As we have the "Thanks" button, could we get a thumbs down or frown button? This way we could comment without the necessity of an extra post.

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Matthew
Free Grace
BC, CA

"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said. "
-Peter Drucker

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"On land, at sea, at home, abroad, / I smoke my pipe and worship God." -- J.S. Bach

I just happen to have been browsing the Updates & Information forum yesterday and ran across this post:
Announcement: Post "Thank You" Enhancement

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David Coons
Member, Providence Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Lubbock, Texas
("Nebrexan": Born in Nebraska, born again in Texas)

Personally, for the same reasons given in the post that was linked above, I think a 'thumbs down' option would be a bad idea.

There is no complusion to participate in a forum like this, and if you are going to say someone's post it horrible, surely it is reasonable to give the reason why.

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Mark Li
International University Church
New South Wales, Australia

Thank you, Andrew and Dave. I am not very skilled at the search function.

Satz, Thanks for your input. I might argue that the "thanks" function is just as rude. Sometimes it is in jest, other times for real, who knows? Either way, the decision has been made by others, so I suppose it doesn't really matter.

I find the most helpful thing about the "thanks" function is that it can give you a rapid index to your favorite posts --but that means you have to be sparing in how you use it. So I have a simple criterion: a post must be something I will want to refer to in the future. So it must be not merely excellent, not merely memorable: it must be something which I think I will want to refer to in the future, either for further consideration or for help in concisely phrasing an issue in a discussion of my own, or for the valuable information contained in it. I notice a lot of people give thanks for what are essentially "moral support" posts, but if I did that it would defeat the whole "personal index" use which is what I like most.

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Ruben

Spanish Blog -Teologia en Mexico
English Blog -The Howling Wilderness

py3ak - inquiring minds want to know what happened earlier. Do tell!

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Timothy Johnson
First United Presbyterian of Moline
PCUSA (Yea, I know)
Theology/Philosophy Sunday School Teacher
Davenport, IA

on the idea.

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First, Capt. Grymir, may I say that I like your new avatar twelve or thirteen times better than your last one?

Second, are you referring to something I said on this thread or another one? Sorry, I am caught in the web of intertextuality and have missed your reference....

Thanks py3ak, I'm considering keeping the new avatar. I'm having a hard time letting go of the Rush Limbaugh image.

On the announcement link on post #2 and #3, it shows Semper saying -

"OK, py3ak and theologae, KNOCK IT OFF!

I deleted all your superfluous thanks."

I was just curious. I miss so many funny things.

No.

Matthew, please see signature requirements and create one.

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Rich
Okinawa, Japan
Deacon, Central Baptist Church, SBC

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Rich wanted us to test the "thanks feature". But then he said we were thanking superfluously on that thread and deleted them all by force. I came back on and saw my thanks had disappeared, and without seeing Rich's explanatory post replaced all my thanks! I am not sure if I then thanked him for the post where he explained why he was doing that, but it would have been pretty funny if I had. It was a troubled time in our relationship.

Thanks for the story. That's why doing theology is so much fun!

Hey! You're knockin' about 99.9% of my received thanks-es!

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And I see I should have phrased more accurately: people not only give thanks for "moral support" posts, but also to extend moral support. So be encouraged, Josh! People are supporting you.

Not as troubled as the time I said Te Amo thinking it was like the American euphemism: "I love you Man!"

Do tell Semper...We young un's want a bedtime story!!

Yes, that generated a certain amount of awkwardness --like when someone on the decorating channel says they like brown refrigerators.

I agree, it would be rude to groan and give no reason.

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J. M. - Baptist - Ontario, Canada - Feileadh Mor

"Nothing is more seductive for man than his freedom of conscience. But nothing is a greater cause of suffering."
The Brothers Karamazov

I'm learning all the time as well. For example, a week or so ago I saw a YouTube video on here that I really liked but couldn't recall the name of the thread. On a whim I tried searching for "youtube," and the search brought back all (I think) the threads with embedded videos, and after browsing through the thread names, found one that sounded familiar and discovered the video there.

Oh, I do hope you keep that new avatar! I loved it as soon as I saw it. Reminds me of Foghorn Leghorn, only "duck version."

Rush and "the stable of mistresses" lately...

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Margaret
Free Church of Scotland [Continuing]
Michigan

"He must increase, but I must decrease." - John 3:30