Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
Right now it is just 2 clicks Andy. Click "thanks" then click "send your thanks". The personal message is optional.
...and a third click on OK when the forum tells you your thanks have been sent.
Right now it is just 2 clicks Andy. Click "thanks" then click "send your thanks". The personal message is optional.
Wait, it is bad when someone thanks you?
I dont receive any PM's for thanks as it is right now let alone blank ones. I only see thanks when I click User CP
Remember dear, dear, Margi? The globe traveling member? She really abused the "Thanks" button. Everyone go a Thanks! It got so bad that I just quit opening them.
Point taken. I guess I would just take that as a nice thing though. Someone cared enough to thank you for something even if you did not see the need for thanks.No, but she did overdo it quite a bit. She would send a Thanks for when you stated your score on the Jeopardy quizzes.
I just gave myself a thanks. Most other forums will not let you do that, not that it matters.....
Of course I'm right! I'm ALWAYS right! Except when I'm wrong......oops, you're right, CG...
Of course I'm right! I'm ALWAYS right! Except when I'm wrong...
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I've read all four pages on this topic and my take-away is "some want to make this like Facebook?"
Yes. Apparently. Other than the Baking thread being broken apart I have never seen the admins act upon one new member's request so fast.
Like you must have read, there was really nothing wrong with the old system.
In my opinion, oh heck no. Why? Sometimes I think the purpose of a "like" button is to make the OP feel liked.
Not exactly. It is a way for one person to make one click and agree with, or "Like" the post, without anything further being said.
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Personally, I prefer having the "thanks" button to use when I want to send a quick note about a specific post to the person who made that post. Much easier than composing a PM and it doesn't affect their PM limit.
How is it easier than composing a PM? You can't even see your full sentence in the small Thanks window. Just a few typed words at a time.
And maybe it doesn't affect your PM limit, but it does mine
Are you sure?
As I explained to pac, if you want to know which post it is that you're being thanked for you can see that in one click. And it's not a whole lot of trouble to click on the sender's name so that you can continue the conversation if you choose. As far as using the "thanks" button as if it were a FB "like" button, I could probably count the number of times I've done that on one hand. Guess using that "thanks" button shows I'm pretty good at verbosity myself.
Which is why I also said "Obviously others' opinions differ." my dear pac.
If it happens I'll be indifferent to it. Unless no one likes my posts.
Thanks dont affect my PMs either. I neither get nor send PM's for thanks.
To everyone who sent me thanks in this thread, thank you back. And yes I did get the thanks (without any PM's being sent or received from my side).
We truly live blessed lives in that one of our biggest concerns is that we are have to debate the best way to thank out fellow members. I think that right there says a lot about this place
I've read all four pages on this topic and my take-away is "some want to make this like Facebook?"
I would've hit the like button on this one, but I couldn't find it!
I looked at your example. In the example when you click thanks it shows the person who did the thanking. How, exactly, is that not the same thing as clicking "like" on Facebook which then show who clicked like on that post? Other than one being called "thanks" and the other "like" just what exactly are these differences that make you say the two are nothing alike?Did you take a second to view the examples? If you did, you would see a "thanks" button like pictured and linked are nothing like facebook. Nothing like it.
Why can't you do that now under our current system? OK so it is 2 clicks instead of one, but it is really that much more out of your day to click a button one extra time?There are times everyday I am on this forum I would have loved to be able to just click "thanks" and be done with "thanks".
I looked at your example. In the example when you click thanks it shows the person who did the thanking. How, exactly, is that not the same thing as clicking "like" on Facebook which then show who clicked like on that post? Other than one being called "thanks" and the other "like" just what exactly are these differences that make you say the two are nothing alike?
Why can't you do that now under our current system? OK so it is 2 clicks instead of one, but it is really that much more out of your day to click a button one extra time?