I know Steve has been doing a lot of maintenance/switching over of the site lately, and thanks for all the work you put into this.
Just a quick thought: over on summitpost forum, there is a box on each post with the word "thanks". When clicked, it lists your screen name below that particular post, as having "thanked" the person for posting. It has really reduced the secondary "thank you" posts.
Is there a way to do that here?
-L