avatars on the forums

craftylady53014 · Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 6 Location: wisconsin

It really doesn't matter one way or another.
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Athos · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 446 Location: San Francisco

something else - i also love that people aren't using sig files here. i can't stand on other boards when there's a serious discussion, and you have to scroll through all the various sig files attempting to be hi-larious. they really interupt the flow of a conversation for me, and seem to just be places for folks to quote their favorite singer or advertise their blog/ebay store.

soapandwater · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 945

I have my favorite singer quoted in my signature.
But I don't think I'm being clever. I think she is.
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Athos · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 446 Location: San Francisco

right soapandwater, and i love sharing music with people too - i've been turned on to many great bands with just one quote, but you just used a three line sig file with a two line post. that seems really distracting to me. i'd rather see sig files in the left margin maybe under a person's name or something, maybe even only on people's profiles, if they have to be there at all.

breewell · Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 161 Location: Brooklyn

I don't mind the short sig files people on this board have. It helps that they are separated from the message with a line because I don't even see them anymore, my eye skips right over them (years of ignoring the adds at the bottom of yahoo groups emails). I like that it is a place for people to list their websites, if I had to go searching through profiles I would never make it to half the cool sites I see. I really really hate the animated sig files and really hope that never happens here. Some people on the about.com forum I visit once in a while have signatures with over a dozen silly characters, banners, and 3x5 pictures. You scroll down an entire screen length to get to the next message!

lizzymahoney · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 804

To the posters who say they only see the results and can't vote in the poll, do you think you might have selected "view results"? If you did, that's a null vote, and you won't get another chance to vote. The way these usually work is you vote first, then get to see what the current stats are.

breewell · Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 161 Location: Brooklyn

I also can't vote, but I didn't get a chance to select anything. It defaulted to the results page. Of course, I use Netscape on a Mac so I'm used to things not working. And yet I persevere.

moon_lemming · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 625 Location: virginia

I either voted already and don't remember it (possible) or can't vote, either, but my vote's for no avatars. They're cluttery and make it hard to concentrate on the actual message; I DO like them in the blog section, though. I actually really like the way the board looks right now.