The "Thanks" comments

Thanks.

Lol. jkjkjk. Yeah, that is pretty lame

I like the idea of a "Thanks" box. Thats a good idea.

I do not get many questions on my reviews, I guess I cover everything that could be asked?

I think that's a nice idea, or something like it. I am guilty of doing this occasionally. Not really for points, though. Sometimes I read a review and want to say something to let the person know I read it, but I don't have a question. So I say "thanks," or "good review," or something to that effect.

I also seem to remember that commenting on someone's review helps the writer's rank. Like more comments help raise it. So it helps the writer out. That was a while back that I may have seen that, though, so maybe I'm mistaken.

Honestly, I do it out of courtesy if I don't have a question to ask or detailed comment to make & if I liked the review or found it useful. I've already caught myself, though, and I'm trying to somewhat break out of the habit of seeming repetitive this way. For me it's more of a courtesy habit.

I didn't use to do any of the "thanks" or "good review" stuff - it seemed like meaningless fluff that filled up space. After a while I started to think of the "good review"-type things as encouragement - if no questions jumped out at me then why not show my support?

It still seems like a bit of a waste (especially on an old review), but no longer a meaningless waste.

I do this out of courtesy too. I know people put a lot of effort into their reviews so I just like to acknowledge how much their hard work has helped me. Also, when I first joined I read quite a few reviews with a lot of "thank you" and "good review" comments so I just thought it was common practice.

I thank people for their review (if it is good) out of courtesy and respect for the review and the writer. Sometimes, the review needs no questions asked, it is just that good. I think people need and deserve a thank you for work well done. There is nothing meaningless about thanking someone. And it boosts the confidence of new writers. I think it also helps the reviewers rating and puts it up on your friends real time wall, so more people will see it. Of course, if it is a very old review and the person is no longer here and reviewing- it is a waste of time and energy- but I do not do that. It is also a waste if the review is worthless-and I do not do that either.

I sort of agree with this idea. I think it's a good idea but at the same time it seems like such a hassle.

Don't get me wrong, I hate getting the "thanks" I feel sometimes like the person didn't really take the time to read and just wanted to get some points. If I get some feedback on my review no matter how small, I love that,. but thanks just annoys me.

I like this idea.

I really haven't been bothered by getting the thanks only comments. Maybe I just haven't had enough of them to get annoyed lol. I always appreciate any comment and I didn't think people got points for commenting on the reviews. If so, surely it's not enough to matter much right? I figure it's only a point or 2 so I mean if it helps someone get points I guess it doesn't bother me. I usually feel that the fact they took time to leave a comment was nice, but I don't know. To me, it doesn't seem like a huge deal. I would of course appreciate a little extra on a comment, but I figure people just don't know what more to say. I never leave a thanks only I don't think. I may have in the beginning though. I just kind of thought it was people's way to saying hello, I noticed your review and wanted to leave a nice comment. I figured they were just trying to communicate or kinda get to know people around here a little. It'd make me feel bad if nobody actually read the review and just left thanks only for points.

I say thanks for the review, I like to let the person know I took the time to read their review. I think the thank you button is a good idea also, even though it only takes a few seconds to go check what comments were left on your review.

Perhaps also, the comments box could have a minimum number of characters required to be able to leave a message - like here, but with a lot more than just 3 characters.

While this has been going on as long as I've been reviewing here, I agree with Red that the occurrence rate has skyrocketed ESPECIALLY with older reviews. I will fully admit to being curmudgeonly and annoyed by it - it adds absolutely nothing to the review. Not a thing. Seriously. Did you appreciate the review? Then rate it well. But don't fill up my inbox and scroll the comments section with "Thanks!" I would welcome a comment with value - comment that you own the toy and it did this or that or the other thing for you. Did I point out a flaw? Did you have that same flaw? Then please, comment and say so! I do that, but then again I review so that others can get help in knowing what toys to buy and what to avoid.

The whole points thing and what it has created as a byproduct is getting out of hand, IMO. Before points, nobody *ever* followed me here and then went and commented on my wall with a bland and ever-so-obvious "Following!" Um..yeah...no shit you are.

While in theory I appreciate the points aspect, in practice it's created more garbage in forum posts, wall posts and review comments than anything else.

I tend to appreciate the 'thanks' comments because it reminds me that people are reading and appreciating my reviews.

A thanks box would be cool, but I like to know that someone appreciates my reviews and got something out of them. I say thank you when I read a review and realize that I learned something I had a question about. Plus, if they are saying thank you and commenting, they probably left you a decent rating.

I do find sometimes that the "thanks" comments get a little annoying sometimes, but I have to say that I do it too. Sometimes I just don't have any questions about the toy or review, and want the reviewer to know I read and appreciated their efforts. But i never let an overcrowding of "thanks" in my review comments to swamp out the real questions... I check about once a month, and if I have missed anything vital, I make sure to answer the question and message the user who posted it in the first place. But the idea of a "thanks" button of some sort is a great idea...!

How about leaving the system as is, with points given even when someone posts a "Thank You", BUT with these additions:

Option A: Comments have a 'vote-up' button, and each time another EF member votes up, the commenter gets a single point. Of course, daily or total limits can be enforced to avoid abuse.

Option B: The *reviewer* can give more points to a commenter (once per commenter) if she/he considers that the comment was useful. Again, limits can be put to avoid abuse.

I generally offer encouraging words on the review, and try my best to come up with constructive criticism. For instance, what style might have worked better, or what was missing, etc. I try to avoid posting thanks only comments, as that would somewhat clog up the review, as you mentioned. But if not getting noticed is a problem, there's always the option to remind the reviewer via PM.

I started a poll on this topic a while ago - you can find it here. While a "thanks" box might be good, we can already rate reviews. There seem to be a growing number of "thanks for the review", "good review", or just "thanks" being posted in comments. Personally, I think we should write more than that, or don't comment at all. I've seen too many comments sections lately filled with "thanks for the review" but nothing else. I really enjoy reading the comments but lately, there seem to be too many that have empty remarks.

What a great idea about the thanks button. I can think of legit scenarios when you eye with a product, waiting for someone to review it. Then finally it arrives and you feel the need to thank the reviewer their work. Anyway if you don't have much to say, it's often better to leave it. A thanks button with 1 point and 5 times per day perhaps would ease up a bit on the useless comments. I like it when someone points out specific lines of my review. Maybe to have constructive criticism or asking questions. Or telling me that I made them become interested in the product maybe made them buy it! I know reviewers are not meant to sell the product but if I absolutely loved something I like to write in a way that other people are likely to get interested in them as well

Hey, Red. I'm actually not on Edenfantasys much anymore either (trying to get back into it, though), and I get the same thing. Often. I'll have ten emails of such comments and it gets to be a pain when I go to the review to check if someone as a question and it's just that. But hey, what can you do? Things like that will not be weeded out, honestly.