Thread: A No Thanks, of sorts
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2009-10-20 , 17:58
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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
I happen to think that simply lopping off a percentage of Thanks to handle expected "noise" resolves the frivolous Thanking-- but I am intrigued by the idea of having users enter a rationale.

Maybe the answer is two-fold: allow Thanks with no comment, and it has no Karma value. Any Thanks with an accompanying comment (which could be hidden or contained in a dropdown list) adds to Karma.
You're way past the user laziness threshold here. Most people don't care enough about other people's karma to both to leave a comment.

Really, the current Thanks! system works pretty well. It generally rewards useful contributors (which contributors do you think don't belong on this page?), it's easy enough that it doesn't pass many laziness thresholds and it generally helps to encourage positive posting habits.

Let's not mess with what works.
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