

 

[Borek]

That means no comments were entered. They are not obligatory.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

hmmm something may still be off, i'll check in a bit

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

ok looks like it works now, you should see who gave you thanks

 

[Monique]

That means no comments were entered. They are not obligatory.

There are comments :)

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.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

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.

 

[Monique]

Great, the mysterious thankers have finally revealed themselves!

 

[WannabeNewton]

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.

 

[OmCheeto]

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.

 

[kblydrms]

thanks good idea

 

[E_Q]

^ 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.

 

[Enigman]

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...

 

[mfb]

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.

 

[Enigman]

Thanks for the prompt reply mfb.