I see many people practically begging for "thanks" hits in their sigs. I was just wondering why this is? What are the advantages if any of getting a lot of "thank yous"
Personally I never ask for them and don't pay much attention to them on another's but some sigs have the request in big and bold letters sometimes twice!! I have been a member for a long time and this has always perplexed me. LOL
Thought i'd ask since I just read a post that contained THREE requests for "hitting the thanks button" $$$
Is it really THAT important?
Don't know but.
Thanks meter shows your reputation.
How much you are reputed.
And the more it is the more people listen to your help.
Its my way of think .
Can't say if this is the only reason.
There might be different also.
Let see. Even I wanna know it.
Someone will definately answer this
They suck!
But they decide how helpful / knowledgeable you are!
Thanks is something that isn't to be begged but gained!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1559412
read this thread.
There are many more posts like yours.
No they're not important.
At first someones thanks meter could be used to determine if a user was a helpful member, more so than others. Now though, due to major misuse of the thanks button, it means nothing because someone who rarely helps could have more thanks than someone who always helps others.
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The majority of people who receive *Thanks* on this forum receive it for posting a witty response to a thread.
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[Bruce Wayne] said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1559412
read this thread.
There are many more posts like yours.
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THANKS
YEP This is exactly what I meant. So many people trolling for "thanks" and even donation buttons lol
It certainly feels good that the advice you have given to others is appreciated, and this appreciation is shown through "Thanks" here on XDA. It also builds reputation, like others have said in this thread. The Thanks button loses it meaning, however, when people beg for them in their signatures or end their post with a similar sentence to "Hit thanks if I helped you!".
thanks is something people just click when they feel like it,
like an itch on your back,
you can scratch it if you want or you can ignore it,
or you can put mineral oil and rub it across..
anyways,
my point is,
you are not obliged to click the button,
if someone has helped you then click it or don't (you ungrateful BS)
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THANKS
YEP This is exactly what I meant. So many people trolling for "thanks" and even donation buttons lol
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Donation buttons are fine seeing as you actually gain something from a donation. As long as the person has a valid reason to ask (RTs, RDs and anyone who does a lot of original, time consuming work) there's no reason they shouldn't ask for a voluntary donation. As for thanks, I don't see any reason to ask for them specifically but they can often be a good indication of how helpful someone has been. Of course, sometimes they're a wildly inaccurate measure as people are thanked for funny or witty posts as well as useful ones. As for me, I use my own thanks to keep track of threads where people may require follow-up help of any sort.
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Donation buttons are fine seeing as you actually gain something from a donation. As long as the person has a valid reason to ask (RTs, RDs and anyone who does a lot of original, time consuming work) there's no reason they shouldn't ask for a voluntary donation. As for thanks, I don't see any reason to ask for them specifically but they can often be a good indication of how helpful someone has been. Of course, sometimes they're a wildly inaccurate measure as people are thanked for funny or witty posts as well as useful ones. As for me, I use my own thanks to keep track of threads where people may require follow-up help of any sort.
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I was referring to the general population putting "Donate to me" links on their moniker sections...Whats up with that? I don't pay much attention to thanks numbers. I pay attention to the information in the posts. IF its worthy I will hit Thanks IF they are not asking for it.
I don't understand the need for "reputation" I have seen misinformation come from people with a lot of thanks and good information from new members. Contributors who actually provide ROMS, Kernels, Apps deserve donations and thanks.
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I was referring to the general population putting "Donate to me" links on their moniker sections...Whats up with that? I don't pay much attention to thanks numbers. I pay attention to the information in the posts. IF its worthy I will hit Thanks IF they are not asking for it.
I don't understand the need for "reputation" I have seen misinformation come from people with a lot of thanks and good information from new members. Contributors who actually provide ROMS, Kernels, Apps deserve donations and thanks.
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That is true. But to some, first impressions will affect their judgement of a reply, especially if the ones providing solutions are 'Recognized' members with tens of thousands of thanks. Of course, everyone is different. Some are desperate for thanks, whereas others are just glad to help.
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IF its worthy I will hit Thanks IF they are not asking for it.
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Exactly. I've never ever press thanks if the poster explicitly mention/request/beg it in their signature or post, no matter how useful the information is. Begging for thanks for raising thanks meter is just plain pathetic in my dictionary.
an0nym0us_ said:
Exactly. I've never ever press thanks if the poster explicitly mention/request/beg it in their signature or post, no matter how useful the information is. Begging for thanks for raising thanks meter is just plain pathetic in my dictionary.
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If you don't thanks .
The person whos helping you in knowledge or any other way.
Then the person is a leech in my dictionary.
I don't care. Thanks need to be earned, not to be begged for.
zeuscluts said:
If you don't thanks .
The person whos helping you in knowledge or any other way.
Then the person is a leach in my dictionary.
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BTW "Leach" is spelled LEECH
Hit "thanks" for the spelling lesson
Awais Malik said:
Goooood
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Will you please stop spamming?
Reporting you...
You don't score until you score
when u help someone... do u help to obtain thanks from him or do u help him because u can......or ur knowledge can help him come out of trouble
to b true.... when i was new on xda... i did had my signature as PRESS THANKS IF I HELPED...
bt as i spend more time here... i realised the thanks meter aint that important....
if the guy u helped feels thankful he will press thanks....as a sign of gratitude....
why beg for one ??
drsanket_xperia_u said:
when u help someone... do u help to obtain thanks from him or do u help him because u can......or ur knowledge can help him come out of trouble
to b true.... when i was new on xda... i did had my signature as PRESS THANKS IF I HELPED...
bt as i spend more time here... i realised the thanks meter aint that important....
if the guy u helped feels thankful he will press thanks....as a sign of gratitude....
why beg for one ??
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I guess some people demand credibility loudly.....others earn it silently
A simple thanks.... for anyone that help you....
I believe that... hit "thanks" or write it in a post is the same.
Related
Since I have subscribed to a lot of threads I also get a lot of notifications. That's great offcourse. But what's less great is that a lot of those messages only contains "Thank you very much"or less.
Example : Thank You
Don't misunderstand me. It is great you all thank the programmers for their work. But it doesn't add anything more to the thread nor the program.
So I like to propose to start a "Thank you" thread which I already started just now
If you like to thank somebody it can be posted in this thread. With every "Thank you" you can point to the specific thread with the url of the thread, pointing to the first message.
btw.Many programmers will also appriciate a donation as a "Thank You", I think.
Also to keep their work going
So would you now like to say "Thanks" to somebody?
Then put it in here
Well, thanks
Thank you, but I rather put my "thank you"s in the thread of the developer.
when people wana say thank you..they mean thankyou for
1>ur program
2>the things in this thread that solved my problem
3>the discussion made me feel i no somethin g bout my phone
4>thank you for being alive
so they must post it in the thread!!
not here..
then next time someone comes to the thread they see a thankyou
then they feel..hell lets search bfor posting a question cause someone got a answer!
so then they search and find their answer!!and the cycle continues!!
I don't think they *have* too.
As I said a before only "Thank you" doesn't add anything to the thread nor the program.And people who has subscribe to this thread get useless notifications.It clutters up the thread.So it is redunant in my opinion.
Something like "Thank you but I have this problem with your program" or "Thank you but I have this idea" or "Thank you can you add?"whatever" is something different.Others can participate to this. To a "Thank you"they can't.
Example
Like in my example you can ask yourself. Who is he thanking? The programmer? The one for replied before him? Somebody who gave a tip about the program or a link, WHO?
But offcourse have it like you want it. It was just an idea
well it is a real dilemma for people who are reading up a thread from scratch trying to find something ....and you get all the flaming, thanks and so many other remarks
there was a forum that fixed this by putting a Thank you button behind each entry in a thread .
So once you push it youll see a footer with "The following people wish to thank ..." and its lists each person.
im not sure if it can be done here .....oh mighty gods of XDA....is this possible ?
im not sure if i can type in the name of that forum here ...
Well, interesting idea, but isn't it easier to make "thank you" button? You just click that in chosen thread and it is done... DB space and bandwidth saved.
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Well, interesting idea, but isn't it easier to make "thank you" button? You just click that in chosen thread and it is done... DB space and bandwidth saved.
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Seems to me like a good idea, a "thank you"button. thanks TripleA
A thank you thread already has been placed before here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534413
orb3000 said:
A thank you thread already has been placed before here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534413
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Right. But TripleA had a good idea, see the above. A different idea.
hendrixus said:
Right. But TripleA had a good idea, see the above. A different idea.
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Theres is also another thread regarding the thank you button...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=539440
+1 vote for it
orb3000 said:
Theres is also another thread regarding the thank you button...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=539440
+1 vote for it
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It was posted today. TripleA's idea is from two days ago
Youre right mate
sorry
Anyway very good idea!
orb3000 said:
Youre right mate
sorry
Anyway very good idea!
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That's ok. Right.
Comment removed.
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Posts removed -Enough of the thankyou's please
Ta
Rick
Some other forums add a kudos button to the person's avatar so that you can thank a specific person, and people are sort of graded by how much kudos they get, meaning how much good they've done to the community, how reliable, in a sense they are, etc...There is also the negative (boo!) button when people are unhappy with something.
All this have it's pros and cons, depending on how grown-up or how childish (abusive?) people can be at times. But there is no doubt that it saves time and space. And nothing stops people saying thanks in other ways as well.
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Some other forums add a kudos button to the person's avatar so that you can thank a specific person, and people are sort of graded by how much kudos they get, meaning how much good they've done to the community, how reliable, in a sense they are, etc...There is also the negative (boo!) button when people are unhappy with something.
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Every advantage has its disavantages
And nothing stops people saying thanks in other ways as well.
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No they won't. That's why this thread to try to come up with ideas so they do stop, and thank people on another way, like with a button. As you said. It saves space!
thank you button for vbulletin http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=122944
i button would be very good and i think the best solution
Advantage: Less Clutter on Thread.
Disadvantage: Less personal/threads drop down list faster.
To be honest i don't see saying thankyou as an issue, what's more of an issue is mountain size quotes and multiple same questions asked by uncompitent searchers or just plain lazziness
"So maybe the OP of the thread should have more controll over the thread being able to delete the redundant posts?"
When donating money to Dev's etc, wouldn't you think it be customary/polite to receive a thank you from the person(s) either through email, Paypal email or the forum? I am not mad by any means, just disappointed a bit. I donated to 3 Dev's ($10, $5, $5)(not counting other Dev's from other boards) about a month or two ago. Now understanding people might be busy, overlooked, forgotten is understandable, but donating to 3 different Dev's with no (even automated "Thank You" email LOL) is kinda disappointing. Nothing to lose sleep over of course.
Now, it's not like a lot of money was donated, but some is better than none usually. I only use the one Dev's Rom, and from my understanding the other 2 help contribute(plus others besides the 2 I imagine). Maybe $10's & $5 aren't enough to justify a simple thanks?
I would say a 'thank you' is always nice
Though are these devs of really popular apps? Maybe they haven't yet had time to set up an automated response.
If I ever get donations I would definitely say "thanks!"
I am surprised as well that I didn't at least have an automated response. Oh well I guess.
They make Roms, not apps, but are fairly popular I think.
I have always thanked people for donations but unfortunately like the OP have not always received the same courtesy. Makes me think that it was not appreciated.
zone23 said:
I have always thanked people for donations but unfortunately like the OP have not always received the same courtesy. Makes me think that it was not appreciated.
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Not everyone actually finds out...
I know some members (myself included), choose to direct donations to an account they don't control. So nobody gets a reply from me, that I know of... It's not out of lack of politeness or appreciation, more just that I actually don't know...
Not being here for the money, it makes no difference to me, so I put it to an account used to pay hosting bills
load97 said:
When donating money to Dev's etc, wouldn't you think it be customary/polite to receive a thank you from the person(s) either through email, Paypal email or the forum? I am not mad by any means, just disappointed a bit. I donated to 3 Dev's ($10, $5, $5)(not counting other Dev's from other boards) about a month or two ago. Now understanding people might be busy, overlooked, forgotten is understandable, but donating to 3 different Dev's with no (even automated "Thank You" email LOL) is kinda disappointing. Nothing to lose sleep over of course.
Now, it's not like a lot of money was donated, but some is better than none usually. I only use the one Dev's Rom, and from my understanding the other 2 help contribute(plus others besides the 2 I imagine). Maybe $10's & $5 aren't enough to justify a simple thanks?
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The "Thank You" comes in the form of further ROM development.
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PeartFan40 said:
The "Thank You" comes in the form of further ROM development.
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That's not good enough, at least for me. If your asking for donations, which anyone with a paypal etc that's visible to click on or the "buy me a beer" deal; "is" asking for a donation. Most people growing up have learned in their culture if asking for something, then getting it, results in the said person saying thanks.
Just as people asking for ROM's etc say thanks in their posts to the person. People wouldn't say thanks whether you make the ROM or not LOL. Only if you made it etc.
Further ROM development is done whether a donation is made or not, so that "Further ROM development" is a moot point.
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If asking for donations, IMO, there is a responsibility to know who definitely appreciates the work. Sort of a moral obligation to say thanks. Nothing more, just a thanks.
When I've donated to various organizations. Salvation Army, Habitat For Humanity, hurricane victims etc, I've at least gotten the automated "thank you" responses LOL.
When it comes to Android, it's been another story...
Lol I always thank and still offer the same great help ..
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Say "thank you" must be the first thing TO do for education.
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Hi to all XDA members,
firstly just wanna thank you guys for this great forum. without it, well my phone will be simply be a brick.
just wanted to highlight that when i read through threads and post, i see guys posting all kinds of useless stuff, or even wrong info and REQUEST for thanks...some post dangerous stuff which could end up in bricking a phone..some actually will reply a post by saying thank me if my post helped you. example below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27310617&postcount=2621
i just thought if we could add a dislike or no thanks button or something to that effect to have better control of quality on post. so that members will be careful with all this. and so taht threads dont become uneccesarily spamed with hundreds of pages of reading only to have low quality posts.
thanks guys!! thanks for everything !
ad_ek said:
Hi to all XDA members,
firstly just wanna thank you guys for this great forum. without it, well my phone will be simply be a brick.
just wanted to highlight that when i read through threads and post, i see guys posting all kinds of useless stuff, or even wrong info and REQUEST for thanks...some post dangerous stuff which could end up in bricking a phone..some actually will reply a post by saying thank me if my post helped you. example below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27310617&postcount=2621
i just thought if we could add a dislike or no thanks button or something to that effect to have better control of quality on post. so that members will be careful with all this. and so taht threads dont become uneccesarily spamed with hundreds of pages of reading only to have low quality posts.
thanks guys!! thanks for everything !
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In cases such as the example you gave, as long as the guy posting 'hit thanks' has actually helped the OP, I don't see why it shouldn't be allowed. I don't do that myself, but there's a reason they introduced the thanks button into these forums, so that threads weren't cluttered up by people posting 'thanks' and people really don't use the thanks button enough. IMO if you are on XDA pretty much every day, at least just browsing through your favourite ROMs and checking for updates, you should really be using all of your thanks every day.
As for the dislike button idea, I think I've read that they are testing a thumbs up/thumbs down button, and they had certainly implemented a beta in the GNex forums at some point.
hi nigel,
yup you are right. ppl should use it more often. many tend to post thanks instead of hitting the button. i 100% agree we need to use it.
its the other post that are not useful or even accurate that is posted needs to also be addressed.
thanks for sharing about the thumb down option. this will be great..
I think it is a good idea but I don't know how will it work...
Look, the devs put a lot of their time at developing their roms, I imagine some stupids to hit a dislike button just because they prefer another rom.....do you see? Do the devs have to carry negative "results" just because some are @#$%$#@@#
In the other hand, it is true,maybe due to so many members ,that there are so many useless posts in usefull threads, and that's a big problem.
If that would decrease the number of them(useless posts), I surely support it!!!
I really like to see members who want to make that community better.thanks for sharing your suggestion.
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Hmmm you are right..ive seen some guys that have beef with developers here, and they might use that to give them bad rep just as an sabotage.
its going to be difficult indeed. but now that i think about, its easier to deal with annoying post, rather than idiots pissing off real developers who are contributing to the community.
im not sure if the trade off is going worth it. ive seen developers having to deal with the stupidest of questions and the laziness of readers everyday and i feel so bad for them. i always try to help answer simple stuff that i know from reading. I started this thread in hopes to help them, but it might just backfire.
I'm not great expert at using mods and stuff, but i myself do appreciate all that everyone does in these devs, specially as they do it free and without much gratitude..
I just wish i didnt have to read to moans and complaints from people who are just too lazy to read up on things first ,, but complain when it goes wrong..
We are all at risk of screwing up our phones,and we have no one else to blame but ourselves if we do..
Please lets see a bit more button punching on the Thanks button to the devs and maybe an odd buck or two sent there way cos without these generous people we would have nothing but stock
:good: My gratitude to all devs out there :good:
Sir, as far as telling other Members to use the thank button, or this topic thread it self...should be in the Off Topic Thread, but use a better delivery method and use the OT Thread.
Thank You & Closed
Am I the only one who thinks the whole thanks system on this site is just a massive popularity contest, I routinely see massive bold signatures in every section 'If I helped, press the thanks button' - yeah, I would have done before I read that, douche.
Sorry, it annoys me because I just don't understand what it's meant to prove or why people are allowed to 'beg' for thanks. If somebody makes a useful contribution, sure, give them some credit if they helped out... But people who also reply asking for thanks if they post a response to a question just annoy me. You'll be given it if you deserve it,
Generally only new users have large sigs with 'press thanks if I helped' in them. Most people who've been here a while know that thanks mean nothing and don't bother with that stuff. There's not much you can really do about it I guess.
You are right the whole obssesion for the thanks meter is disturbing, but look who is begging all the time for thanks!, i don't see any serious developer even care about thanks. In the other hand this make people making helpful posts and helping people even if they do it just for thanks.
'If I helped, press the thanks button'
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stamatis said:
You are right the whole obssesion for the thanks meter is disturbing, but look who is begging all the time for thanks!, i don't see any serious developer even care about thanks. In the other hand this make people making helpful posts and helping people even if they do it just for thanks.
Everybody sees this message at least 4 times when visiting xda.The best thing to do is to ignore it
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Yes Friend U Are Right ......
Actually, to be a tad unintuitive, it can help you know WHO to listen to...
It shows you who cares about thanks more than anything else, and thus who to ignore and sneer at
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Actually, to be a tad unintuitive, it can help you know WHO to listen to...
It shows you who cares about thanks more than anything else, and thus who to ignore and sneer at
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And troll and flame at too
If I may.
As one who is older I find the begging thanx the online version of panhandling.
I agree the thanks counter means little in most cases.
Just another meaningless badge.
I've always wondered also why some have the "donate" button active when they have contributed nothing.
It takes a second to thank a developer who assisted you. No biggie. The open source community are extremely helpful. Plus they do this for free. Get over yourself and thank a developer.
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dmazr said:
It takes a second to thank a developer who assisted you. No biggie. The open source community are extremely helpful. Plus they do this for free. Get over yourself and thank a developer.
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You didn't read or perhaps aren't understanding the original post.
OP is stating that "begging for thanks" in a signature is irritating.
The OP says giving thanks if deserved is certainly appropriate.