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Nominal Animal:

--- Quote from: Brumby on February 23, 2022, 02:06:40 am ---If asked to give a formal description of what the "Thanks" system on the EEVblog is all about, I would struggle.  Certainly it is not a definitive measure of expertise, but does that mean it needs to be altered or removed?
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I claim it works best when its definition is fuzzy/ambiguous but always positive, because when it matters, it forces one to consider the context.

Condensing such stuff into a single number does not work, and that's why I was so adamant about removing the Thanked: counter from the user info shown next to each post (which has been removed; thank you!).  Such single numbers too easily become a personal "score", and that leads to social gamification, which once started, is hard to quell.

When overused, "Thanks" does lose some of its impact, but as long as the overusers are a small minority, it does not impact the facility itself, only those particular members.  Members soon note if someone "Thanks" way too often for it to be useful; at least one such former member has been mentioned already.

Brumby:

--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on February 23, 2022, 05:20:39 am ---
--- Quote from: Brumby on February 23, 2022, 02:06:40 am ---If asked to give a formal description of what the "Thanks" system on the EEVblog is all about, I would struggle.  Certainly it is not a definitive measure of expertise, but does that mean it needs to be altered or removed?
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I claim it works best when its definition is fuzzy/ambiguous but always positive, because when it matters, it forces one to consider the context.

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I support your claim - and your reasoning!   :-+

tautech:

--- Quote from: Brumby on February 23, 2022, 04:57:12 am ---
--- Quote from: tautech on February 23, 2022, 02:28:23 am ---
--- Quote from: Brumby on February 23, 2022, 02:06:40 am ---If asked to give a formal description of what the "Thanks" system on the EEVblog is all about, I would struggle.  Certainly it is not a definitive measure of expertise, but does that mean it needs to be altered or removed?

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It evolved as an alternative to Like as a better acknowledgement of a members contributions.
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Indeed ... and that's probably the best and most concise statement I could ever expect.  It does leave the merit of what is worthy of acknowledgement as being rather subjective, but that is part of - IMO - why it has survived as well as it has.


--- Quote ---Would you prefer Like or a return to +1 and  :-+ ?

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Aaaagggghhhh!  No.

Just because I see that something does not have a precise, universal, unambiguous, unanimously accepted definition doesn't mean I want to change it.

Why even go there?   :-//

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You were a member when Thanks were introduced although you did not participate in the announcement thread where not everyone at that time was for the idea yet it's been a good tool and served its purpose.
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/news/you-can-now-thank-posters/

Brumby:
How do you take my non participation in such a thread as a sign of ANY preference?

Zero999:
From the other thread on the thank you counter, which is now closed.

--- Quote from: Ice-Tea ---Essentialy: post pictures of cute kittens or whatever the electronics engineering equivalent is...

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https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/the-thanked-counter/msg4022422/#msg4022422
That's very true. The three users I'm aware of which have a >100% count to post ratio, achieved it by posting lots of nice pictures.

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/profile/?area=showposts;sa=thanked;u=112036
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/profile/?area=showposts;sa=thanked;u=112711
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/profile/?area=showposts;sa=thanked;u=503178

They also joined after, or just before the thank you system was implemented.

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