I edit a lot of posts every day. I often run across posts with 'Hi' and 'Thanks' on the top and the bottom of the post respectively. I also run across things like:
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Should these items be removed during the editing of the post by an editor?
32 Answers
A solution to this problem could be to add a method like code blocks or code span with backticks, in order to add additional greetings. Thus the greetings could be turned off by a simple switch for users who prefer plain raw questions and left in tact for the users who prefer a more human response.
When this site is run by robots entirely, then it will be OK to remove greetings and thanks. For now, we humans like to come here, and signs of appreciation from fellow humans are a nice touch.
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2I think you mistake Stack Exchange to be a social platform, as too many do. It's not. And on the contrary: the current management is leading SE to become AI-driven social platform. Commented Jul 28, 2023 at 16:12
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3No. Email is a communication platform, not a social platform. Being nice in emails is still welcome.– DaveCommented Jul 28, 2023 at 16:13
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7Awesome, and totally unrelated. We don't send emails to each other. We ask and answer questions. Commented Jul 28, 2023 at 16:14
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1I was merely pointing out your false assumption that nice words only belong on sites that are social platforms.– DaveCommented Jul 28, 2023 at 16:15
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6Ironically, "robots" are far more likely to add "Thanks" and other similarly useful content to posts than humans are.– Kevin BCommented Jul 28, 2023 at 16:15
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1@KevinB It is definitely ironic, because robots are made for humans to be more comfortable in interacting with them. Whereas on Stackexchange, humans have always insisted on acting like robots, the unfriendly kind.– DaveCommented Jul 28, 2023 at 16:18
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4@Dave and yet, one produces useful content far more often than the other and doesn't rely on stealing content from the other to be half decent sometimes. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯– Kevin BCommented Jul 28, 2023 at 16:22
thank youstuck at the end of a question before people even answer, is to: spend extra time making your question concise and clear, read all answers carefully, vote for the good ones, award the best answer with an extra 15 points, make comments on any new things you've realized that could help future readers, let an answerer know if something's wrong in their answer, etc.thank youin a comment under an answer is preferable to a undirected thank you in a question that hundreds of thousands of people will read. Suppose that the thank you message in a question distracts each reader for an average of 0.5 seconds and suppose the answer has 100,000 views. 100,000 * 0.5s = 14 hours. So 14 hours have been spent on people reading a thank you message for something they didn't do.thank youtagline. Stack Exchange is a site for disseminating information. Notice that articles in academic journals don't end withThank you.