As Mark said, this forum is meant to be an example board for people looking to use MyBB, so there's no chance of a thanks plugin being used and rep won't be enabled in the foreseeable future either.
I can see that, many people would abuse it

I am glad there is no reputation system because I would have around -34. Serious many people
dislike hate me for
telling the truth being so blunt and
giving advice making fun of their threads

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I have seen the thank mod at work. They are amazing tools. People do use it correctly. The more you are thanked, the greater the reputation.
I don't like the inbuilt reputation system as they don't rely on posts
If mybboard doesn't want to use it, its fine
