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    #32
    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    Rabies wrote: »
    thanks system is no different in the grand scheme of things

    Ah, there was a lot of "I gave you karma" "thanks dude, I gave you karma too" shite that went on.


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    #33
    Rabies
    Registered Users Posts: 15,258 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    thanks or karma system shouldn't effect posting style and attitude, but it does.
    Get rid of it :)


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    #34
    MugMugs
    Registered Users Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    Rabies wrote: »
    thanks or karma system shouldn't effect posting style and attitude, but it does.
    Get rid of it :)

    Thanks exists to rule out thread responses with "Thanks dude"

    It serves that function quite well.


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    #35
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 22,775 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Rabies wrote: »
    thanks or karma system shouldn't effect posting style and attitude, but it does.
    Get rid of it :)

    * Thanks post * (Just to wind up Rabies. :p)


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    #36
    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,855 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    Rabies wrote: »
    thanks or karma system shouldn't effect posting style and attitude, but it does.
    Get rid of it :)

    Getting rid of thanks would overall be a very bad move I'd say.


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    #37
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    5starpool wrote: »
    Getting rid of thanks would overall be a very bad move I'd say.
    I agree.

    (See what I did there? :))


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    #38
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,727 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Dades wrote: »
    I agree.

    (See what I did there? :))
    Me too.


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    #39
    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,855 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    Dades wrote: »
    I agree.

    (See what I did there? :))

    +1

    .

    ^ This.

    etc.


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    #40
    Turtwig
    Registered Users Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    Dades wrote: »
    I agree.

    (See what I did there? :))

    This.


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    #41
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,893 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Jernal wrote: »
    This.

    Good post!


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    #42
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Thanks!


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    #43
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Dades wrote: »
    Thanks!

    Welcome.


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    #44
    coffee_cake
    Registered Users Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    +1


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    #45
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 22,775 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    +5


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    #46
    [Deleted User]
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    I don't know what is going on, but I'd like 6 stars.


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    #47
    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Like


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    #48
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Even Gordon likes my having 6 stars. Can I have them now, kthnx?


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    #49
    Rabies
    Registered Users Posts: 15,258 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    5starpool wrote: »
    Getting rid of thanks would overall be a very bad move I'd say.

    Or keep it and don't show the user names that thanked the poster under the post. Only see it in user CP. Is that possible?


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    #50
    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,855 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    Rabies wrote: »
    Or keep it and don't show the user names that thanked the poster under the post. Only see it in user CP. Is that possible?

    Why? It's unnecessary. If you hide people's names they may feel the need to publicly acknowledge a post which hasn't been fulfilled by simply thanking.

    It's essentially a moot point anyhow as there seems to be no appetite to change it, but I read/post in a couple of places that have no thanks function and it really does add clutter.

    If it was a case where thanks whoring/requesting or whatever was a big problem on boards there would be an argument for changing things, but I really don't see it as much of an issue. There are probably some cases of it, but at this point now it is just a feature that is widely and generally correctly used by most people, and removing it would cause a large amount of annoyance and grief for admins/mods, and I don't think moving it to an anonymous system, which would have obvious site development issues too, would provoke much less of an annoyed response by the user base.


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