I'm so tired of 'Please thank me' wankers

[CIS1]

Addicted to "Thanks" ;the new drug in town

[Al Gebra]

Originally Posted by NIN

didn't this thread already exist and was several pages deep

You are right, NIN. The former thread vanished mysteriously, but I didn't want to change my signature. So I created a new one.

[tamsmith]

Hey. If you like me saying thanks. Say thanks!! Please hit the button....

[Jeff Vader]

Does anyone else use the thanks button to track what posts you've read or downloaded the links /pictures from ?

I only have one simple rule - if someone has posted yet never thanks anyone I don't thank them.

[Al Gebra]

Originally Posted by exfarmer

However i still believe that members should be encouraged to thank people because for new posters it is good to feel that your post has been appreciated and it then makes you more likely to post again.

Members are multiply encouraged by Forum Rules, there is no need to beg for thanks:

Things to take in account:

• don't forget to the posters - without them there would be no posts and no VEF

Posting guideline:

Using the 'Thanks' button: thank the posters when you see something you appreciate - without their work there would be no VEF. But don't use short replies to say thanks for a post. Thank a poster by clicking on the 'Thanks' button on the right-bottom corner of the post you want to thank:



Make it a habit to hit that button. For many posters, receiving no thanks or very few compared to the number of downloads, is a reason to stop contributing

[kogi]

Hmm.. I wonder if the rules are much help in this regard. I have a file in the classic registered movie section that have been downloaded over 1000 times.. and 66 thanks to match. Maybe that is what one is supposed to expect? I don't care much though. That is not what keeps me posting. But I'm a bit surprised that signed up members have such bad table manners!

[exfarmer]

Originally Posted by Al Gebra

Members are multiply encoured by Forum Rules, there is no need to beg for thanks:

Agreed,
But if i post something like this " congratulations on your first post, looking forward to many more and don't forget the thanks button "
it is not meant in anyway as begging for thanks.
I'm not asking the poster to thank my posts, just encouraging a new poster and a little forum etiquette.

Looking at it written down and reading it in this thread i can see that the thanks button bit could be read in a different way to the way i intended it. So maybe i should drop that bit.

As i said before i believe that if i hadn't received the encouragement i got at the beginning ( i mean through other members talking to me not from the thanks button) i might not have become so involved and i now think i should do the same for the new members/posters.

Anyway i've gone somewhat off topic here so i'll shut up.

[Darth Joules]

Originally Posted by Jeff Vader

Does anyone else use the thanks button to track what posts you've read or downloaded the links /pictures from ?

That's pretty much how I use it. If I've downloaded the pics/file the "thanks" button is hit. It helps me track where I've been. Much less so within discussions. It usually only gets hit when I either agree strongly with the poster's statement/opinion or they've made me laugh like a drain or sometimes during a chain of events/talk/help I've gotten involved in.

[Cheekymonkey]

In life, some are incapable of ever saying two simple words......
"Thanks" or "Sorry". Whaddayagunnadoo?

[John C. Holmes]

I give when I like or download something, I get when post stuff. It's all a vicious cycle...