Yes I know this should be in another sub forum but (avatars)
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As you will be able to tell from my stats
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I've been on here a while.
I'm more of a lurker than a poster to be fair but, whilst I consider myself to be reasonably intelligent, I find it very difficult to weigh peoples posts up.
An avatar by the side of your post is just that. Me, personified.
I use it on ever other forum as primary means to identify a personality in the first instance and secondly to influence the way that people perceive my posts.
I'm fairly dead pan here/ anywhere and I use smileys rarely as the systems are a bit clunky, but I use my usual standard avatar (i.e. not my profile pic) to express my perspective before I start and it's usually effective.
I don't understand why they're not enabled here. Did I miss an argument? Has it always been the way? Do frequent users prefer that level of anonymity?
It's very strange (relative to what I know)...
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I've been on here a while.
I'm more of a lurker than a poster to be fair but, whilst I consider myself to be reasonably intelligent, I find it very difficult to weigh peoples posts up.
An avatar by the side of your post is just that. Me, personified.
I use it on ever other forum as primary means to identify a personality in the first instance and secondly to influence the way that people perceive my posts.
I'm fairly dead pan here/ anywhere and I use smileys rarely as the systems are a bit clunky, but I use my usual standard avatar (i.e. not my profile pic) to express my perspective before I start and it's usually effective.
I don't understand why they're not enabled here. Did I miss an argument? Has it always been the way? Do frequent users prefer that level of anonymity?
It's very strange (relative to what I know)...
AlexRS2782 said:
I expect, by the time I log in later this evening, that this thread will be in Website Feedback along with all the other threads that have asked the same question about Avatars, Signatures, etc, repeatedly over the last few years and all of which got the same response along the lines of no.
Which is why I posted here and not there.Edited by AlexRS2782 on Thursday 11th February 00:33
I don't wish to offer feedback.
Consider this as more of a general question.
i.e. How do avatars, or lack of, influence the way you perceive users?
All that jazz said:
If you want avatars, signatures and other clutter such as 'like' and 'rep' buttons then this site isn't for you and Facebook.com is what you need. Generally such clutter is requested by the younger generation for attention seeking purposes as anyone over a certain age does no care for such pointless crap.
TooMany2cvs said:
Lemme guess... It's a still from a zombie movie or a cartoon zombie?
Any predictions on the number of avatars we'd see that are blue and white propellers or three-pointed stars or blue ovals or...? And that, of course, assumes that there wouldn't be gif animations....
Which would show a lack of imagination and I'd be less inclined to waste my time reading their post...Any predictions on the number of avatars we'd see that are blue and white propellers or three-pointed stars or blue ovals or...? And that, of course, assumes that there wouldn't be gif animations....
Mr Tidy said:
Zombie said:
As you will be able to tell from my stats
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I've been on here a while. (ish)
I'm more of a lurker than a poster to be fair but, whilst I consider myself to be reasonably intelligent, I find it very difficult to weigh (peoples' - needs the apostrophe because you are referring to the posts of people, as in plural and the genitive adjective) posts up.
An avatar (why use a double-space?) by the side of your post is just that. Me, personified.
(Why use a space?) I use it on ever(?) other forum as (a/the) primary means to identify a personality in the first instance and secondly to influence the way that people perceive my posts.
I'm fairly dead pan here/ anywhere and (why another double-space?) (And why another space?) I use smileys rarely as the systems are a bit clunky, but I use my usual standard avatar (i.e. not my profile pic) to express my perspective before I start and it's usually effective.
I don't understand why they're not enabled here. (And why another space?) Did I miss an argument? Has it always been the (this?) way? Do frequent users prefer that level of anonymity?
It's very strange (relative to what I know)...
Well we may just like some grammatical ability as a starting point, but you appear lacking in that respect! <-----
I've been on here a while. (ish)
I'm more of a lurker than a poster to be fair but, whilst I consider myself to be reasonably intelligent, I find it very difficult to weigh (peoples' - needs the apostrophe because you are referring to the posts of people, as in plural and the genitive adjective) posts up.
An avatar (why use a double-space?) by the side of your post is just that. Me, personified.
(Why use a space?) I use it on ever(?) other forum as (a/the) primary means to identify a personality in the first instance and secondly to influence the way that people perceive my posts.
I'm fairly dead pan here/ anywhere and (why another double-space?) (And why another space?) I use smileys rarely as the systems are a bit clunky, but I use my usual standard avatar (i.e. not my profile pic) to express my perspective before I start and it's usually effective.
I don't understand why they're not enabled here. (And why another space?) Did I miss an argument? Has it always been the (this?) way? Do frequent users prefer that level of anonymity?
It's very strange (relative to what I know)...
BTW, what were you actually trying to comment about anyway?
Ollie_M said:
It is a question that keep appearing within the forums and one that frequently gets discussed here at PH Towers. For now the general consensus is (as this thread illustrates) that they aren't needed or wanted.
Those who have expressed that opinion appear to be prolific posters and would therefore place less reliance on an avatar to determine the type of person who's posted a comment.Mr. Tidy is a prime example. He needs one of these...
That way I'd (probably) be less inclined to respond to his pedantry.
TooMany2cvs said:
Lemme guess... It's a still from a zombie movie or a cartoon zombie?
Any predictions on the number of avatars we'd see that are blue and white propellers or three-pointed stars or blue ovals or...? And that, of course, assumes that there wouldn't be gif animations....
Nah, I chose my user name because I was listening to the Cranberries at the time. Any predictions on the number of avatars we'd see that are blue and white propellers or three-pointed stars or blue ovals or...? And that, of course, assumes that there wouldn't be gif animations....
I'd post it up but it's hosted on my photobucket account and I'm in work where access is restricted to file sharing sites.
Nowt wrong with the gif images IMO, some can be amusing but I see your point when it comes to the unnecessary NSFW stuff.
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