Add a ThankCommand or way to track thanks within the server

[devldm]

The issue

Currently there is no way to thank other users in the server outside of a basic message or emoji. We also currently don't keep track of thanks so it's hard to see who contributes most to users in need.

The suggested solutions (1 code complete, 1 WIP)

Thanks Command - Code complete

I believe one solution to this could be the addition of a ThankCommand. This would allow others to call out users and share the appreciation as a new thanks message is created by the bot which could be sent to any channel. (a specific thanks channel in my changes) .

The changes to add this command can be seen here. If the changes seem like a good suggestion i can re-create the PR merging into this repository where we can discuss changes etc so we don't lose git history / context.

Emoji tracking - WIP

This would need further work but the initial changes can be seen in a WIP pr here. We add a check for a newly added thanks emoji where we could trigger methods to track or handle the data.

I think the addition of a thank specific emoji as seen here could be a good move regardless of the above changes progress.

Next steps

I am happy to do some further work on Emoji Tracking or raise a new PR for a thanks command as a follow up to your thoughts but i wanted to raise my suggestions here as a issue first.

If neither of these seem like a good move for the bot feel free to close the issue or offer alternative paths if you have something in mind but don't quite have the time to implement! Thanks.

[Tobio89]

That's a good suggestion, and I did want to implement something a bit like that in the future.
My vision was to use an emoji such as 👍🏻 or 🙏🏻, and use this, along with a database, to be able to track a user's 'helpfulness'.

Then later, change the role scheme so that a role level is given for power users

Thanks!
I think the first step is to add a database 🤔
Well, the zeroth step is to fix the delete command haha