We don't remove accounts that have posts associated with them. That being said, the next code update will allow you to disable many portions of your profile. Being able to hide the "Thanks" portion is certainly something we could do.

--jeremy

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The thanks in the forum are stored in your profile and can be viewed by anyone. The thanks are not a reputation system, they are an easy method to thank someone for their help.

So the fact that someone may thank you for posting a helpful solution is stopping you from posting? I can't understand the logic behind this.

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I am not asking you to understand the logic I am asking for the option of not having this information. As Jeremy has pointed out it will have the option in the next code update I may rejoin at that time.

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While this might be a good idea, it might lead to premature thread closing. Some people might thank someone for help not realizing that the thanks is a signoff. In fact, sometimes multiple people are thanked earlier in a thread for suggestions which don't ultimately pan out. So I'd leave the thread closing/solved function separate.

dmail,
Not to be too rude, but what logic? -- I don't believe you have set forth your reason[s|ing]. Please explain, I'm missing something.

Also, I'm not clear on which it is that you don't want to participate in: the existing new thanks system, or the not yet implemented reputation system.

I also don't understand what you object to about either.

I'm not trying to question your right to your opinions, just understand what they are.

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Threads are only closed when a Moderator closes them for specific reasons, like usually 99% of the time they're breaking the LQ Rules.

I realize that. I suppose I wasn't clear. I was referring to the suggestion by doc.nice (#24)that I quoted, apparently endorsed by H TeXMeX H (#25) and JZL240I-U (#26) in their following threads.

This is a really nice feature ... Thanks for implementing it Jeremy!
(I've already dropped you a thanks by clicking the Blue Thumbs Up button)


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I have already discussed this in this thread (and the other thread in this forum section) with another account. (dmail)
I since have chosen not to abandon the LQ forum yet adapt to it.
I did not use the Thank You button and have expressed my feelings about thanking someone and using the Thank You button.

I just re-read the rules, & I can't find one against multiple accounts or "account hopping"; yet, I believe they are against LQ policy. My most recent memory is a post by jeremy in one of the (many) discussions of user name changing.

This member seems to to have had at least 4 accounts:

• dmail
• foobar
• no_thanks
• Hayman

Dude, please stop it. I don't care if you stay or go; just stop account switching, moderator baiting, & thread hijacking.

I've re-read your dmail posts & the replies here (#'s 18, 43-48, 50) & the only thing I now understand better is that you are opposed to both the possible reputation system as well as the implemented thanks button.

You still have not had the courtesy to reply to my polite request to set forth your reasons for opposing the thanks button. As I said before, I do not question your right to your opinion, but I would at least like to know what logic, feelings, or experience it is based on. Who knows, I might agree w/ you.


Jeremy, does the above mean that it might be possible to have a CP option that would make it impossible to be thanked?

It's not currently on the TODO, but if there's sufficient demand for it, we can look into it.

--jeremy

As usual, thanks for listening.

Personally, I'm more interested in the ideas of:

1. Further shortening the "The Following User Says Thank You to ___ For This Useful Post:" heading -- it still causes a lot of wasted vertical space.
   
   Would "Thanks From:" or "Thanked By" be too brief?
   
   
   
2. The ability to collapse thanks --
   1. site wide,
   2. for an entire thread,
   3. for any one post.
   
   Of these, b) would be the most useful to me, followed by c); however, I think people who really don't like the whole thanks thing will want a), too.

I did look before making the decision to take this action and there is no rule against it, hence my comment in one of the posts you link to, which you refer to as "moderator baiting".

This was not my intention and a mod replied that the issue would have to be handled in that thread, not me. I tried to divert the conversation to email yet a mod continued to thank me therefore I abandoned the account and any possible email communication.

Maybe you should have done a little more searching of my profiles then.

That seems the general conscience

As I politely reminded you here: creating multiple accounts is not a mature and acceptable way to try and get your point across. Now, if you do not (or do not want to) value open discussion like we do at LQ and would rather like to continue down the road you're on I classify that as a deliberate attack on LQ. That means that as moderator I am now officially warning you to stop that behaviour: creating multiple accounts as a means of "pressure" is not acceptable and will not be tolerated. Period. The only acceptable course of action for you is to continue discussing things and under the last account you have created (Biddle).

If you have any questions about this moderation or would like to discuss the above you are invited to take it up with me by email.

To further clarify the LQ position: it is not against any rule we have to create multiple accounts. We tend to discourage it when there isn't any real benefit, but do understand that some members may want to do so for a variety of reasons. In this case it seems you're creating many accounts, and doing so in a way that is potentially detrimental to LQ. That's the issue.

As an update on being able to hide the thanks in your profile: The next code roll out will feature Profile Privacy, which will allow members to configure which parts of their profile are visible, and to who. The "Statistics" tab will be one of the configurable blocks (as will Profile Picture, Visitor Messages, Contact Info, Albums, About Me, Friends, Recent Visitors and Group Memberships).

--jeremy