ORG, TWC, and the Official Forum - what would the ORG specialize in?

[Maltz]

How about changing Thanks to red or something more obvious and perhaps a passionate icon? Or move it to the right so people notice it it while clicking reply.

Another way to encourage people to give thanks is to have a "thanks received" and "thanks given" counter for each member. This way we are all "encouraged" to give thanks in order not to appear ungrateful and anti-social.

[drone]

Did someone say "wiki"? Always looking for fresh bodies to throw at that!

[Maltz]

Just a little opinion on wiki:
Wiki would be awesome when it contains information that people constantly look for. I have lost count of the times when I google unit names and get linked to that .ru site.

[drone]

I use the Org's MTW wiki constantly to reference stats and game options. My memory is not what it once was.

[Beskar]

Another way to encourage people to give thanks is to have a "thanks received" and "thanks given" counter for each member. This way we are all "encouraged" to give thanks in order not to appear ungrateful and anti-social.

That is a bad concept and the "Give Thanks" system was deliberately implemented with such a function turned off. The volunteers who help manage the Org do post on other forums and do have experiences with their operations. All of them stated when they idea came up that they didn't want a counter visible.

Why?
Because this is not a popularity contest and no one wanted such a function which facilitated that aspect. These usually breed resentment or "gamey tactics" to artificially inflate (and on some forums, deflate) scores of users which makes the whole practical implementation feel tacky and meaningless.

However, people do like recognition for their work, and sometimes people read a post or topic and go "I think that post is rather good." but they don't want to feel they are spamming up the thread with their reply. In return, people who made such post might feel that no one appreciated it.

Conclusion:
We decided to do as a halfway system. Allow people to "Give Thanks" to a contribution without intruding and allow that other user to feel appreciated for their contribution. There is no real "gain" or "point scoring" involved, it is simply warm felt gratitude and appreciation.

[Maltz]

Conclusion:
We decided to do as a halfway system. Allow people to "Give Thanks" to a contribution without intruding and allow that other user to feel appreciated for their contribution. There is no real "gain" or "point scoring" involved, it is simply warm felt gratitude and appreciation.

Actually I did not realize there is even a "thank" to click on - the current design is not very obvious for users.

I understand and respect the wish to keep the ORG mature and well-intended. This is why I am still posting and sharing things I find... but as a contributor, we naturally want our works read by as many as possible, and receive appreciations and constructive criticisms from readers.

If the contributors find that their work does not get many counts or thanks, and there is little hope for the situation to improve, they will naturally migrate. Some time ago I wondered whether I should post in the TWC this time, but then I realized there are still many good people in the ORG and I can simply go advertise things in other forums.

There is a saying "the clearest water has no fish". It is the most precious thing to stick with our judgment and principles, but we have to use simple languages in order to get our words spread around. A simple langauge for the forum is that we want to find some ways to keep the contributors. Sainty contributors who require no thanks or acknowledgement only come once every century.