Stop making timestamps disappear on thanked posts

[Arrhythmia]

As far as I can tell, if a post is thanked, and that post is not the OP, then for some bizarre reason the timestamp on the post vanishes. This is kind of crazy behavior and it should be fixed.

[wheals]

Sunday, 2nd August 2015, 23:11 by wheals

Didn't we all agree on a solution?

[dowan]

We also apparently agreed to remove thanks. As a group, we really lack follow through...

[njvack]

The only person who can make thanks go away is napkin, and IIRC he said "I don't have much time but will try someday."

AFAIK none of the other mods have shell access to the system running tavern.

[dowan]

Ah, that makes sense. I'm practicing for a thankless system, so I didn't thank your post

[rchandra]

Didn't we all agree on a solution?

No, not in the least.

[byrel]

Wednesday, 19th August 2015, 15:28 by byrel

While I agree there seems to be a consensus in that thread, I'd like to disagree; I use the thank system regularly to express appreciation and agreement, which would end up being a 5 word post without it. I don't like cluttering forums with 5-word posts, so sometimes I also wouldn't express agreement or appreciation, even though it's appropriate or deserved.

I think having an upvote/thank system tends to solve more problems than it creates. People are perfectly capable of groupthinking without a thank system.

[jejorda2]

Wednesday, 19th August 2015, 15:39 by jejorda2

I like to see a five word post of appreciation. It clarifies whether you mean, "That was funny" or "That was well expressed" or "That is a better way of thinking of that" or "This is the right answer to this question that has been asked and answered a thousand times"

[Siegurt]

I like to see a five word post of appreciation. It clarifies whether you mean, "That was funny" or "That was well expressed" or "That is a better way of thinking of that" or "This is the right answer to this question that has been asked and answered a thousand times"

The reason "Thanks" exist though is so we don't need 10 posts that all say "I liked that"

Also, without Thanks, the first person to appreciate a post may feel like they can express that without detracting from the conversation, but the more people who've posted "lol" or "gratz" or "seconded/thirded/tenthed" or "agreed" the less meaningful content the forum has.

Addionally, the more posts instead of Thanks there are, the higher the barrier is for the next person who reads the post and wants to indicate how they feel about it, if you read a post you feel you would like to indicate your agreement with, but there are 10 posts all saying they agree, you are more likely to feel disinclined to post to that effect, partially because it is just that much more spam, but also because your post is that much more likely to be dismissed as part of a flock, indistinguishable from the rest and thereby unrecognized.

Honestly i think people who want Thanks to go away take them way to damn seriously

[Sandman25]

Wednesday, 19th August 2015, 16:44 by Sandman25

Honestly i think people who want Thanks to go away take them way to damn seriously

Well said for a person who thanked 31 times and got thanked 1455 times

[jejorda2]

I like being able to link to a post more than I like being able to see who has thanked it.

[dowan]

Thursday, 20th August 2015, 01:23 by dowan

I like to see a five word post of appreciation. It clarifies whether you mean, "That was funny" or "That was well expressed" or "That is a better way of thinking of that" or "This is the right answer to this question that has been asked and answered a thousand times"

You missed some of the more common uses:
"Nice slam!"
"You showed that jerk"
"Your post was so stupid it amused me"
"Hey! I recognize that name!"
"I meant to press quote"

[byrel]

Thursday, 20th August 2015, 13:27 by byrel

Ummm... I don't think any of those are reasons I use thank. I mean, possibly your post was so stupid it amused me, but I try to only use thanks for expressing amusement when the post is a joke... and yes, the stupider the better!

[byrel]

I like to see a five word post of appreciation. It clarifies whether you mean, "That was funny" or "That was well expressed" or "That is a better way of thinking of that" or "This is the right answer to this question that has been asked and answered a thousand times"

The reason "Thanks" exist though is so we don't need 10 posts that all say "I liked that"

Also, without Thanks, the first person to appreciate a post may feel like they can express that without detracting from the conversation, but the more people who've posted "lol" or "gratz" or "seconded/thirded/tenthed" or "agreed" the less meaningful content the forum has.

Addionally, the more posts instead of Thanks there are, the higher the barrier is for the next person who reads the post and wants to indicate how they feel about it, if you read a post you feel you would like to indicate your agreement with, but there are 10 posts all saying they agree, you are more likely to feel disinclined to post to that effect, partially because it is just that much more spam, but also because your post is that much more likely to be dismissed as part of a flock, indistinguishable from the rest and thereby unrecognized.

Honestly i think people who want Thanks to go away take them way to damn seriously

I entirely agree with you.

[wheals]

I like to see a five word post of appreciation. It clarifies whether you mean, "That was funny" or "That was well expressed" or "That is a better way of thinking of that" or "This is the right answer to this question that has been asked and answered a thousand times"

The reason "Thanks" exist though is so we don't need 10 posts that all say "I liked that"

Also, without Thanks, the first person to appreciate a post may feel like they can express that without detracting from the conversation, but the more people who've posted "lol" or "gratz" or "seconded/thirded/tenthed" or "agreed" the less meaningful content the forum has.

Addionally, the more posts instead of Thanks there are, the higher the barrier is for the next person who reads the post and wants to indicate how they feel about it, if you read a post you feel you would like to indicate your agreement with, but there are 10 posts all saying they agree, you are more likely to feel disinclined to post to that effect, partially because it is just that much more spam, but also because your post is that much more likely to be dismissed as part of a flock, indistinguishable from the rest and thereby unrecognized.

Honestly i think people who want Thanks to go away take them way to damn seriously

I entirely agree with you.

same

[HardboiledGargoyle]

I like to see a five word post of appreciation. It clarifies whether you mean, "That was funny" or "That was well expressed" or "That is a better way of thinking of that" or "This is the right answer to this question that has been asked and answered a thousand times"

The reason "Thanks" exist though is so we don't need 10 posts that all say "I liked that"

Also, without Thanks, the first person to appreciate a post may feel like they can express that without detracting from the conversation, but the more people who've posted "lol" or "gratz" or "seconded/thirded/tenthed" or "agreed" the less meaningful content the forum has.

Addionally, the more posts instead of Thanks there are, the higher the barrier is for the next person who reads the post and wants to indicate how they feel about it, if you read a post you feel you would like to indicate your agreement with, but there are 10 posts all saying they agree, you are more likely to feel disinclined to post to that effect, partially because it is just that much more spam, but also because your post is that much more likely to be dismissed as part of a flock, indistinguishable from the rest and thereby unrecognized.

Honestly i think people who want Thanks to go away take them way to damn seriously

I entirely agree with you.

The reason "Thanks" exist though is so we don't need 10 posts that all say "I liked that"

Also, without Thanks, the first person to appreciate a post may feel like they can express that without detracting from the conversation, but the more people who've posted "lol" or "gratz" or "seconded/thirded/tenthed" or "agreed" the less meaningful content the forum has.

Addionally, the more posts instead of Thanks there are, the higher the barrier is for the next person who reads the post and wants to indicate how they feel about it, if you read a post you feel you would like to indicate your agreement with, but there are 10 posts all saying they agree, you are more likely to feel disinclined to post to that effect, partially because it is just that much more spam, but also because your post is that much more likely to be dismissed as part of a flock, indistinguishable from the rest and thereby unrecognized.

Honestly i think people who want Thanks to go away take them way to damn seriously

I entirely agree with you.

same

I wish to express my appreciation of these posts for undisclosed reasons, I didn't mean to bump.