I would agree that the system in place works well. There is the option to gift bits and while there is no trade-able value, the wonderful feeling one gets when receiving a gift is enough. Perhaps we could make that process more available, perhaps a
Thanks+GiftBits or a
Thanks+PM button, but then it has to be used properly rather than just being too easy and meaningless.
I'm not sure what I'm arguing for now, but perhaps there needs to be some limit on using them per user per week to give them proper kudos value.
As to the earlier quote regarding optimism versus pessimism:-
Quote:
You can see a cup of milk which has some milk in it as a half filled or you can see it is half empty.
.... one could argue that someone has bought a cup that is too large.
Just my thoughts,
Robin