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Labrat101:
I am thinking that in "Theory" this would be a great idea .. But as with all what I have seen so far Theory and practice are totally distorted  .
Some of the so called Experts are really good at copy & Paste and have not got a clue . &  could out smart anyone with a twisted tongue.
On the other hand there are some real born Genuineness here and they stay in the shadows .
The only way to Find real experts would be to Prove it with some Certification's

  :popcorn:
MK14:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 22, 2022, 11:34:37 am ---The forum would be worse off without it.
When it was first introduced almost everyone liked the idea of having the ability to Thank a post. It was a nice way to say you appreciated the effort that went into the post, or agree with it etc, without pollutiing the thread with a copy of the post and a  :-+ +1  :clap: etc
Essentially it rewards good and often extensive technical posts. A little deserving dopamine hit for the author.
The majority though didn't like the Thanks count being shown under the username on every post for the reasons discussed, and the new poll in the other thread still shows that's the case.
Almost everyone seems ok wiht having the count burried away in the user profile. That's something I can also disable, but no one has really asked for that.

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I typically use the total thanks received, to alert me when less recent posts have been given thanks and/or have suddenly become 'viral' and got a number of thanks from different users.

Thanks for removing the permanent display of the thanks counter. It means that most people can forget about the thanks total, most of the time. If anyone gets curious, they can look at the total thanks score. But otherwise, it is now somewhat easily ignored, especially the thanks counts of other users, as it is a bit too much of a nuisance, to check on it now.

I suppose it is a bit like getting the feedback/(compensation) loop just right on an op-amp/amp. Get it wrong and it can oscillate (like being too important/addictive/Dopamine-giving), hiding it again, arguably stabilizes/balances the situation.

tl;dr
Thanks for re-hiding/burying the thanks totals.
emece67:
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madires:

--- Quote from: Labrat101 on February 22, 2022, 12:49:31 pm ---The only way to Find real experts would be to Prove it with some Certification's

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Like the Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert certificate? >:D I've seen people who are re-evaluated every few years to keep their certifaction status fail at simple tasks. A certificate only confirms that someone has passed a specific test - nothing more.
Sal Ammoniac:
I liked the old Usenet system, where most groups weren’t moderated and discussions ebbed and flowed organically. Unfortunately, spam eventually made the whole thing unusable and we’re now left with web-based forums like this one.
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