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  • 16-04-2008 2:59am
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    AngryHippie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭


    I never noticed the little thanks from .... thing between posts before, I didn't even know about it. Was it always there, why is it there, whats it all about. I thought I was gettin the hang of boards, is it something I never noticed ?
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    Xavi6
    Registered Users Posts: 40,867 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    It's only been in for the last few weeks or so. I'll have your thanks now please.


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    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Long thread on it a few weeks ago here. It was taken away for a short while then reinstated with restrictions on the amount of thanks that could be distributed as it was being abused. :pac:


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    _blank_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    It's only been in for the last few weeks or so. I'll have your thanks now please.
    Asking for thanks, hmmmmmmmm?


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    Marksie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,395 ✭✭✭Marksie


    Its there to either acknowledge someone has made a good or helpful point, made someone else laugh or generally done something.

    I *think* it was designed to overcome the series of +1 posts you may get as well, but aint sure on that.

    However, asking for thanks gets a smack lol :D


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    _blank_
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    I give it when someone makes me laugh. Genuinely laugh "out loud".

    And when someone has been helpful, particularly on forums I mod.

    And when someone makes a decent point.

    And sometimes sarcastically.


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    Xavi6
    Registered Users Posts: 40,867 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    DesF wrote: »
    Asking for thanks, hmmmmmmmm?
    Marksie wrote: »
    However, asking for thanks gets a smack lol :D

    *sigh* It wasn't meant as a serious comment. It was showing the user the type of situation it COULD be used in i.e. when someone is helpful. But whatever.


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    Sherifu
    Registered Users Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    There was a post about it the FAQ thread in Newbies & Faq but it got a bit lost in the thread.


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    AngryHippie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭AngryHippie


    So I'm not losing it. Phew.
    Kudos to boards for that one, those +1 messages are not really worth a post. This newfangled way is definitely a good thing, I've always felt as if agreeing with someone who has put it well was a little bit of a "yes" man response, and that it just wasted posting space.

    On another matter entirely but not worth a new thread, how long are threads kept in the system after they have gone dormant ? or do the mods eventually lock and burn all the unwanted or unused threads ?


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    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    AngryHippie wrote: »
    On another matter entirely but not worth a new thread, how long are threads kept in the system after they have gone dormant ? or do the mods eventually lock and burn all the unwanted or unused threads ?

    They generally don't get rid of old threads. It only really happens when a thread becomes problematic or a poster bumps a really old thread with a stupid response.


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