ursaminortaur wrote:For some reason the ability to thank posters on Polite discussions was disabled ages ago.
Are there any plans to re-instate this ability ?
If not can you explain your reasons since I for one would really like to have that facility restored.
I for one would really not!
This is predominantly a financial discussion site. It's fair enough to have a forum for "Polite" Discussions for people who want to discuss politics (we had to put up with LoST at the old place, after all), but I can't see how thanks/recs add anything to the debate. In fact, I suspect that when they have been available they have had a detrimental effect and have contributed to the frequent escalations in "hostilities" that have occurred in the past - perhaps either by people getting carried away if they perceive "support" or lashing out if they feel ganged up on? Whatever the reason, the evidence seems to be, judging by the relative calm these days, that it is less disruptive the way things are.
This isn't a polling station. Thanks/recs should be used for the appreciation of posters' contributions helping, informing or entertaining other users. On this site, at least, they really shouldn't be used for encouraging people to score political points off each other - there are plenty of other places for that...
Just IMHO of course
P.S. (Edit) Sorry, have just seen John has said more or less the same - only far more succinctly!