Thanks Arnox for finding a solution that fits everyone's requests. There's so much flip-flopping going on, it would be hard to interpret what the majority truly wants.
Regarding why Arnox doesn't want the total displayed next to each post, I think he is somewhat equating to a system similar to Facebook. On FB, user can show an appreciate for a post with a simple 'like' without putting out the effort of constructing a comment, but total 'likes' accumulated are not tracked. By not tracking the total likes or thanks received, it doesn't place a biased importance, unimportance, relevancy, or irrelevancy on a user's post outside of its own merits.
Thanks for what you, Arnox.