What's the purpose of forced thank you post ?

[maphongbax]

We used to have a "Must post thank you to download NZB" policy as well, and it was for that same reason (good manners). We did not do it to boost forum statistics, that would just be pointless.
The reason we stopped it was because the thanks were getting in the way of actual legitimate comments or question about an NZB, and later we installed the thank you button and banned the phrase 'thank you'.

Oh god, that was so annoying, +1, ty, ta, thankx, thanks, thank ya, ah, tah, , son of a bitch

Forcing user to say thanks is a "good mannered type thing"...I believe we have a thread on this somewhere.

But tbh, if I find a site and I'm forced to say thanks, I will not even bother....because I notice sites like that get NO comments about the file in questions, just a bunch of thanks.

I think people who also see the forced thank yous go to another site were they can leech for free and remain anonymous....most P2P/people who frequent sites like this (at least half) would rather stay anonymous and not even say thanks or post, except for like the mandatory 2 posts to get privs....I think that is more towards the BT section (which I been in maybe 5 times ) Now there are some users here who won't post but they will say thanks all day, we got quite a few who do that, and only post if something is wrong, which is very well mannered person and appreciates what staff/uploaders/finders do here , I don't know why so many people are so afraid of thanks button.....it's not forced, and helps us know what content is worth keeping or even worth messing with, If I see a TV show that's been up for a week and no thanks, I won't even bother posting that show anymore, it helps in that way very much.

I have to admit that I am one of those @hole who never clicked that thank you button, but can't you track the popularity of a nzb by looking at the number of download?

[Fishy2]

I agree with the "forced" thing being a step to far guys, was just making the point that it would be "good manners" to say thank you, and yes like everyone else (I suspect), I've grabbed my fair share of torrents without so much as a by your leave.

Maybe a thank you reminder without the forced nature would be more in keeping with the spirit of things.

[SonsOfLiberty]

Oh god, that was so annoying, +1, ty, ta, thankx, thanks, thank ya, ah, tah, , son of a bitch

Forcing user to say thanks is a "good mannered type thing"...I believe we have a thread on this somewhere.

But tbh, if I find a site and I'm forced to say thanks, I will not even bother....because I notice sites like that get NO comments about the file in questions, just a bunch of thanks.

I think people who also see the forced thank yous go to another site were they can leech for free and remain anonymous....most P2P/people who frequent sites like this (at least half) would rather stay anonymous and not even say thanks or post, except for like the mandatory 2 posts to get privs....I think that is more towards the BT section (which I been in maybe 5 times ) Now there are some users here who won't post but they will say thanks all day, we got quite a few who do that, and only post if something is wrong, which is very well mannered person and appreciates what staff/uploaders/finders do here , I don't know why so many people are so afraid of thanks button.....it's not forced, and helps us know what content is worth keeping or even worth messing with, If I see a TV show that's been up for a week and no thanks, I won't even bother posting that show anymore, it helps in that way very much.

I have to admit that I am one of those @hole who never clicked that thank you button, but can't you track the popularity of a nzb by looking at the number of download?

Yes you can, would you upload something that has gotten 0/1 grabs/2 thread views in a 20 day period?

I agree with the "forced" thing being a step to far guys, was just making the point that it would be "good manners" to say thank you, and yes like everyone else (I suspect), I've grabbed my fair share of torrents without so much as a by your leave.

Maybe a thank you reminder without the forced nature would be more in keeping with the spirit of things.

Thanks is not "forced here" that's at other sites not here.

[slaughterads]

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