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Originally Posted by grales
This is just my observation but a lot of members including posters ask for comments and thanks but never seem to say thanks themselves.
I thought that over the years that been a member of various forums that it is politness to simply click the thanks button for appreciating a post. Some manners are been lost - or lost in translation. comments welcome
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Just my 2¢ on the matter. In my opinion, I think it's safe to say that the large majority of the people that come to this site fall into one of two groups, posters and lurkers. I think that the number of people that both post and lurk is a very small percentage.
But I can only speak for myself. I'll be 65 years next month. I've had enough porn over the years, both in real life and on the internet, to last many lifetimes. I've got three computers. The newest one is over 5 years old. It has (1)Terabyte hard drive and (2)250GB hard drives, all almost slap full. LOL. That's probably enough reason to not lurk anymore right there. But the main reason is that a lot of stuff being posted is older stuff(some newer) that has been cropped and is being recycled. I don't know who's doing the cropping and resizing, whether it's the poster on this site or the poster where he obtained the picture. But the point is I'm not going to lurk and thank a poster for a pic that I've already seen or has been cropped and resized. Yes, there are exceptions. For instance, Hogeye post his original work, as do a few others such as Pedro and RubberGears.
I used to lurk and share in the newsgroups. Back in the 90's one major website had their lawyers send me a cease posting letter. But as I said, I don't lurk anymore. I started posting here last July. I simply wanted to share some of my original stuff. I may have asked at some point for people to hit the 'Thanks' button and I won't say that I won't ask again sometime in the future. But it's not because I need my ego stroked or that I plan to trade my 'Thanks' points in on a new car or a cup of coffee at Burger King. I simply need to know if I'm wasting my efforts. Some people don't know what it's like to have a slow connection and have to take 15 minutes to upload 6-10 pictures.
If we had some way of gauging how many of our post were being downloaded that would be even better. But we live with what we've got and the 'Thanks' button is what tells me I should keep posting. I realize that some of my post are better than others. My last post before the one this morning got only 2 'Thanks'. But I look at the overall average. So far I've posted roughly 1,500 original pics in just over 190 post. As it stands now, I'm averaging over 10 'Thanks' per post. That gives me reason to continue posting when I can even though a lot of my time nowadays is consumed by getting my drag car ready for the season. My post today was my first in several weeks because I've been spending all my time building a 700HP motor.
Now, should I take the time and just run through a few threads hitting the 'Thanks' button in order to be polite? Or should I take care of my other business and chores so that I can hope to find time maybe tomorrow or the next day to post some more pictures? Personally, I don't want people just hitting the 'Thanks' unless they're sincere. If my post aren't appreciated they shouldn't hit the 'Thanks'. Then I'd stop posting and free up time for other things. My general rule of thumb: If I download a picture and save it to my hard drive, I should hit the 'Thanks'. Just my opinion.