Isn't repping a person saying it to their face... virtually speaking?
I'm not one of those people who scold rep. It's always a good-thing rep.
I've gotten one scolding/shaming rep over the yrs. Something about how disappointed they were from a post. They didn't leave their name.
It reminded me of the messed up parent who would scold their kid while giving them chocolate chip cookies!
I usually leave my name, and an encouraging message. I don't really say thank you for the rep. I feel like that would be redundant. Like maybe they would then want to thank me for thanking them, then I'd thank them for thanking me that I thanked them......
I also don't want to seem to be pandering.