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NivagSwerdna:
IMHO a system where you self declare yourself an expert would be ideal with a Badge against their name to identify them... and then I could safely ignore their comments.

Actually... self declaration of expert status... sounds very 2022... the world really has gone mad.

Cerebus:

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--- Quote from: Cerebus on February 16, 2022, 02:24:35 pm ---Cerebus [Thanked ratio 77%]  :-DD

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As I explained in an earlier post. It seems to be because you post a picture of e.g. a broom, in the tea thread. Then get 5 thanks for it.

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread/msg3999280/#msg3999280

So, the tea thread seems to have put various users into the top of the most thanked lists. Rather than the merit of being most helpful members on this forum.

But of course you still could be the most helpful member here, as well.

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Hey, give a chance, I'm trying to catch up here. I wasn't going to go off on a meta analysis of why the thanked ratio is what it is, just trying to point up that it's a useless metric as it stands, which I'd kind of hoped was obvious by using myself as a contra-example of its usefulness rather than picking on some other hapless soul and going "Look he has a high thanked ratio but he's a complete dick!".

Cerebus:

--- Quote from: tautech on February 16, 2022, 02:36:15 pm ---
--- Quote from: Cerebus on February 16, 2022, 02:30:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: Gyro on February 16, 2022, 12:21:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: thinkfat on February 16, 2022, 12:05:26 pm ---Put a "Thanked" counter next to the "Posts" counter.
If you absolutely must do something.

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Agreed on the "If you absolutely must do something".

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I disagree, I think that the thanked figure is misleading and deserves to get no more prominence than it already has.

And I must be right, and you wrong, because your thanked ratio is only 28% but mine is 77%.  :-DD

OK, I can probably stop now. I hope that I've provided enough evidence that the thanked figures are not necessarily a helpful guide.

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Yes although they're easily found by clicking on a members profile which provides access to their thanked posts where you can further research why they were thanked. SMF makes doing your homework on a member dead easy and in my view is more useful that bestowing titles on members.

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And today's "creepy stalker" prize goes to ...   :)

MK14:

--- Quote from: Cerebus on February 16, 2022, 02:42:10 pm ---Hey, give a chance, I'm trying to catch up here. I wasn't going to go off on a meta analysis of why the thanked ratio is what it is, just trying to point up that it's a useless metric as it stands, which I'd kind of hoped was obvious by using myself as a contra-example of its usefulness rather than picking on some other hapless soul and going "Look he has a high thanked ratio but he's a complete dick!".

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Sorry, if I poked you.

I think the 'thanking' system, has its uses, for thanking posts, without needing to pollute a thread, with constant "I agree, Thanks!!", type of posts.
But on the other hand (as you have nicely shown in this thread), calculations based on its application and total received. Are not necessarily a reliable measure of a posters merits or other aspects of a poster.

eugene:
All of the discussion about the Thanks button highlights the idea that individual answers should be ranked instead of individual posters. Perhaps there's a better way to implement this than Thanks button? Stack Exchange allows each of us to up/down vote an answer as being useful. I don't want the karma seeking to take over this forum, but a more specific rating system of posts (vs posters) would accomplish the goal described in the OP.

Moreover, this forum is not here to cater to drive-by newbies who come here with a question and then never return. An important part of learning is distinguishing between knowledge and nonsense. The best way for us to help is by ranking individual answers. A simple up vote would be useful. Also allowing down votes invites punishment of people that we just don't like for personal reasons, so while potentially being useful might lead to more problems than it's worth.

I guess what I'm advocating is something similar to the thanks button, but more specifically says "this is a good answer." My preference would be to leave the names of the voters confidential, but even the names might have value. How about simply changing the "Thanks" button to "This answer is useful"? Wouldn't even need to redo the statistics, just change the text on the button.

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