Vestibule Violator
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Joined: Saturday, 3rd August 2013, 18:59
Problems with "thanks"
I will be blunt, they don't.
Somtimes in GDD, posters will be showered in thanks if they give good suggestions, but anybody who is genuinely interested in the topic is going to read what people have to say about it whether it was thanked a lot or not. So what does it accomplish? Maybe it is somewhat useful just for gauging the credibility of someone, but bad players can thank other bad players for giving bad suggestions.
At its worst, thanking can promote a negativite environment where a group of people who seem to agree on something become more credible than the words they are saying. For example, let's say xuaxua posts an idea on GDD that is worth considering, but i come in and say "blah blah blah mildly on topic comment, sarcastic remark." And then sandman25 gives me a thank because he thinks it's funny. Now we are in a situation where me and sandman are breeding a poisonous environment because people are naturally going to refer to the amusing sarcasm as the main idea, and suddenly xuaxua's idea won't look so good to them because I said that and sandman supposedly "agrees."
That is just one situation where this may happen, there are actually people on this forum who will regularly(and purposefully) defamate another persons character and receive thanks for it. Thanking should just be removed to avoid this, i think it does more harm than good. Or at least be improved to remove its major issues.
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