Feature: Gratitude command

[mesub7]

Vintheruler1#9325* was thinking of a gratitude command which you could run once somebody had helped you with something. It would most likely have to have a cooldown of some sort however to prevent abuse.

• They suggested this and I did point them to here but they were happy for me to suggest it and credit them for it.

[vcokltfre]

This seems like it would fit better in sir-lancebot if anywhere

[anand2312]

I think this could end up game-ifying the system which isn't something we want

[Xithrius]

I agree with @anand2312, people would probably just start asking for points or what-not.

This seems like it would fit better in sir-lancebot if anywhere

@vcokltfre sir-lance wouldn't have a great time tracking points since there's no database.

[mesub7]

I don't believe it should be points-based. Rather, it should be a standalone 1 off gratitude.

I can definitely see problems if it is points based.

[Xithrius]

One user can give 1 gratitude to another user only once? A user could still unfortunately go around asking for gratitude.

[ChrisLovering]

I think we're all fairly against there being some form of leaderboard for this, since it promotes undesirable behaviour and adds moderation burden.

However, from your comments, it doesn't seem like that's what you had in mind for this. Could you describe in detail what this proposal is?

[vcokltfre]

I think they mean one off as in you just run the command and it thanks them totally statelessly, but i still don't really see how it would fit/be of any use

[whispersofthedawn]

I think they mean one off as in you just run the command and it thanks them totally statelessly, but i still don't really see how it would fit/be of any use

If that's the case, I don't see why you couldn't just thank them yourself. That'd also be much more sincere.

[mesub7]

In detail:

User A has a problem.
User B helps them solve the problem.

User A thanks User B with the command.
There would be no points (for reasons you have stated above which I agree with entirely). So yes, it would essentially be stateless.

Sometimes, people (like the person who wanted this suggested) want to appreciate their gratitude, especially if it was a challenging issue. They may feel like a simple thank you is not enough, but they don't want to go out of their way and get something (which is not expected anyway). This may be the middle ground between the two.

[ToxicKidz]

How would this be different than just saying thank you?

[Xithrius]

Sorry, but I don't think this feature will be necessary as a utility or be much as a fun feature.

I do think the original idea was pretty interesting.

[Vintheruler-1]

Hey!
Vin here.
I just found this lol.
@mesub7 I have been trying to contact your for a while but I couldnt find your discord tag! Could you contact me at Vintheruler1#7617?
Thanks
-Vin