you're right, I didn't do it for the status, but because I cared about the forum and making sure people who knew less than me got the help they needed and deserved. And it is a lot of work so when a tool can keep one of my duties to a minimum I love that tool.
Honestly, what basic, but still helpful, response is less than ten characters? The only one I can think of is "thank you" which is only 9 but adding punctuation to the end fixes that up.
"Agreed" can be helpful on its own to show that you backup another user statement, which during a repair can reassure the person asking for help.
And I do agree with your point. I wrote a script for autobanning once, that only required the username and amount of days. It made the job a lot more simple when it was needed, which we found to be more often than not at first. The K47 forum was my friends first forum, and the first one I ever joined. I have joined quite a few sence then, but usually its to ask one or two questions, not to be a major member. The only forums that I have fallen in with where that one, one that I do not wish to mention, and this one.
That tells you a lot about why I am so passionate about the most simple things though. Anything that would help, should be up for grabs. This discussion alone proves it. I go with my gut on some things, but I also prefer to go with logic, and logic tells me that this place does pretty well as set up (Yes I know that I am counter acting my own post with that sentance.) The point is, the major decisions can prove to come out of smaller ones.
I guess that I will end with that. You guys have agreed to talk about it between yourselfs, and come up with a decision. I just figured that this would give the other users a chance to weigh in as well.
Some might see this as making a big deal over nothing, and while that may sort of be true, this has provoked far more interesting discussions then I thought that it would, and I believe that is a good thing.
I am not even going to bother to answer on my "Solved" button question, because that was just a shot in the dark that is far less needed and will probably provoke similar talks.