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Originally Posted by relentlessflame
The problem that I have with a "thanks" system (that a few have mentioned) is that it seems to me to just encourage cliques and taking sides. Like let's say you're having a debate about a controversial anime (would totally never happen, I know...). I can just see someone making a "pro" post and having the usual crowd of "pro" supporters link/"thank" their post, and then someone else make an "anti" post and having the usual crowd of "anti" supporters like/"thank" their post. It's like an odd way of giving weight to someone else's argument, and it doesn't really have any correlation whatsoever to whether someone actually did something praiseworthy. It just means, "I agree with you and I want to take a stand".
In the end, I think you'd just be trading one problem for another.
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Hmm, I suppose that could work to some degree. It'll be like those paid arguments for and against in voter booklets. But however, politics is a bad analogy due to how polarized it is. :/