What is "Thank Yourself" and "Thank @someone else" about?

Try to thank yourself. Prepare to laugh.

Do as @gailcalled suggested in terms of thanking yourself @Bill1939.

The “Thank….” has been there all the time I have been using Fluther. I use it to thank people who answer my questions on occasions. Sometimes I just do a blanket thank you but when I first Fluthered I used to go through the list and thank people individually.

I’d swear that this is a recent addition to Fluther. I will thank both @gailcalled and @Bellatrix, and then myself now. I’m not sure I’ll use it in the future.

Or do I mean try to give yourself a good answer?

“Thank…” does not appear in the general or social catagories, only in the meta, which explains why I never saw it before today. Having figured this out, I deserve a “Thank yourself.”

I take it back. I asked a question in the general catagory and “Thank…” appears there. Maybe it has to do with only questions asked and has nothing to do with catagory.

It seems that “Thank…” appeared every time I asked a question. So now I know.

It only appears when you ask a question @Bill1939. So you can thank those who respond. And of course yourself for giving a good answer too. Have you tried clicking “Thank yourself” yet?

IIRC, you won’t see the “Thank….” link in your question, until you refresh the page or exit and reenter the thread.

I have thanked myself. Thank you for asking. I also follow the link to Wikipedia and have been “educated” about Self-love. Thanks to all.

Excellent @Bill1939 :-) Since we knew what happened, @gailcalled and I also share those tendencies.

I never noticed that you could thank yourself. What are the particular circumstances you have to be in in order to have this option available?

You ask a question @wundayatta and then make some sort of response on your own question. There is then an option to thank yourself. Each answer has the Thank… option.

I like thanking myself.

I thanked myself once, in the beginning of my Jellyship.
It felt a bit like having masturbated and feeling silly about it.

I can’t lick my own arse & believe me, i’ve tried.

I don’t like to answer my own questions. It seems unkosher somehow.

@wundayatta But sometimes you reply to another’s answer, right? That will give you the ability to thank yourself, too.