in reply to Re: No more XP for voting!
in thread No more XP for voting!

I never noticed that saying "thank you" in a reply gets you downvoted. As a matter of fact I usually ++ a reply from the OP, as I find it very polite to let people know that you have read and appreciated their answers.

CountZero

"If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law

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Re^3: No more XP for voting!
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Sep 26, 2004 at 14:59 UTC

    How do you know everyone else acts the same way? I've certainly come across downvoted thank-you nodes, and sometimes downvoted them myself (for various reasons outside them being thank-yous). Most of the time, though, I don't vote on them at all (although I do appreciate the gesture).

    Makeshifts last the longest.

      I didn't say that I know everybody acts the same way, just that I didn't notice it. Obviously everone's mileage varies!

      CountZero

      "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law

Re^3: No more XP for voting!
by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Sep 27, 2004 at 09:46 UTC

    I find it very polite to let people know that you have read and appreciated their answers.

    That agreed, I prefer to edit my own post to include a "Thank you". Better still saying what was most helpful and why.

    Cheerio, Sören

      An even better system!

      CountZero

      "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law