Solved the Mystery!!!
 

You will NEVER EVER see a "Thanks" button on your OWN posts -- only on the posts of others. You can't thank yourself, only others!! - Teri

Teri, "You will NEVER EVER see a "Thanks" button on your OWN posts -- only on the posts of others," explains it all. Now I understand. Boy oh boy, I need to go to bed now! Thank you lady.

Jo55, thank you I now understand. I am kind of dense tonight. Time for bed!:D

I have mixed feelings about the "Thank You" button feature...

I think in our currently society, it is more than ever to say "thanks" because so much is dwell on the negatives and the irreverent. Politeness such as "thank you's" are definitely needed, imho...

however, having also been around for a long time around the forums. I can see the "thank you" button creating problems for those that have low self-esteem that may not have any or as many thanks that some other members would receive?

A lot of the times, a forum can spiral downwards simply due to someone mentioning "clique" or when someone feels "left out"

And it can escalate into oblivion that really just drive people away...

I am not sure if it would be too much trouble or not, but can the thank you button be seen privately??

In other words, let's say I was to thank "Doc John" for his post. And I click on the "thank you" button...only Doc John can see it and he has to log in to see it.

That way, people get thanked privately, people don't have to worry about being "left out" and I also find scrolling down through the thank you's a bit distracting from the main posts...

just my $ 0.45 opinion(due to inflation..LOL)

cheerio......

tis good to have this fine forum to come to, nonetheless...I personally greatly appreciate it....:OuttaHere:

*my 10 cents~
 

I do like it!

because w/ Parkinson's disease, when you shake, and really need the info,
but can't do much more than read, I think it is a kindness, needed...
PS:
the reason -I have 10 cents instead of the usual 2 cents, is because
my rates went up... :D
LOL!

LOLOL Lavelulu, always trying to undercut my prices!! LOLOLOL!

Great to see you!

(((HUGS)))

:cool:

Hi all,

I just noticed the "Remove your thanks" line that comes up when you thank someone....now, that does look a little odd. Who "removes" their thanks, why would anyone do that???? Can't ever remember saying "thank you" to someone then saying "Oh no, sorry, I take that back"..just doesn't ever come up in real life - does it?? :Hum:

all the best!

I don't officially know why the "remove thanks" is part of the feature, but my best guess is that whomever created the "thanks" feature included the "remove" button in case someone hit the 'thanks' button by accident.

The "thanks" button is fairly close to the "reply with quote" button, so there are probably people who hit the wrong button by accident - and the 'remove' part of the feature was probably added so that if anyone hit the button by accident they can fix their mistake without a lot of hassle.

That's my best guess. We can remove our 'thanks' the same way we can edit our own posts when we make a typo :)

Thanks Button!
 

I guess being new here, I did not realize there was a post count. For me it is simply a way of saying thanks for those posts that help. I have not used the button as of yet, but would if I found something particularly helpful. It's a supportive gesture, a gesture of manners that has been nurtured in most people. Since when did saying Thank you, Please, etc become a numbers game?

Septmystic

I really have enjoyed this thread, plus I've greatly enjoyed the thanks button. It is greatly appreciated for those moments when I want to thank someone for their post, but I'm just too tired or maybe too busy to actually post a thank you. As has been stated, you don't have to use it if you don't want to. Of course, there would be no problem at all if only the originator of the post being thanked could see the thanks. I did think of that as a possible solution.
I like the new smilies, there were some comments about them awhile back in this thread. But I wish someone could explain the simple hug one to me: :hug:
I can get the group hug, but the plain hug to me looks kinda like the pinkish smilie is about to sock the greenish smilie in the chops. What am I not getting?
Hugs,