TM1 said:I wanted to bring up adding the customizable forums tab to all the forums, especially the CashBack & Coupons page. It is even on the search page, why not add it to the stores page? Sometimes I just want to check promotions for a merchant, not shop and a quick way to get back where I was would be convenient.

Also, seeing posts in OT don't count, consider killing them in Free Stuff too. Is a member posting "thanks" 40-50 times a day any more valuable than the useless banter between us in OT? it's the same if you go into "my account" to check something.

Perhaps replies in FS that consist only of "thanks" or something similar could be automatically routed to the Quick Summary instead of creating a new post. Or an additional "Say Thanks!" button could be added which puts a note in the QS saying something like "These members say thanks: memberA, memberB, etc."

Thnx SLV

shopliftinginva said:jayK said:Perhaps replies in FS that consist only of "thanks" or something similar could be automatically routed to the Quick Summary instead of creating a new post. Or an additional "Say Thanks!" button could be added which puts a note in the QS saying something like "These members say thanks: memberA, memberB, etc." because if they don't use the green button as a way to say thanks, and continue to post "thanks" in threads, what makes you think habits will change and they'll all of a sudden put it in quick summary?That's why I suggested automatically routing "thanks" posts to the QS.

So if you reply to a FS thread and say "thanks", a new post would not be created, but your name would be added to a thanks-giver list in the QS. If you actually have something to add, it would create a new post. The tricky part is distinguishing the two, but matching on a few text strings ("thanks", "thx", "TY", etc.) would take away at least some of the clutter.

Or you could disallow replying in FS completely and rely on the QS, but that seems a little extreme.

ThursdaysChild said:jayK said: <snip> Or you could disallow replying in FS completely and rely on the QS, but that seems a little extreme.I scroll through the replies to see if someone has commented that it's a scam or a spam-collecting site. I suppose the information could be posted in the QS, but someone else could wipe out the information.

My issue was not with people commenting on Spam/scam, it is the people that have never participated in other forums and racked up thousands of "thanks" posts. I asked if Thanks OP has more credibility than our banter in OP. I never suggested not allowing people to post, I asked for post count to be eliminated.

TM1 said:ThursdaysChild said:jayK said: <snip> Or you could disallow replying in FS completely and rely on the QS, but that seems a little extreme.I scroll through the replies to see if someone has commented that it's a scam or a spam-collecting site. I suppose the information could be posted in the QS, but someone else could wipe out the information.

My issue was not with people commenting on Spam/scam, it is the people that have never participated in other forums and racked up thousands of "thanks" posts. I asked if Thanks OP has more credibility than our banter in OP. I never suggested not allowing people to post, I asked for post count to be eliminated.

The thing is, it's pretty obvious if those people post and they post something crappy, which gets red/ignored. Most of them probably don't even post OPs if they usually post thanks.

I post often in FS, and I rarely post "thanks" posts. I add info, make links, check for scams, etc, which I generally post and add to QS (which could be deleted, as mentioned above). I would be hella pissed if my contributions were no longer valued. I don't have much money and I tend to spend more time in FS than HD since I can't afford most of the HD anyway

Like me, there are regular, reliable contributors in FS and I would protest very loudly in their favor if their posts were diminished by no longer counting them (dee16 at the top of the list).

Please, folks, let this idea go - it would harm more than help.

Gertrude23 said:Highlight Preferred OPs: idea about an "Ignore" function. I would love one where I would automatically have specific OPs highlighted. There are several superior FWers and I'd like to always keep track of their postings. THanks.

You can pretty much do that now using the Search feature by putting in a specific user's name and checking the forums you want to see if they posted in.

ribex said:

Like me, there are regular, reliable contributors in FS and I would protest very loudly in their favor if their posts were diminished by no longer counting them (dee16 at the top of the list).

Is Dee posting to benefit the community or benefit her post count? I think she would still contribute her free stuff finds, irregardless, but I can't speak for her. I don;t think she is on an ego trip involving her post count, I think she truly enjoys providing the freebies.

You did answer my question though, apparently "thanks OP" is more valuable to you than our mindless banter in OT.

I'm just going to disagree here. It seems like too much trouble to police. If you guys are soooo worried about the "thanks"-only people that you feel the need to change the only way that credit is given around here, well, I don't know what to say to that. Please don't change FS in that way.

TM1, no, I don't think dee16 would stop posting all her great OPs if her posts no longer counted (but as you said, I can't exactly speak for her either).

Maybe I could understand what you guys are getting at if you could give me some examples of people who rack up their post counts in order to abuse it for some nefarious purpose.

I like the idea of having members click a button to add their name to a list of people thanking the OP - have the info added to a box just under the quick summary, perhaps?

ribex said:I'm just going to disagree here. It seems like too much trouble to police. If you guys are soooo worried about the "thanks"-only people that you feel the need to change the only way that credit is given around here, well, I don't know what to say to that. Please don't change FS in that way.

TM1, no, I don't think dee16 would stop posting all her great OPs if her posts no longer counted (but as you said, I can't exactly speak for her either).

Maybe I could understand what you guys are getting at if you could give me some examples of people who rack up their post counts in order to abuse it for some nefarious purpose.

I like the idea of having members click a button to add their name to a list of people thanking the OP - have the info added to a box just under the quick summary, perhaps?

I'm not getting the underlying current (or proper etiquette). Is posting a 'thank you' a nice, friendly thing to do or not?