There is a difference between wanting appreciation for your job and being in constant need for validation and pat on the back to feel fullfilled.

People are expected to be polite and thank someone in person if they were helpful or professional. Making a huge deal of it with an entire thread is just weird. It's like standing from your seat in a public restaurant and announcing out loud to the whole place that this waiter/waitress did their job well and how you appreciated the meal.

I know this is FFXIV and the game does exactly that to players, but IRL if you feel that need to be satiated by strangers you're usually directed to a therapist.

So I guess I partially agree with Awha.