I've added yet another feature. This one should help the flow and "focus" of a thread.
If you notice at the bottom of every post there is now a button at the far right that is labelled "Thanks". Some people may really like a post but they don't want to "spam" the thread with a post that simply quotes the thread and gives it a thumbs up. There's nothing wrong with doing that obviously but I think this enhancement makes it much cleaner.
When you click "Thanks", a box below that post appears that lists your username as thanking the user for the post. As many users that like the post can click Thanks on the same post and it will add their name to the list of users who like the post.
Thus, a few cool things are achieved: First, in the space of a single post you can have dozens (or hundreds) of people clicking "Thanks for the Post" and, second, it really encourages feedback on the types of posts that are great.
A few other things:
1. Clicking Thanks adds to your post count. Thus, you don't have to reply to a post to get credit for agreeing with it. You can click Thanks and you get post count credit.
2. If you decide, later, that you disagree with the post, you can remove your Thanks for the post.
3. If you still want to use the
or the
in a separate reply then you are welcome to do so. Also, this is not intended to supress discussion but enhance it. Please still do quote a post when appropriate, follow with an
and then elaborate. If you want to go back and click Thanks too then be our guest!
4. The Search box has been enhanced to allow you to find Thanked Posts.
Please practice on this post to see what it does. I think it's really cool!