Would to prefer to be rated, or a word of thanks?

[ovidiucucu]

After you hav replied to someone`s post and your post hav been of help, would you like to be rated or have the OP post a message of thanks. Or would u like to have both?

Would u also mind if some1 disaproved yor post?

From my experience: 95% of OPs not even swear you after its problem was solved.
If I mind if someone gived me anegative rating: YES.
Like every human, I'm wondering, since I had only good intentions,...

[ovidiucucu]

And returning to OP.
hitai, can you have the decency to post, let's say, at least 50 answers here, before asking us such kind of questions?

[hitai]

Sorry for not posting back any answer, have been busy lately. I`m in the process of finishing up my final project by next week so that i can graduated. So i`ve not visited this thread for sometime. Sorry about this.

Anyway, back to topic.
Previously, I was also one of the many who don`t say thank you but i gave rating to post that have been of help. But now I realised that most people prefer a package containing both a "thank you" as well as a rating. I`ll remember to do both from now on.

And i think, when you do not hear from the OP again, most of the time it means that the problem has been solved. otherwise more questions will be asked, don`t you think.

[hitai]

From my experience: 95% of OPs not even swear you after its problem was solved.

Òh, and befor I forget. Thanks to all who continues to help others even tho 95% of OP disappears after getting a solution (including me) :P

You people are so noble

But then, why do you stil help when no one acknowledges yor help by saying thanks? Wat incentive is ther?

[PadexArt]

You people are so noble

Why are you doing this?

[hitai]

Doing wat?

[PadexArt]

Doing wat?

Making fun/provoking the people here on CG. That's what your posts sound like.

[hitai]

Ok...sorry if it sounded that way. Didn`t mean to.

[Shuja Ali]

If it helped, a thank you is more than enough. And should be provided to mark the end of the thread. IMHO ratings should be taken out. They prove pretty much nothing and encourage duplicated answers that bring nothing new to the thread. I'd say keep them in a slightly modified form: do not count them.

I agree with this. A thank you and updating the subject of the thread to resolved helps a lot. As said in previous posts, Thank You means that the problem was solved and others will benefit from it, because they won't have to post the same topic again.


Moreover Gentlemen always say Thank You when someone helps them. Ain't it so here also.

[Ejaz]

But then, why do you stil help when no one acknowledges yor help by saying thanks? Wat incentive is ther?

Because we (although I'm most certain about myself but I'm certain about others too, so using the word "we") still remember that once we were noob too and someone out there helped us.

There is no way that you can repay for what others do for you here, everyone has a busy life but still they take out there valuable time (and trust me for many there time clicks, you can ask for the consultancy rates to find out ) and help for free. Thats why they are "Gurus", they don't help for rating or thank you, thats there kind nature, but the least one can do is type two words and make two clicks.

Personally, I agree with PadexArt and others about rating stuff, but different strokes for different folks.

[Ejaz]

Moreover Gentlemen always say Thank You when someone helps them. Ain't it so here also.

Exactely

[Marc G]

Because we (although I'm most certain about myself but I'm certain about others too, so using the word "we") still remember that once we were noob too and someone out there helped us.

There is no way that you can repay for what others do for you here, everyone has a busy life but still they take out there valuable time (and trust me for many there time clicks, you can ask for the consultancy rates to find out ) and help for free. Thats why they are "Gurus", they don't help for rating or thank you, thats there kind nature, but the least one can do is type two words and make two clicks.

Personally, I agree with PadexArt and others about rating stuff, but different strokes for different folks.

Nicely said

[mehdi62b]

why do you stil help when no one acknowledges yor help by saying thanks? Wat incentive is ther?

personally the best acknowledge for me is learning something new from the OP's question,I'm realy not interested to answer someone if I feel his problem is a simple one and its refering to his lazyish manner.

[Smasher/Devourer]

But then, why do you stil help when no one acknowledges yor help by saying thanks? Wat incentive is ther?

A couple of reasons. First, although I'm sure the good people here at CG would help me with my problems regardless of whether I did the same for other people, I'd feel bad about getting help here and then not offering what little I can in return.

The main reason, though, is that I just like doing it. Programming has fascinated me since I was a child, and I find it interesting regardless of whether I'm working on something for myself or for someone else. Plus, I think that explaining concepts to others helps to build or reinforce one's own knowledge. I've often posted answers that I didn't know when I read the question, but was able to figure out quickly; in that case, I'm learning as much as whoever posted the question to begin with. Even if I'm answering a question that seems trivial to me, considering it again from the viewpoint of someone with less experience might reveal another facet of the question that perhaps I'd never considered before.

And i think, when you do not hear from the OP again, most of the time it means that the problem has been solved. otherwise more questions will be asked, don`t you think.

It might mean that your answer was what was needed. Or it might mean that the OP simply figured the problem out himself and didn't bother coming back to the thread, or gave up and decided to take another approach. That's why I like seeing thanks posted in a thread; if I take the time to write up an explanation of something, it's nice to know that someone at least read it, if not used it.

Reputation points are always a nice gesture, particularly when they come from someone whose opinion I really respect, but I'm certainly never disappointed if someone doesn't rate a post. Thanks are more important.

[kirants]

Ratings. I'd say it has it's benefits too. A noob might have more confidence on a post from someone who has more ratings.. I think that was what the ratings were supposed to do..
Personally, I don't care much if I am rated/not rated.

But, a thank you is a good gesture. It shows some respect to someone's time, first of all. When someone spends some time to answer some Tom/**** or Harry's question, the person deserves at least that much.

And, smilies.. very important Sometimes relaxes the mood a bit and makes conversation more cordial.

Since this thread has touched upon "thank you", let me take a moment to thank all who have asked questions and answered. There is so much I have learnt from even the seemingly simplest questions asked by the forum visitors, that I don't beleive I would have even bothered discovering on my own