Sure, there are a few people out there who do not give a damn about healers and that sucks a bit, but these post seemed… slightly obnoxious. No offense, but I have to agree with the majority here.

You play a hero to enjoy playing it, you don’t play a hero just to garner respect and pride. That’s rather self-centered. I play a lot of Mercy myself - when people say thank you, that’s kind of them. But when they don’t, sure. People are just too busy to let out a ‘Thanks!’.

A final thing is that healing people =/= skill. You can heal people without a ton of mechanical skill, such as with Mercy, or Brigette, or Zenyatta, or Lucio… but its your survivability that counts for your skill. Healing people as Mercy or most other supports is just a click of a button, maybe hold it for a while or make sure you aim properly.

These are the main things for each champion that requires skill surrounding their healing.

Mercy: Being able to reach your targets and being able to understand when is the right time to revive/heal.

Moira: Keeping track of how much heal you have and knowing when enough is enough.

Ana: Being able to aim.

Lucio: Being able to know whats right for the current situation, and being able to survive long enough in a crowded group.

Zenyatta: Knowing how to distribute heals well.

Brigette: Well, uh, I have never been healed by a Brigette before so eeee

But once again, holding down a button isn’t skill.