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Originally Posted by DocJohn
The thank you functionality was created by folks who were concerned that people use total post count as a contest as well -- that some members love replying to every thread, even with nonsense sometimes, to improve their post count and gain the next user title. The thank you button was created to remove this incentive for people who only wanted to say, "Right on," "Thank you," etc. to a post.
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Thank you, Doc John, for explaining the reasoning behind this. And the reason for it's creation make sense- I'm sure if the past is any indication, both here and especially on obt (since most of us were members of obt much longer than here), we all know people on our own "personal" forums that as you said, love to reply on every thread, and ALOT of times with nonsense. The thing is, and this is just my opinion, while the reasoning behind this creation is good, the people who do do this- post alot and with nonsense- are probably NOT going to use the "thank-you" function to just say, "thank you" etc. I imagine that if upping the post count or the "thank you" count is their main goal, the addition of the "thank you" button is not going to stop them or change things....They'll still continue to post non stop because to some people that number under their names is really important- in susceptible individuals it may be one way of making themselves seem important or to be seen an authority on the subject.