Please explain "Thanks"

What's the meaning of the bit that says "Thanks" or "Thanked x times in n posts" ?
I always try to thank people who reply to my posts, but my points don't seem to go up! Or have I got the wrong end of the stick?? Thanks, (!!) Lindy.

 

I think the points probably go up for those who YOU thank as oposed to yourself for thanking them.

Eitherway IMO its a naff feature.

 

Ah, now I understand how to use it! Can you tell who has thanked you, then? Forgive me, but like a few other things, it doesn't seem to be explained anywhere I could find. For example, I have seen various unexplained references to 'Nathan'. Who is Nathan, please? ( Being only an apprentice gardener, I am not au fait with all the intricacies of the site & its personnel! ) Also, how do you get out of the starting blocks with the rep thing??

 

" Eitherway IMO its a naff feature."

Waste of vertical space the amount of screen real estate used to display the "thanks", daft design IMHO, could have easily just showed a Star-type symbol or somesuch ... too much attention to trying to make forums into social networking sites and the apparent need to NAME everyone who presses the Thanks link ...

 

I Like It :thmb:

 

Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against the concept of pressing a "Thanks" button, its the amount of space it takes to display who said Thank You that I think is unnecessary. Some simple icon to indicate how many people thought the post was helpful would do me ... bit like the "Rate this thread" thingie at the top - how often does that get used I wonder?

 

I can only see 2 or 3 of the last posts on teh screen at once, loads of vertical white space ... used to be able to get lots of replies in a single screen ...

 

Why don't I have a Thanks button on the bottom right like everyone else? :cnfs:

I have thanked several people but it's not showing. I'm sure I had an icon on the top right but that doesn't seem to be there now and I wrote a little message of thanks. I've looked in my User CP and can't see anything .... perhaps I need to see on Optician ... :(

 

U don't have a thanks button because u can't thank yourself. Me and everyone else can see your thanks button on your posts but u can't :D

 

That makes perfect sense Little Miss ... :dh: Thank you.

Heaven only knows what I did on the occasions I thought I was thanking soneone.

Have a nice day.

 

Thats ok glad to help. Its all a bit confusing but as I've used some of the features before on other forums I've managed to get my head round it :thumb:

 

Hi All,

I just wonder how steep a learning curve it will be to would be gardeners who arrive with enough questions already.

I`m struggling here, and I don`t want to be labelled as negative just because I admit it.

The star system Kristen mentioned sounds easy enough to understand, but who would rate it? And is there a shortcut to filter out the posts that don`t receive any thanks on a given subject? Only saying because there are unthanked posts that have been a lot more helpful than some of the thanked ones. Personally I still fail to see its advantages, maybe in time-but I am not sure.


Little Miss, maybe you can explain it nicely-as you know-I do need the help LOL