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*milagro* · 07-03-2007, 07:14 AM

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***The Thanks Button***

Holy Mackerel!

There's even more rep to give! Here is another feature for giving rep to those worthy posts/posters.

It is the THANKS button. It looks like an exclamation mark, and it is located on the bottom of every post (except the ones that you've written

), to the left of the QUOTE button; right here:

When you give a post THANKS, it shows up on the bottom of the page you thanked; like this:

No matter how much rep you're giving out, when you hit the THANKS button, you give that post ONE POINT. There is no limit as to how often or who-often you give THANKS to, but you can only THANK the same post once.

Unlike the regular rep you give, you can take your THANKS back by clicking on REMOVE THANKS here:

(it’s on the right side of the bottom box)

"Why would anyone do that?" you ask.

Well, maybe you changed your mind about the post once your buzz wore off

, or, if you're like me....

you might figure that THANKS isn't enough, and you want to give the post real rep too. If you THANK a post, and try to give the same post regular rep as well, you'll get a warning that says this:

In which case, you REMOVE your THANKS, give the post real rep, then re-give the THANKS, both will take effect. (but the THANKS won't give the point)

There are places you can see that the THANKS has taken effect; top right corner of your own posts (or others) will have this format:

The topmost THANKS is how many the poster had given, the line underneath is self explanatory; it's how many THANKS the poster has received in how many posts. Also, within each member's profile, this can be found:

Anyone can go back and find any and all THANKed posts for this member.

Why give a post THANKS instead of rep?

It could be you don't have time to give real rep.

It could be that you have to spread some around first, or it could be that the post was THANKSworthy, but short of the qualifications you require to make it REPworthy,

I don't know.

Here's the way I see it. The THANKS button is a tool to show everybody what you think of a post while the regular rep is somewhat more personal.

If I had my druthers, we'd have a laughter button too, just to push when something tickles your funnybone, but we don't so use the THANKS button.

milagro

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