Sukerkin strikes gold!!

[Sukerkin]

I think you chaps have the right of it there i.e. that the 'Thanks' facility makes it much easier for people to convey an "I agree"/"Well said" et al without going through the Rep System or making a full post.

It's actually something I approve of myself because I have always felt a bit of a post-whore if I only made a post to "Me too!" someone elses words .

I reckon I must just have been having a little 'cold early hours of the morning' blues & paranoia in my previous post :lol:. Thanks for the reassurance, gentlemen :tup:.

 

[exile]

I reckon I must just have been having a little 'cold early hours of the morning' blues & paranoia in my previous post :lol:. Thanks for the reassurance, gentlemen :tup:.

I know, I know—as a fellow night-owl, the world looks really weird at 2:30a.m. or later, and your thinking takes on the quality of a hall of distorting mirrors. And I've noticed, in my own response to MT posting, that I use the 'Thanks' button much more—where once upon a time I'd have given rep, because it really was the only way to signify approval without that kind of redundant 'me too' quality. I suspect it's the same for a lot of other regular posters on the site.

 

[grydth]

Personally, I enjoy getting the "Thanks" more than the rep points..... it shows people are reading the stuff I post and getting some benefit. Given all that I learn here, the gratitude received in return I find pleasant.

"Thanks" are also public recognition where the rep comments are not. Its nice to see a few pop up when there's a spirited debate going on. Where I will be in trouble is if Bob puts in the "No, thanks" function I jokingly suggested some time ago.

 

[arnisador]

Definitely, I've largely 'migrated' to the thanks system, but still wil rep. when I'm moved to do so!