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Adding "thanks" button below posts
« on: September 19, 2012, 06:39:54 pm »
Got this idea when browsing some other forums.

I know a large majority of visitors here only read and very few of us actually post.

Having a "thanks" button below posts allows visitors to easily and quickly show their appreciation for the poster.

"Thanks" button should be available for anonymous non-members as well ideally.
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Re: Adding "thanks" button below posts
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2012, 07:53:40 pm »
Let's look for a plugin / mod then.
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Re: Adding "thanks" button below posts
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2012, 08:16:41 pm »
I like the idea! Where would we search for a plugin GS? I don't know anything about that kind of shennany.
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Re: Adding "thanks" button below posts
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2012, 09:03:51 pm »
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Re: Adding "thanks" button below posts
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2012, 10:36:13 pm »
I think people should make up their own minds re posts. I deeply dislike the like/dislike buttons on youtube for example.
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Re: Adding "thanks" button below posts
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2012, 11:05:15 pm »
Isn't that the point of this suggestion? A little feedback from viewers to posters telling them they appreciate what they wrote?

The purpose as I understand it is not to help people decide whether or not it's good advice or quality info, but for non participating viewers to tell the writer that they feel they benefitted from it. That is the point of a 'Thank you"...gratitude, not a rating system. A rating for determining quality would be something like a 5 star system.
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Re: Adding "thanks" button below posts
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2012, 11:29:58 pm »
At the very least, non-members should not be allowed to vote in this way.
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Re: Adding "thanks" button below posts
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2012, 11:58:29 pm »
I'd agree with that for sure.
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Re: Adding "thanks" button below posts
« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2012, 03:50:46 pm »
Thanks for the feedback guys.

I understand why you wouldn't want non-members to "rate" our posts. But if it's only a "thanks" button, instead of "like/dislike", wouldn't it be okay to allow non-members to "thank" as well? It's only good, never bad, isn't it?
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Re: Adding "thanks" button below posts
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2012, 09:30:57 pm »
Quote from: letsdoiteczema on September 20, 2012, 03:50:46 pm
Thanks for the feedback guys.

I understand why you wouldn't want non-members to "rate" our posts. But if it's only a "thanks" button, instead of "like/dislike", wouldn't it be okay to allow non-members to "thank" as well? It's only good, never bad, isn't it?
If we do that, web crawling/indexing programs aka "web spiders" or web ripping programs such as wget or WinHTTrack might hit the thanks button and mess up the thanks count.

It's best for non-members to be redirected to the signup page when they hit the thanks button.
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