For me, it depends whether I'm on my old fart of a phone or not, less and less is working on the old fartphone (not just forum related but apps and stuff as well, so I know its my phone)

I try to hug and thank as much as I can, unless I have a reason to not interact with a particular person.

I would NEVER ignore our Owl though

And here's another hug in case you can use a extra one