The concept of the благодарность is wonderful. Fanpop is a user based site and users should have the ability to reward others for their hard work. I also agree with the idea behind благодарность Day. It should serve as a reminder to all users to give that reward. However, the благодарность system has become flawed. Very flawed. I happened upon a user Профиль and saw several props. I looked to see when the user started Fanpopping and saw that it had only been two months. Wow! This person must have added tons of content. So I looked at the activity. No Ссылки had been added, no videos, no Обои (mind you, the Профиль had 5 Благодарности for images), no Форум activity, no picks, no Тест Вопросы and one comment. This person had a total of 19 Благодарности and the only activity was one comment. How could this be possible? I then looked at the individual props. Mainly they сказал(-а) welcome to Fanpop, thanks for fanning me, and the like. I’m sorry; Благодарности should be a reward for adding content, preferably quality content, to the site. I don’t blame the user, but I blame the Fanpoppers who give Благодарности without a reason. If Ты want to thank someone for being a Фан of yours или giving Ты a благодарность send that person a nice message. Look at their activity and if they have added some good content, then give them a благодарность for that content.

I probably should not be as frustrated as I am. After all, these people are enjoying the site and having fun. They’re not hurting me…or anyone else. It’s just the principle of the matter. The Профиль I mentioned as an example is not the only one like that. I have encountered many similar profiles where the users have Благодарности for categories in which they have added nothing to the site. I work very hard, as I’m sure most Fanpoppers do, to provide good content. I’ve been on Fanpop for a год longer than my example. I also have 5 Благодарности for my images. However, as of today, I have added 175 Обои where this person hasn’t added any. Am I bitter? Maybe. I’m not asking for people to give me Благодарности either, I even feel guilty for receiving Благодарности that I don't think I deserve, (rating my content would be nice though, wink, wink, nudge, nudge). Perhaps the Fab Four could add another благодарность category, an “I just wanted to say thanks and brighten your day” category. Then Fanpoppers could give that благодарность indiscriminately. Until that time, however, I ask that Fanpoppers give Благодарности to users as a reward for the actual content they have added.