Thank You Button

webmaster · 03-10-2010, 03:31 PM

I only enabled the "Thanks" button on a few forums to see how it went. I picked forums that usually have advice, reviews or information posted that could draw a Thank You. Example of those forums are Boating, Restaurants, Weather, Pets, Fish Tales and Getting Here.

I was actually going to ask a question about this after the current question about posts not related to the lake. Here's what I was going to ask:

1. Should the Thanks button be enabled on all forums?

2. Should the Groan button be enabled?

Many people have asked "Where's the No Thanks button?" The Groan button would serve that purpose.

I'm not completely sold on the Thanks and Groan buttons because I think that they clutter up a thread display and don't seem to be widely used. I have never activated the Groan button because it doesn't seem to fit with our "friendly and helpful" guideline.

As usual, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this and if everyone wants the Thanks or even the Groan buttons I'll probably take the advice of you members.

03-10-2010, 03:31 PM	#3
webmaster Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,459 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 459 Thanked 3,854 Times in 842 Posts	I only enabled the "Thanks" button on a few forums to see how it went. I picked forums that usually have advice, reviews or information posted that could draw a Thank You. Example of those forums are Boating, Restaurants, Weather, Pets, Fish Tales and Getting Here. I was actually going to ask a question about this after the current question about posts not related to the lake. Here's what I was going to ask: 1. Should the Thanks button be enabled on all forums? 2. Should the Groan button be enabled? Many people have asked "Where's the No Thanks button?" The Groan button would serve that purpose. I'm not completely sold on the Thanks and Groan buttons because I think that they clutter up a thread display and don't seem to be widely used. I have never activated the Groan button because it doesn't seem to fit with our "friendly and helpful" guideline. As usual, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this and if everyone wants the Thanks or even the Groan buttons I'll probably take the advice of you members.