What's with people who never thank posts?

[Os Cangaceiros]

Seriously, don't you know that it's good to give thanks?

I'm thinking of two posters in particular who are fairly well-respected advocates of their ideologies. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. What, you think that you're somehow above the petty echo chambers of individuals thanking posts that only agree with their narrow worldviews, or e-peen rep contests? Got news for you: you're not. You're posting on RevLeft. You need to start wallowing with the swine.

[synthesis]

Personally I think "thanks" along with rep has pretty much ruined this forum, but it is sometimes useful to express the high one gets when one reads a post with which one agrees overwhelmingly.

[Political_Chucky]

I just found out how to do it. I promise to thank you when you stroke my weenie.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I just found out how to do it. I promise to thank you when you stroke my weenie.

Nah, you'd better stroke mine, as my e-peen is far bigger than yours. Perhaps some of my glory will rub off on you.

[Political_Chucky]

ewwww, you nasty:rolleyes:

[A Revolutionary Tool]

Do some of you actually care about how many thanked posts you get? :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Os Cangaceiros]

It's the only thing I care about. I'd sell my family for more rep.

[ZeroNowhere]

Personally I think "thanks" along with rep has pretty much ruined this forum
Ruining Revleft? Isn't that like divorcing a bachelor?

[synthesis]

Ruining Revleft? Isn't that like divorcing a bachelor?

If the bachelor played World of Warcraft twelve hours a day, then yes.

[Raúl Duke]

It's the only thing I care about. I'd sell my family for more rep.

:thumbup1:

I think the rep system played a factor a while back in getting me to stay.
Not anymore, yet I still can't find a way not to stay on revleft.
I need a life.

[bailey_187]

i do it for the rep

[Jazzratt]

There is a far more widespread problem. People not thanking my posts.

[Widerstand]

There is a far more widespread problem. People not thanking my posts.

Maybe you should post outside Chit-Chat or OI once in a while? :P

[Il Medico]

Maybe you should post outside Chit-Chat or OI once in a while? :P
Burn. :lol:

[timbaly]

Rep points are a bourgeois extravagance. This issue has been explored in the past. You can all read my gem of a comment on page two.

http://www.revleft.com/vb/reputation-points-t92296/index2.html

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

What's with people who complain about the presence of a rep system?

[Bandito]

Seriously, don't you know that it's good to give thanks?

I'm thinking of two posters in particular who are fairly well-respected advocates of their ideologies. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. What, you think that you're somehow above the petty echo chambers of individuals thanking posts that only agree with their narrow worldviews, or e-peen rep contests? Got news for you: you're not. You're posting on RevLeft. You need to start wallowing with the swine.

Yeah, well, I think that it's because you only post in Chit Chat, and we can't thank your posts here.

[Political_Chucky]

Probably because people think you can sway your words better if you have more rep points. I personally think if your that easily affected by it, you shouldn't be here.

[bcbm]

Personally I think "thanks" along with rep has pretty much ruined this forum

but saved my ego

[Os Cangaceiros]

Yeah, well, I think that it's because you only post in Chit Chat, and we can't thank your posts here.

Nah man, I'm not talking about me...I've already put in my time with a good 2,000+ posts outside of Shit Chat. I'm talking about all of the up-and-comers out there.

[Arlekino]

:( I don't take at all personally but I did post "Karl Marx youth years" film on youtube but is in Russian but nobody thanks for me. Which I thought is good news.:)

[synthesis]

What's with people who complain about the presence of a rep system?

I think that having a thanks/rep system to encourage good posts really just encourages people to post for thanks/rep, in a sort of dopamine-reward-motivation cycle. Not all the time, and there's overlap, of course.

[NoOneIsIllegal]

I thank KC's posts because KC's sig told me to.

[Aurora]

Why didn't you just pm Devrim about this? :p

[Sarah Palin]

I'm all over this rep shit. Green blocks get me hard as shit, so thank my posts and it'll get back to you

[timbaly]

What's with people who complain about the presence of a rep system?


Some people are longing for the good old days. It was a simpler time.


Truthfully it annoys me when people thank posts with little to no value beyond demeaning someone who they disagree with and who the majority of the members disagree with. People are far more reluctant to give thanks to posts that confirm their world view and their biases than they are to thank well thought out posts that contradict what they believe or destroy their paradigm even if the post has great supporting evidence or proves their ideas to be faulty. But I actually don't care about whether or not we have rep. I'm not opposed to it and I'm not interested in fighting against it. I do however want everyone to know that reputation is bourgeois extravagance. That much has not changed.

[Sasha]

see what i did there?

[RedStarOverChina]

I only thank people when either I strongly agree with them or when they make an important contribution. Over-thanking people cheapens it.

[Devrim]

Seriously, don't you know that it's good to give thanks?

I'm thinking of two posters in particular who are fairly well-respected advocates of their ideologies. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. What, you think that you're somehow above the petty echo chambers of individuals thanking posts that only agree with their narrow worldviews, or e-peen rep contests? Got news for you: you're not. You're posting on RevLeft. You need to start wallowing with the swine.


Why didn't you just pm Devrim about this? :p

It seems that not only I do, but everyone else does to. I have only just noticed this thread, but basically Anarion is right. You could have sent me a PM and I would have replied.

When they first started the 'rep' system, which was what they had before thanks, and their were all of these threads saying "let's give each other rep", it just struck me as something that I didn't really want to get into.

I don't quite understand why people get so het up about it.

If I like what somebody says, I write in the thread that I agreed (which I did today), or send them a pm, which I also did today. I think it is a bit more personal than just pressing a tab.

Devrim

[scarletghoul]

I remember when thanks were worth 5 rep points. Those were prosperous times.

[synthesis]

Some people are longing for the good old days. It was a simpler time.


Truthfully it annoys me when people thank posts with little to no value beyond demeaning someone who they disagree with and who the majority of the members disagree with. People are far more reluctant to give thanks to posts that confirm their world view and their biases than they are to thank well thought out posts that contradict what they believe or destroy their paradigm even if the post has great supporting evidence or proves their ideas to be faulty. But I actually don't care about whether or not we have rep. I'm not opposed to it and I'm not interested in fighting against it. I do however want everyone to know that reputation is bourgeois extravagance. That much has not changed.

The Following User Says Thank You to timbaly For This Useful Post:

[Manic Impressive]

Because of this thread I've started remembering to give people thanks:)

[brigadista]

i thank people but personally dont like the rep system

[Kuppo Shakur]

Just wanted to inform everyone that my rep is almost double my post count.
DAAAMMMNNN.

[timbaly]

Just wanted to inform everyone that my rep is almost double my post count.
DAAAMMMNNN.


you're a bourgeois aristocrat