Thank You's

[REWahoo]

FWIW, the "Thanks" button was installed on the board in October of 2008.

http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f32/forums-101-posting-accounts-basics-40168.html#post739535

Might be worth your while to spend a few minutes looking at all the other neat features and instructions outlined on that thread...

 

[redduck]

Just did.

omni

Thanks, Omni:

I received your thanks in "Latest Thanks Received" via the "User CP", but I did not receive a notice saying, "You have been thanked". Are the notices still viable or did I do something to turn off this feature? (Not that you should know, omni, but maybe someone does).

 

[Lsbcal]

Thanks, Omni:

I received your thanks in "Latest Thanks Received" via the "User CP", but I did not receive a notice saying, "You have been thanked". Are the notices still viable or did I do something to turn off this feature? (Not that you should know, omni, but maybe someone does).

I have email notification turned on. I think that is how I have become aware of the Thank You's. But also in the upper right corner of page should be a "Your Notifications" and a number of notifications after that.

 

[eytonxav]

I just today, while bumbling about in the User Control Panel, stumbled upon a whole bunch of "Thank You's" that had been sent to me, apparently 46 in all, although 25 had already time expired.

Now tell us how many rules infractions your User CP shows, they show up even if expired

 

[Nemo2]

Now tell us how many rules infractions your User CP shows, they show up even if expired

"Infractions"? (I was never good at math. ) But, as 'Gold Hat' said to Fred C. Dobbs, "Infractions? We don't need no stinkin' infractions."

 

[DatumPoint5]

Thanks, Omni:

Are the notices still viable or did I do something to turn off this feature? (Not that you should know, omni, but maybe someone does).

To find out if the option is selected, and/or to turn ON the notification of a "Thanks", go to the top-right of your screen and select "Quick Links", then "User Control Panel", on left hand side of screen, under "Settings and Options", click on "edit Options". Scroll down to "Messaging and Notification" and then scroll down to see the option for "Receive a PM notification when a post of yours is thanked". Check that box and then scroll ALL the way down to the bottom of the page and click on the "Save Changes" button.

 

[redduck]

Thanks, DatumPoint5

Followed your instructions. Now I just have to post something that is worthy of a "Thank You."

 

[braumeister]

Maybe someday we can add a STFU button?

 

[REWahoo]

We already have one...

 

[braumeister]

We already have one...

Hey, I'm impressed that I wasn't already on yours.

THANK YOU !!!

 

[Car-Guy]

Never saw them either. Had 19 of them over the past ~year- Appreciate some of the added comments too. Thanks back to you guys and gals.

 

[Sarah in SC]

Hey, I'm impressed that I wasn't already on yours.

THANK YOU !!!

Hahahahaha that is a GREAT response!
Gold star, sir!

 

[MichaelB]

We already have one...

Yes we do, but after reading braumeister's suggestion I think we should consider renaming it.

Maybe someday we can add a STFU button?

 

[Tadpole]

I found them a long time ago. I don't get all that many but I do enjoy getting them. I have started using the button myself but forget about it sometimes.

 

[rodi]

There goes your moderators bonus for 2016.

Darn - I had plans for that bonus money!!!!

 

[braumeister]

There goes your moderators bonus for 2016.

Darn - I had plans for that bonus money!!!!

Ah, but now you can join in over on the "lost a million" thread!

 

[LitGal]

I rarely acknowledge thank you's if they don't contain a question. Also when I send a thank you i don't expect a reply.

So relax.

+1

 

[tulak]

I only recently realized there was a thank you button. But this is a problem for users that are using the smartphone app. I don't see any way to give thanks. If it's not there, then it would be a nice addition. And if it's there, then I should get my prescription checked.

 

[Lsbcal]

I only recently realized there was a thank you button. But this is a problem for users that are using the smartphone app. I don't see any way to give thanks. If it's not there, then it would be a nice addition. And if it's there, then I should get my prescription checked.

Maybe I'm wrong on this, but the smartphone app left me cold. Even on the smartphone I look at the standard site with the Chrome browser. But then I have one of those larger phones, and yes, I put on my glasses.

My feeling is this site has not had a lot of tech support and no development. It could be a lot better but I don't think sys admin is responsive to suggestions. I for one would be willing to do beta testing if there was an effort to upgrade things. This is a mild criticism as I'm very happy to have such a forum up and running. Many thank you's to the powers that be.

 

[tulak]

I couldn't imagine reading the forum without the smartphone app. The app makes it really easy to read new threads (I never found the web interface intuitive) and I'm able to read the forum wherever I'm at. For example, right now I'm standing next to the stove waiting for a batch of cookies to finish baking. The smartphone app makes accessing this forum very convenient.

 

[HadEnuff]

the good news is that I just fixed this myself.

the bad news is that I haven't posted anything worthy of gratitude.

The other good news is that I haven't ignored anybody without knowing it.

So what is proper forum etiquette? To thank a 'thank you' seems to lead to an endless, yet meaningless conversation, no?

 

[Nemo2]

To thank a 'thank you' seems to lead to an endless, yet meaningless conversation, no?

Which, in my case, translates as "Business as usual".

 

[Major Tom]

So what is proper forum etiquette? To thank a 'thank you' seems to lead to an endless, yet meaningless conversation, no?

It would be like "poking" people on Facebook. I have a friend who used to "poke" me on FB. I thought it was pretty ridiculous but to humor her, I'd "poke" her back. Very swiftly, she'd return the favor. This went on for a year or two before I broke the chain. Aaaargh!

I also discovered the "Thank you's" on this site just a few months ago, and was surprised to find that I had a few. I didn't realize it was possible to receive a notification of a thank you until reading this thread. Thank you for that!

 

[scrabbler1]

I don't remember when I did this, but years ago I changed the setting which enables me to receive a PM whenever I get a Thank You. And I already had the setting turned on which enabled me to get an outside email whenever I received a PM. So, taken together, I'd receive both a PM and an outside email whenever I got a Thank You. Furthermore, whenever I get a PM, I'd see a popup window upon first entering ER.org telling me I have a new PM waiting.


I frequently check the "User CP" section to make sure I haven't missed any Subscribed Threads which had a response I hadn't yet viewed. Just below that is the list of Thank Yous with the most recent ones on top.


In another message forum, we have this "Like This" button where we can, without sending a PM or its equivalent, tell the poster we liked his or her post. Some posts there have several "Joe, Jim, and Sarah liked this". We can turn on a setting which alerts us to having received one of these "Liked this" responses to a post we made, without a PM, upon entering the forum for the first time, similar to our ER.org feature. Perhaps ER.org's "Thank You" feature can be changed to exclude the automatic PM?

 

[HFWR]

I don't expect to get a response to a thanks, unless it is a Journey video sent to HFWR as a thank you. For that, anything short of death threats is good.

Who's crying now?