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I don't agree that perlmonks needs an "Omit from voting" mechanism - we "just" need to convince the monks that thanking people in public is *not* meaningless.

A note thanking people for their help means that the OP read the replies and found them helpfull. This is a *good thing*. IMO a "thank you node" does two things:

It shows that the replies helped solve the problem at hand.
It shows that the OP appreciated people helping him/her.

Both are good. The first one because it helps people assess the usefullness of the replies (even if most monks can already assess the usefullness of a lot of replies by themselves, that doesn't mean every visitor to this site can), the second one because it keeps a sense of community.

I think people who downvote "thank you" notes should think harder about what they're voting on and why.

Please feel free to downvote if you don't agree.

"What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"

In reply to Why thankfullness is *not* meaningless (was: Re^3: On Thankfulness) by Joost
in thread On Thankfulness by tall_man

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