Feedback What has happened to the Thanks button?

[dunover]

OK, OK, I know changes are afoot and there will be teething troubles etc. but I have a few constructive points here:

1. I just thanked a post from Simmo and like one of Jon's earlier once pressed the button the page just went white and stalled in my browser. I had to reload from the CM link in my favourites as recycling the page it stayed blank.

2. That sidebar of faecebook/twatter/print buttons is distracting as it's far brighter than the rest of the forum and in the corner of your left eye when typing or reading - put them up the top somewhere?

3. I can thank people again but somewhere I lost a chunk of my total thanks and none have been added to my total for weeks now. Not a huge concern but if it goes on too long you will have people eventually who have contributed less overall ending up with more rep points etc. than long-timers!

4. The 'like' button say on the winner videos - if you press it while watching the video/window will reload and you'll lose your place and have to play it again. Didn't do this before!

Anything I've missed so we can help admin with any issues?

 

[goatwack]

I agree. I don't get thanked nearly enough.

It needs to stop now.

 

[Sovietsky]

I personaly would like to have the fb,twitter sidebar removed or at least place it somewhere else.

The thank you button can be removed as well, too much circlejerk.

 

[Vegasbum]

Thanks and get thanked...who cares. Get rid of all the buttons. We are not children...are we?

 

[Steviedoo]

You used to be able to see who Thanked who on same page as the post...all the names in different colours....now not as many thanks as before...is it me...but it seems there are as not many likes or thanks ...

.I think the like and thank button as they used to be were great....now when I go like or thank someone's post....I have to make sure I'm not hitting anything else in that space cuz it its tiny...I am on a iPad....anyway....I agree with dunover' s post from some time ago...if it ain't broke why try to fix it....

 

[ternur]

For me, the forum works like it used to. No problems at all.

The social network buttons/links are not visible to me. Since I'm not a fan of any of them, I just usually have links, widgets or scripts related to them blocked. NoScript is great for this; it doesn't break the function of the site, but blocks unnecessary scripts (which I have no need for).

 

[The Dude]

I've turned off the side bar script for social media in the forum. As for the thanks, I don't think it has properly imported the old thanks. I'll be looking into this either later today or early next week.

 

[Simmo!]

Thanks and get thanked...who cares. Get rid of all the buttons. We are not children...are we?

Actually I like them because it stops threads being filled up with posts saying things like "+1" and erm, "thanks"


Irony...

 

[dunover]

The 'blank page' must be a Simmo thing - just thanked his post and it did it again, forum vanished all white. Then I thanked Bryan's and it worked OK.

 

[Mousey]

I've turned off the side bar script for social media in the forum. As for the thanks, I don't think it has properly imported the old thanks. I'll be looking into this either later today or early next week.

I would thank you for this but I'm using IE and the buttons still don't work with my combo of IE + Win10 for whatever reason.

 

[dunover]

I would thank you for this but I'm using IE and the buttons still don't work with my combo of IE + Win10 for whatever reason.

You may be onto something a I have constant aggro and use win10.1 and IE.

 

[Jono777]

We certainly DO need the thanks button!

I was brought up to show a little respect and a little gratitude, so If I post a request for help or whatever and another member(s) take time to respond, the least I can do it take 0.5 seconds to click 'Thanks' and show that I appreciate their time etc.

The 'Top Thanked' (in past 30 days) has been missing from the forum home page for a few weeks now, no biggie as far as I am concerned but maybe 'having your name up in lights' means something to others, maybe its useful for directing newbies and reps etc to more informed and active members (yes this can be a PITA appreciated but does have its positives also)

When a member(s) gets a 'useful post notification' - you could click on the post #/number and it would take you to your post which had been thanked or rep points awarded for, now it just redirect straight back to forum home page.

On a lesser important note and something which winds me up (Trivial and I shouldn't let it, but it does ) We all like to share our winning screen shots and videos etc but there are certain posters in these threads who seem to think they are too good to appreciate other members hits and that they should be liked, respected, bended knee etc and are too good to 'like' others efforts.

Just to let these guys know You will NOT be charged or ridiculed or thought any less of for taking a nano second to click like on a big hit which is NOT ONE OF YOURS! - Honest you won't

Have a great weekend all

 

[goatwack]

We certainly DO need the thanks button!

I was brought up to show a little respect and a little gratitude, so If I post a request for help or whatever and another member(s) take time to respond, the least I can do it take 0.5 seconds to click 'Thanks' and show that I appreciate their time etc.

The 'Top Thanked' (in past 30 days) has been missing from the forum home page for a few weeks now, no biggie as far as I am concerned but maybe 'having your name up in lights' means something to others, maybe its useful for directing newbies and reps etc to more informed and active members (yes this can be a PITA appreciated but does have its positives also)

When a member(s) gets a 'useful post notification' - you could click on the post #/number and it would take you to your post which had been thanked or rep points awarded for, now it just redirect straight back to forum home page.

On a lesser important note and something which winds me up (Trivial and I shouldn't let it, but it does ) We all like to share our winning screen shots and videos etc but there are certain posters in these threads who seem to think they are too good to appreciate other members hits and that they should be liked, respected, bended knee etc and are too good to 'like' others efforts.

Just to let these guys know You will NOT be charged or ridiculed or thought any less of for taking a nano second to click like on a big hit which is NOT ONE OF YOURS! - Honest you won't

Have a great weekend all

You can thank (pun intended) the superfluous 'like' function for that, it has kinda ruined the balance.

The way I saw it before, if I agreed with someone, whether it be a joke or hardcore political issues I'd use the 'thanks' feature as a sign of acknowledgement.

If I found their posts useful in some way, I'd use the 'helpful' function.

I appreciate Bryan trying to change aspects of CM, making the site more appealing to newbies whilst not alienating the existing 'veterans', but all this tinkering has not worked out too well in regards to the thanks function.

I've become used to this one but I do miss the old format, it was far better I think.

If you like this, please thank this, like. Not likely though. Thanks :machinegu

 

[Vegasbum]

Actually I like them because it stops threads being filled up with posts saying things like "+1" and erm, "thanks"


Irony...

Well now that point does make sense. Thanks!

 

[neilw]

The 'blank page' must be a Simmo thing - just thanked his post and it did it again, forum vanished all white. Then I thanked Bryan's and it worked OK.

I've been getting Blanked by Simmo for years, it's not a new thing

 

[Chipkin9]

Meh, I am not bothered by number 3.

In fact I think Joan Jett sums it up perfectly for me

 

[babyjoker]

Only just seen this thread but heres my take on it, a select few go around liking each and every post of each other which can make others like ratios look dismal when really there perfectly normal. Why I don't know, there are prizes I guess? I'm just hear to talk about gambling so likes mean nothing to me, no one likes a gambler!!

Anyway it reminds me of facebook saying "like" so I'll stop there as I feel nauseous

 

[Jono777]

Only just seen this thread but heres my take on it, a select few go around liking each and every post of each other which can make others like ratios look dismal when really there perfectly normal. Why I don't know, there are prizes I guess? I'm just hear to talk about gambling so likes mean nothing to me, no one likes a gambler!!

Anyway it reminds me of facebook saying "like" so I'll stop there as I feel nauseous

No prizes for likes or thanks.

Most experienced members see a like as an alternative for 'I agree' or a thanks as a 'cheers for that, helpful post' IMO.

I couldn't agree more with the Facebook thing, cannot stand it and not used my FB account for 2 years + on a regular bases, who cares what they had for lunch, bad day at the office, got a bit of a sniffle, someone cut you up in traffic, so fucking what

I think to summarise the 'thanks' button is a must, if for nothing more than a show of simple good manners. The 'Like' however should be maybe changed to a 'thumbs up' or 'thumbs down' a bit like YT.

 

[goatwack]

No prizes for likes or thanks.

Most experienced members see a like as an alternative for 'I agree' or a thanks as a 'cheers for that, helpful post' IMO.

I couldn't agree more with the Facebook thing, cannot stand it and not used my FB account for 2 years + on a regular bases, who cares what they had for lunch, bad day at the office, got a bit of a sniffle, someone cut you up in traffic, so fucking what

I think to summarise the 'thanks' button is a must, if for nothing more than a show of simple good manners. The 'Like' however should be maybe changed to a 'thumbs up' or 'thumbs down' a bit like YT.

I agree, we should remove the 'like' function altogether, although I'm not too sure how much Bryan wants to do that after setting up this current format.

Like you said, keep the Thanks function, Helpful function and replace Likes with a thumbs up OR down. It's all too nicey nicey and I'm sure instead of just ignoring comments if I don't agree with them, I'd like to add my own brand of disagreement via a 'thumbs down'

It can't always be roses and sunshine, both features should be available for sure

 

[Jono777]

Defo mate. I got plenty of thumbs down on my YT channel, mostly because I'm not spinning at £30 a pop probably.

Doesn't bother me in the slightest, I can take the rough with the smooth. Thumbs down (or negative comments towards me in general) I use to learn from and if its me at fault learn not to make the same mistake twice lol.

Would be a strange and frustrating old world if we all liked, agreed and 'thumbs up' everything we saw/read, all day, every day

 

[goatwack]

Defo mate. I got plenty of thumbs down on my YT channel, mostly because I'm not spinning at £30 a pop probably.

Doesn't bother me in the slightest, I can take the rough with the smooth. Thumbs down (or negative comments towards me in general) I use to learn from and if its me at fault learn not to make the same mistake twice lol.

Would be a strange and frustrating old world if we all liked, agreed and 'thumbs up' everything we saw/read, all day, every day

I wouldn't pay any heed towards Youtube comments, that site is riddled with racist, aggressive trolls and is probably the most un-moderated site in existence! Can't believe some of the stuff that people get away with on there

At least here though we're generally a good bunch and as Geordiecolin said it's near enough self-regulated, so any thumbs-down won't be met with vitriol and personal abuse. Even if this feature puts me out of commision

 

[scarletmuse]

I am not sure if it's related or maybe a reason behind not seeing the usual amount of thanks ir if that is just a deep IT thing-or that some members maybe just yeah-aren't kind enough to give thanks anyway

But.. i have only just realised that I could still give thanks-the 'button' has changed for me-Using Safari on iPad-There prompt used to read something like "Send Thanks to this user!" But now it says 'Did you find this post helpful?"

Initially when I couldn't find the usual Thanks button, I had thought that maybe the site had just logged me out as sometimes happens when I switch betweeen windows or am using the private browsing version etc and that the "Helpful" link would then send a visiting non-member to a page of like/similar threads or something if you get my drift.

So I have been an absent thankee-apologies! However, I guess aswell-I sometimes don't necessarily find a post 'helpful' per se but I wanna give a thanks for some other reason, like for replying/quoting my own posts or maybe just thanks cos the post might of put someone in their place or just an all-round good rant! So, I wanna just say Thanks for being awesome keep it up! Lol and thats also another reason I was hesitant to click the helpful link a bit in case cos it wasn't helpful, just a great read you know!

 

[goatwack]

I am not sure if it's related or maybe a reason behind not seeing the usual amount of thanks ir if that is just a deep IT thing-or that some members maybe just yeah-aren't kind enough to give thanks anyway

But.. i have only just realised that I could still give thanks-the 'button' has changed for me-Using Safari on iPad-There prompt used to read something like "Send Thanks to this user!" But now it says 'Did you find this post helpful?"

Initially when I couldn't find the usual Thanks button, I had thought that maybe the site had just logged me out as sometimes happens when I switch betweeen windows or am using the private browsing version etc and that the "Helpful" link would then send a visiting non-member to a page of like/similar threads or something if you get my drift.

So I have been an absent thankee-apologies! However, I guess aswell-I sometimes don't necessarily find a post 'helpful' per se but I wanna give a thanks for some other reason, like for replying/quoting my own posts or maybe just thanks cos the post might of put someone in their place or just an all-round good rant! So, I wanna just say Thanks for being awesome keep it up! Lol and thats also another reason I was hesitant to click the helpful link a bit in case cos it wasn't helpful, just a great read you know!

I liked just being able to 'thank', and nothing else bar the odd 'helpful' option.

I also believe it to be common courtesy to reciprocate if someone has thanked your post, even if just as a gesture and acknowledgement. So no actual need for the 'like' button (have I mentioned this already?!!)

Some people don't bother thanking at all, and I won't mention any names



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[Jono777]

We still cannot check which members have been kind enough to thank us for our time or add to rep etc.

The 'helpful post' links redirect to home page, mentioned to Bryan a couple of times but sure he has much bigger fish to fry at the moment.

 

[Jd666]

We still cannot check which members have been kind enough to thank us for our time or add to rep etc.

The 'helpful post' links redirect to home page, mentioned to Bryan a couple of times but sure he has much bigger fish to fry at the moment.

You click on the number next to the smiley faces Jon

 

[Steviedoo]

What was wrong with the original thank and like button..

 

[Jono777]

You click on the number next to the smiley faces Jon

It redirects me to forum home page matey, unless I'm clicking the wrong thing?



Not loved enough to get smiley faces my end

 

[Jd666]

It redirects me to forum home page matey, unless I'm clicking the wrong thing?

View attachment 71598

Not loved enough to get smiley faces my end

Oops sorry, I thought you meant finding out who has liked or thanked your posts

 

[goatwack]

Actually, the best solution is to just merge the three features.

So now we have the......

HelpfulThankLike :lick:

 

[Jono777]

Actually, the best solution is to just merge the three features.

So now we have the......

HelpfulThankLike :lick:

Got ya covered bud!

 

[ladyhawke]

As far as I can determine, neither the Thanks/Like button indicate what part of a post is being thanked/liked. They are fairly ambiguous functions, with numerous uses - as a courtesy gesture, a return of thanks, or even....gasp...an actual thanks regarding the contents of a post. Actually, let me restate that - ambiguous but also innocuous.

The Thumbs Up button would in all likelihood be very similar in function.

However, there is no such ambiguity with a Thumbs Down button - your post has been found lacking or even offensive. But why? Too many Thumbs Downs, without further comments indicating the reasons, could discourage people from posting as they could feel their views are worthless, and they have nothing useful to contribute. But even more worrying is that its use is open to serious abuse - basically a spiteful revenge mechanism.

At the moment, simply having a Thanks/Like button keeps discussions (mostly) in check and prevents them degenerating into a rancorous argument. If you violently disagree with a post/poster, then you have the option to ignore both. A Thumbs Down button could possibly bring out the worst in people.

There are bad apples in every forum, no matter how much we wish there were not, who exist simply to antagonise other people.

Just my 2 cents worth.

 

[The Dude]

What was wrong with the original thank and like button..

Unfortunately, the plugin for the old "thanks" button has't been updated for about ten years, and the coder who originally developed this does not support this function any longer. As the Internet grows we need to keep up with it. If not, you make come here someday and everything is broken. This is why we need to keep current with software upgrades, and that if there are any additional applications or plugins that we use - they need to be current and fully supported.

The new Thanks/Likes function is a bit of a bull to wrestle since we are integrating years of old data into the new. The reason why there are "thanks" and likes" and not just "thanks" is when you "thank" someone, it increases their rep score by 5 points. This affects their user group level, and can be quite helpful for them. We have some programs in the background that have not been fully implemented that will flush this out a bit so that we can give more credence to these thanks like we do with the Meister Minions.

There are some forums where the "thanks" are turned off, but the "likes" are turned on. This is mostly in the non-gambling forums.

 

[dunover]

Unfortunately, the plugin for the old "thanks" button has't been updated for about ten years, and the coder who originally developed this does not support this function any longer. As the Internet grows we need to keep up with it. If not, you make come here someday and everything is broken. This is why we need to keep current with software upgrades, and that if there are any additional applications or plugins that we use - they need to be current and fully supported.

The new Thanks/Likes function is a bit of a bull to wrestle since we are integrating years of old data into the new. The reason why there are "thanks" and likes" and not just "thanks" is when you "thank" someone, it increases their rep score by 5 points. This affects their user group level, and can be quite helpful for them. We have some programs in the background that have not been fully implemented that will flush this out a bit so that we can give more credence to these thanks like we do with the Meister Minions.There are some forums where the "thanks" are turned off, but the "likes" are turned on. This is mostly in the non-gambling forums.

Does this mean the months of non-totalled thanks and no increase in rep points etc. will get back-added to your total?

 

[The Dude]

Does this mean the months of non-totalled thanks and no increase in rep points etc. will get back-added to your total?

Actually, it's been done. It's working now.

 

[dunover]

Actually, it's been done. It's working now.

Mine ain't - it's been static since about June and still is.

Update: Actually it's different when I click the arrow next to 'like' and reveal the stats, although I have missed a chunk somewhere, should have been higher than the total there. The issue is that the visible thanks/stats are static and don't reflect the real stats behind the down arrow. That's why I didn't realize they were working. I'm not sure the rep power/rep points are working either? If the rest of the stats not hidden are not dynamic then it follows they're frozen too?

 

[goatwack]

It's easy. We'll return to the Thanks and WTGs and say no more about it!

Then we can pretend Likes and Facebook makeovers were just a bad dream

Bryan, get to it!

 

[vinylweatherman]

I liked just being able to 'thank', and nothing else bar the odd 'helpful' option.

I also believe it to be common courtesy to reciprocate if someone has thanked your post, even if just as a gesture and acknowledgement. So no actual need for the 'like' button (have I mentioned this already?!!)

Some people don't bother thanking at all, and I won't mention any names



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When you get that rare "thanks" from those who "never thank", it is worth 100 "thanks" from those that "always thank"

 

[goatwack]

When you get that rare "thanks" from those who "never thank", it is worth 100 "thanks" from those that "always thank"

Who'd have thunk Vinyl could do a short post. And about Thanks of all things!

Makes you think

 

[The Dude]

Mine ain't - it's been static since about June and still is.

Update: Actually it's different when I click the arrow next to 'like' and reveal the stats, although I have missed a chunk somewhere, should have been higher than the total there. The issue is that the visible thanks/stats are static and don't reflect the real stats behind the down arrow. That's why I didn't realize they were working. I'm not sure the rep power/rep points are working either? If the rest of the stats not hidden are not dynamic then it follows they're frozen too?

Ah, I know what it is. It's totaling everything correctly within that drop down section. The two stats underneath that:
Thanks xxx
Thanked xxx Times in xxx Post
is from the old plug in and is no longer active. I'll need to remove that from the postbit template.

Please be assured that your thanks were imported and are being properly tallied up within that drop down section.

 

[cj1990]

This is the only place I can think to post is, so my apologies but it looks like the econgra links on the PAB page are not working..

https://www.casinomeister.com/player-arbitration-pab/

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