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Originally Posted by Nickname
The posts here are mostly subjective, and often different members will have different views of different topics. So, yes, I think the "Thanks" button can be viewed as taking sides if people are selective in using the "Thanks" button, and there are different views on the thread. I try to avoid using it this way, but I might have fallen at times.
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I agree, esp with the last sentence. My favorite use of it is to express appreciation when somebody makes a joke Or takes the effort to state something in a clever way.
It is kinda weird on the taking sides thing - if someone says they feel hurt by something, and you say thanks, i guess that means you agree you feel hurt by the same thing. But if this is supposed to be a support site, shouldnt your first impulse be to hug the OP, show some sympathy for them? THEN thank them for speaking up about an injustice. So - thinking out loud - maybe its more like that, rather than "taking sides".