In a previous post, I listed a number of changes to Stack Overflow intended to make the site more welcoming. I noted that they didn't do much to change the intrinsic motivations that prompt people to participate. The most recent feature, the "thanks" reaction, fails even to engage extrinsic motivation:
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://jlericson.com/2020/07/02/react_thanks.html