There is another solution I "stole" in another forum

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Today a new feature arrives on this forum...

The ' thank topic ' button ..

This is now to be used to show gratitude to the poster of any/all topic(s) on the forum.

Under no circumstances are members to post merely thanks as a post anymore or topic authors to request it , there is now no excuse for this !

Flooding of the board with posts containing just 'thanks' 'thankz' and 'thank you' posts is now a 0% tolerance situation and members will be BANNED for failing to comply to this .

** Members using automated response messages warning of a ban by posting thanks will now be deemed rule violators and be BANNED **

If you want to say just thanks use the button Smile. use the new feature as its here for your benefit to make a cleaner forum ...