I always seem to have double the number of thanks given as received, although the latter is still a high number now. Are thanks supposed to be given out more sparingly? I just upvote posts that I think are smart and useful even if I don't read them in full.
I always seem to have double the number of thanks given as received, although the latter is still a high number now. Are thanks supposed to be given out more sparingly? I just upvote posts that I think are smart and useful even if I don't read them in full.
I don't think the system is "supposed" to be used in any particular way. It exists for those who want to use it but doesn't really mean a lot.
Except to people who like being thanked for things. Me. I'm one of those people. I enjoy when people like my helpful posts. I don't help people for fake internet points (If I did I'd be on a different social media platform), but I still consider it a nice gesture and appreciate when people do it.
Having checked my own stats, I'm surprisingly pretty even in the given to received ratio despite giving out 'likes' fairly freely to helpful posts. Though in fairness I've also been using this site for a really long time (almost 12 years!) and have helped a LOT of people in the Resource Packs sections so my experience is likely not typical.
I always seem to have double the number of thanks given as received, although the latter is still a high number now. Are thanks supposed to be given out more sparingly? I just upvote posts that I think are smart and useful even if I don't read them in full.
I thank anyone who has taken their time to respond, its an habit and just good manners for me, I also give thanks to Post I like but dont comment on.
I don't think the system is "supposed" to be used in any particular way. It exists for those who want to use it but doesn't really mean a lot.
This has always been my interpretation of it. Since I'm on forums for the discussions, not the likes or points or whatnot, I almost never use it.
The inverse means I almost never care about what mine is at. If someone has input to something I say, I'd rather have them tell me something as opposed to adding to a counter for a system I don't put any weight in. I'm not saying I MIND people who do that. I'm just saying discussion is something I value far above a points system.
So don't necessarily take likes, or the lack of them, as meaning anything in particular. Some people just neglect the system entirely. That's not necessarily equivalent to "not liking" something. I pretty much value most input (whether I agree with it or not) so it'd be pretty redundant to thank almost everything. Hence I just neglect the system entirely except on rare occasions.
I always seem to have double the number of thanks given as received, although the latter is still a high number now. Are thanks supposed to be given out more sparingly? I just upvote posts that I think are smart and useful even if I don't read them in full.
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Retired StaffI don't think the system is "supposed" to be used in any particular way. It exists for those who want to use it but doesn't really mean a lot.
Except to people who like being thanked for things. Me. I'm one of those people. I enjoy when people like my helpful posts. I don't help people for fake internet points (If I did I'd be on a different social media platform), but I still consider it a nice gesture and appreciate when people do it.
Having checked my own stats, I'm surprisingly pretty even in the given to received ratio despite giving out 'likes' fairly freely to helpful posts. Though in fairness I've also been using this site for a really long time (almost 12 years!) and have helped a LOT of people in the Resource Packs sections so my experience is likely not typical.
I thank anyone who has taken their time to respond, its an habit and just good manners for me, I also give thanks to Post I like but dont comment on.
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Yeah it's kind of how i acknowledge receipt when i have nothing useful to say
This has always been my interpretation of it. Since I'm on forums for the discussions, not the likes or points or whatnot, I almost never use it.
The inverse means I almost never care about what mine is at. If someone has input to something I say, I'd rather have them tell me something as opposed to adding to a counter for a system I don't put any weight in. I'm not saying I MIND people who do that. I'm just saying discussion is something I value far above a points system.
So don't necessarily take likes, or the lack of them, as meaning anything in particular. Some people just neglect the system entirely. That's not necessarily equivalent to "not liking" something. I pretty much value most input (whether I agree with it or not) so it'd be pretty redundant to thank almost everything. Hence I just neglect the system entirely except on rare occasions.