Some people send me private t-mail as a thank you note for acorns. It is a good opportunity for me to ask more questions or dumb questions that I might not ask on the forum. It always makes me smile.
The thumbs seem to be more of a score card type thing. While on a thread I like to give a thumb to the best post and on the database you can give a thumb to the best picture.
edited to say
I do not think you can thumb yourself anymore, sorry.