i don't know if this is worth the work that might be necessary to be put in or if it is even possible, but hear me out:
i am active on a lot of forums and i have seen that lately, many forums switch their policy on "thank you" posts, forbidding users from creating new posts, just to say thank you. instead, most implemented a feature, that gives you a button at the end of every post, next to quote and quick reply... that is meant for thanking the original poster.
the idea behind it is to keep threads clean, so that even in a section with many visitors, it is easy to find relevant information.
some rom threads here have so many posts (most of which just "thank you"s), that the chefs have a hard time finding actual bug reports or constructive criticism. often, in tutorial threads, all the thank you posts make it hard to find actual questions of people in need.
i am mostly supporting newbie users here and writing tutorials and i like it, when people actually appreciate my work, but by doing it with a button instead of a text, everything would stay a lot cleaner.
somehow i feel, that in my new section (blackstone), "thanks" is the new spam clogging the forum.
especially threads like the blackstone nrg rom thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562952) with 17,945 Replies and 2,834,609 Views are a good example to profit from my suggestion but also every other rom thread, tutorial thread or FAQ thread would be better off
i am active on a lot of forums and i have seen that lately, many forums switch their policy on "thank you" posts, forbidding users from creating new posts, just to say thank you. instead, most implemented a feature, that gives you a button at the end of every post, next to quote and quick reply... that is meant for thanking the original poster.
the idea behind it is to keep threads clean, so that even in a section with many visitors, it is easy to find relevant information.
some rom threads here have so many posts (most of which just "thank you"s), that the chefs have a hard time finding actual bug reports or constructive criticism. often, in tutorial threads, all the thank you posts make it hard to find actual questions of people in need.
i am mostly supporting newbie users here and writing tutorials and i like it, when people actually appreciate my work, but by doing it with a button instead of a text, everything would stay a lot cleaner.
somehow i feel, that in my new section (blackstone), "thanks" is the new spam clogging the forum.
especially threads like the blackstone nrg rom thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=562952) with 17,945 Replies and 2,834,609 Views are a good example to profit from my suggestion but also every other rom thread, tutorial thread or FAQ thread would be better off
I have seen this over at se7ensin 
