The Thanks Function

[Spectre]

No. I've gotten a ton of thanks. 90% of it came from calling tacho a nigger.

The thanks system is stupid and goes against the point of the forum. Some of the worst posters had a ton of thanks and some of the good posters had few. People give thanks more for stupid one liners than well thought out posts, the entire concept doesn't work. also only faggots care about thanks in the first place therefore only faggots want a thanks system. Fuck faggots. And niggers. *waits for thanks*

honestly as far as people thanking one liners, that shit probably keeps those same people from making a useless post going "lol nice one he is a faggot" when they can simply thank the post and move on with out a bunch of others throwing out one liners

[Poast]

Yes.

[FON]

I don't really care much, I think doing without is a good way to encourage just good general conversation as opposed to just thanking the closest opinion you agree with then fucking off - something I regularly did back on &z.

Same. Without thanks I'm more inclined to put a little bit of thought in and make an actual post. I've been loving the forum without thanks. Quality posts are encouraged whereas I feel the thanks system was detrimental in this respect. Tons of shitposts would bring in a significant amount of thanks, which encourages people to make more shitposts. Everyone is chasing the dragon for their thanks induced dopamine rush.

Don't take it too seriously, it's just for fun. It really doesn't change the dynamics of a forum very much, and, regardless, if users really want it it should be implemented in order to retain them and prevent a forum from dying.

Often posts that were good in some way, whether simply amusing or informative, were thanked. Other times there were pointless thanks, thank parties, and no one really cared, so it didn't really matter much more than any other silly thread made in a place like Half Baked. Then there were thanks used simply because they agreed with a post, but this isn't much different than an upvote system like reddit, and without it people instead quote the post along with a short line to show their agreement/support, and don't add much to the discussion.

And the thanks system adds absolutely nothing to the discussion - you just thank the post. Without the thanks system at least you are forced to actually think a little and engage with other users.

it seems that people would only be drawn to come back and post better, or at least in more of a way that is approved by the community.

I think this is an unrealistic expectation. The people that are that motivated by thanks aren't suddenly going to turn around and become quality posters in order to develop and vague unquantifiable sense of being valued by the community, which takes time.

The standards that apply to the thanks system aren't going to create a better quality forum or better quality posts. I seem to recall a lot of shitposts getting praised via the thanks system on zoklet.

[Infinityshock]

if there is going to be a 'like' or 'thanks' feature there needs to also be a 'this post sucks a cock and youre a fucking retard for making it' feature

or you can just not thank or like the post and move on with your day and try to contain your copious baby tears for once

no.  if there can be a system for readers to circle-jerk posters there needs to also be the corollary to where the poster gets the deserved feedback from readers when the post is shit

[Spectre]

You guys don't make any fucking sense on one hand you're saying thanks don't encourage anyone, then like immediately after that you guys complain about how thanks encourage shit posting implying thanks do drive people to post more whether it's "good" posts or "shit" posts. Maybe all you guys bitching about the people who got thanked or liked or whatever the shit should just thank or like the shit you think is a good post huh instead of bitching about what other people like. It doesn't affect you at all negatively if someone else gets thanked it simply gives a user an easy way to show appreciation for a post instead of not responding to it and moving on because they don't want to waste space with a quote and a ^this post.

[Spectre]

if there is going to be a 'like' or 'thanks' feature there needs to also be a 'this post sucks a cock and youre a fucking retard for making it' feature

or you can just not thank or like the post and move on with your day and try to contain your copious baby tears for once

no.  if there can be a system for readers to circle-jerk posters there needs to also be the corollary to where the poster gets the deserved feedback from readers when the post is shit

If it's a shit post it should be ignored anyway, and if it's so egregious that you feel so fucking unraveled about it you need to spout of with a secondary shit post you can. No one's taking away your ability to be a lame moron with stale insults.

[John Smith]

ITT: People who take thanks/the internet too seriously and felt they didn't have the thanks they thought they deserved on Zoklet (jealous).

[Enter]

Do you wish to succeed?

Always do the opposite of what Zok does.

I voted "no".

[FON]

You guys don't make any fucking sense on one hand you're saying thanks don't encourage anyone, then like immediately after that you guys complain about how thanks encourage shit posting implying thanks do drive people to post more whether it's "good" posts or "shit" posts. Maybe all you guys bitching about the people who got thanked or liked or whatever the shit should just thank or like the shit you think is a good post huh instead of bitching about what other people like. It doesn't affect you at all negatively if someone else gets thanked it simply gives a user an easy way to show appreciation for a post instead of not responding to it and moving on because they don't want to waste space with a quote and a ^this post.

The problem is the encouragement of shitposting tends to clog up the forums with boring, inane posts and foster a culture of mediocrity. I guess that is the sort of forum people enjoy?

[STD]

Maximum thanks 1x per day? Should help it reflect quality posters more if they aren't so easy to dish out.

[joe camel]

While were at it, can we start a poll on tuning off multiple quotes?

Another thing, this isnt zoklet. Honestly, what did thanks contribute to the site at all? Arnox, i hope you say fuck the thanks system, poll be damned. But then you'll be flooded with Arnox you suck you asked us if we wanted thanks and didn't even give it to us anyway.

Meh, whatever. Fuck thanks.

[DaGuru]

As I've said in other threads....all thanks does is encourage, attract and motivate the WRONG kind of poster. Do you want mindless button clickers that actually need some cheesy validation by strangers while chasing a meaningless statistic? Or do you want intelligent adults with great discussion and debate skills? This really isn't about what makes a handful of people good for a few seconds, instead the BIGGER PICTURE of the long term future of this website. Period.

Arnox, just in case you do cave in to the slobber herd.....is there a way to opt out of the thanks feature? Meaning a user has a choice to disable having their posts thanked, kind of a way to separate the adults from the little children?

[Infinityshock]

im pretty sure there are no adults on this site.  not mental-age, anyways

[Spectre]

You guys don't make any fucking sense on one hand you're saying thanks don't encourage anyone, then like immediately after that you guys complain about how thanks encourage shit posting implying thanks do drive people to post more whether it's "good" posts or "shit" posts. Maybe all you guys bitching about the people who got thanked or liked or whatever the shit should just thank or like the shit you think is a good post huh instead of bitching about what other people like. It doesn't affect you at all negatively if someone else gets thanked it simply gives a user an easy way to show appreciation for a post instead of not responding to it and moving on because they don't want to waste space with a quote and a ^this post.

The problem is the encouragement of shitposting tends to clog up the forums with boring, inane posts and foster a culture of mediocrity. I guess that is the sort of forum people enjoy?

Don't fucking thank shit posts then maybe? Why the fuck is that a concept people don't get. if a majority are already shit posters and thanking shitposters a thanks system won't change that but if you fucking people who seem to think it's such a poor idea actually use it to thank what you believe to be a good post than you can have a positive effect on those people

[millionsofdeadcats]

Don't fucking thank shit posts then maybe? Why the fuck is that a concept people don't get. if a majority are already shit posters and thanking shitposters a thanks system won't change that but if you fucking people who seem to think it's such a poor idea actually use it to thank what you believe to be a good post than you can have a positive effect on those people

Exactly.  Some of these idiots act like if a thanks system is implemented, the top notch quality of posts we currently enjoy will plummet into a dystopic hell of shitposting and spamming.