[DocJohn]

A couple of new features we're rolling out here...

1. Different message headers for guests and members. If you don't login, you'll see different message headers than you ordinarily would. These are designed to encourage guests to become a member.

2. Give thanks! Sometimes we just want to thank someone for their kind words, post, instructions, recipe, etc. We're rolling this new button/functionality into every template today.

Enjoy!
DocJohn

[loisba]

Lovely new features, DocJohn! As you can see, I immediately tried out the thanks button. Works great, and I love that it then disappears, thus preventing one from accidentally giving thanks twice to one post and not at all to another, for example. Not that there is anything wrong with more than one thank you, of course, but for people like myself, with my brain fog, it's nice to be reminded when I already said thank you and when I haven't.
Hugs,

[Jomar]

glad I saw this - before I posted a question about the new look -LOL

[~scrabble]

Hi DocJohn,

The 'thanks' button for posts seems like an OK idea ..... but, I don't like seeing the total number of 'thanks' below each posters' member name.

I can easily see where this might be upsetting to some people over time. Most of us have "0" thanks at this point, but that will change and I think it could cause problems.

Just my thoughts ........

thanks,

[Wittesea]

So far, I like the "thanks".

One of my favorite thing about this feature is that you can see how many times a person has said thanks to someone else... I like seeing the number of "given" thanks in addition to the number of "received" thanks.

I also like it because sometimes I ask for advice and I get several replies but I am in too much pain to reply to the advice right away and thank people for helping me....

.... by having a thanks button I can just click the button to let people know that I read their reply and I appreciate their reply -- and then when I feel better (sometimes feeling better takes a few days) I can come back and properly reply by typing.


But, I can also see the other side of the coin - where the "thanks" could become an issue.

In my opinion, new features are like taking a test drive on a car for everyone here (the administrators, moderators, and members). It's a new button, a new feature, something we can all try for a while and see how we like it and give feedback about our opinions. If people truly hate it after test driving it for a while, then I am sure that DocJohn will take that into consideration

[bizi]

I don't like it at all....
sorry
I can always send a private message to someone..without it being "public"...
We already have enough numbers with the times viewed numbers...

Just my 2 cents..
bizi

[bizi]

Originally Posted by ~scrabble

Hi DocJohn,

The 'thanks' button for posts seems like an OK idea ..... but, I don't like seeing the total number of 'thanks' below each posters' member name.

I can easily see where this might be upsetting to some people over time. Most of us have "0" thanks at this point, but that will change and I think it could cause problems.

Just my thoughts ........

thanks,

I agree with what scrabble has said...she said it much better than i did....
bizi

[OneMoreTime]

So so often, I would love to give thanks, but I don't because I don't want to put the other members thru innumerable check in's to see what my post had to say. Most of us have little time or little energy to participate and this is always in my mind.

This way, I get to say, "Thanks" -- exactly like I would like to.

I know in the past, when the OBT group transitioned to vBulletin, people complained that threads show how many views it has drawn, making people vulnerable to the thought that their thread(s) are not a much of a draw as someone else's.

Some people also kicked up a huge fuss that it was possible for people to recommend a thread as being of exceptional value --- good when hundreds and thousands of posts confront newcomers who would like to browse for information and answers. To those who objected, they saw it as being, again, a form of popularity contest.

I think there are a minimum of people who would react so strongly - I may be wrong. But I will say that I am a person ultra-sensitive to rejection... but I have learned better reality-testing and have learned to relax and understand the nature of a support forum.

I am shy about getting thanks -- but something this low key would not affect me as much. I like the idea.

Teri

[DiMarie]

Originally Posted by bizi

I don't like it at all....
sorry
I can always send a private message to someone..without it being "public"...
We already have enough numbers with the times viewed numbers...

Just my 2 cents..
bizi

Bizi, I like my life uncomplicated, I made apost on one forum to let everyone know I am not slighting them at all, just all their post support, information and hugs I find so valuable, not one thread, not one response over the other is nore highly rated to thanks, so THANKS TO ALL and simplify my life agin
DI

[Mari]

It seems goofy, awkward, and unnecessary.
But if others like it, I can learn to love it.

Mari