Avatars on jemsite

[Kontalonis]

Should we have avatars? I voted yes because i think it would be a cool option. Or maybe give people signatures at 500 and avatars at 1000 posts.

[Tom Gilroy]

Avatars yes, signitures no,

My Natalie Portman avatar on other sights would instanty point me out as the "Natalie Jem guy". Sigs are a waste of space really.

[zEr0]

I like Avatars but I think Glenn is against them.

[darren wilson]

I dislike avatars and signatures.

[dragsternj]

Originally Posted by zEr0

I like Avatars but I think Glenn is against them.

And i am very happy about that ) Waste of bandwith

[pawel]

Not a big fan of signatures (mostly the visual ones that usually take up twice as much space as the actual post), but given that the vBulletin forum software hides the homepage link, signatures could be a good idea to link to personal/band weppages.

Avatars are fun, but take time to implement and require webspace/bandwith, unless each of them was to be linked to private webspace, which is an option. I think there must be a good reason why we haven't had them on Jemsite in a very long time though.

[ET Guitars]

What is an avatar?
(Apologies for my internet dumbness )

[pawel]

A picture that shows up to the left of your post.

[Kontalonis]

I dunno about you guys, but i also miss the old days where you earned little green dots...ahhhhhhhhhhhh memories, light the corner of my mind.

[damo7v]

Originally Posted by Kontalonis

Or maybe give people signatures at 500 and avatars at 1000 posts.

i like the idea of a merit-based system. however, there are people who make a point of replying to every post despite having nothing useful to contribute simply because they like to see their name in print.

(you know who you are. do i stink of hypocrisy?)

[Kontalonis]

^ what he said

Haha i hate when people say that just to get a post.

Or maybe they could include them in part of the site contributor thing. You know, if you donate you get an avatar and maybe just give mods signatures...overall i just wanna spice up the forum a bit and encourage people to join.

[fettouhi]

Waste of bandwidth really, but they arer fun to look at .

Regards

André

[ET Guitars]

Oh... I see.... hmmm, seen that on other sites, where most people put a picture of a Star Wars character or Muppet to be their unmistakable identity. Waste of time and computer energy folks.

[mi2tom]

Avatar is quite cool .

[machinediva]

Originally Posted by Kontalonis

I dunno about you guys, but i also miss the old days where you earned little green dots...ahhhhhhhhhhhh memories, light the corner of my mind.

I agree, that was a useful and rewarding grade systems