(Poll) Should The Cellar use avatars?

Undertoad · 07-15-2013, 11:32 AM

Avatars are the little images that show up to the left of every post, showing an image that represents the user.

We are a self-selected bunch that started without them... but I'll tellya, I have come to enjoy them on other forums, and many people are probably avoiding us because we don't use them.

BigV · 07-15-2013, 11:57 AM

Please, no avatars. My own words make me look like an ass often enough, I don't need an avatar on the job full-time.

Undertoad · 07-15-2013, 12:06 PM

You can choose not to use an avatar, and you can always block avatars completely as you read.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-15-2013, 12:08 PM

NO!

glatt · 07-15-2013, 12:41 PM

I don't care, as long as I can block them.

Griff · 07-15-2013, 12:50 PM

They do look like ass and color the words written next to them. If it goes that way a block function would be cool.

Happy Monkey · 07-15-2013, 12:57 PM

I'd say no, but if they are allowed, they should be very small. A huge part of the way they make a forum look like ass is to have a tiny little post in a huge empty box next to a massive avatar.

Griff · 07-15-2013, 01:00 PM

^SMRT

DanaC · 07-15-2013, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

I'd say no, but if they are allowed, they should be very small. A huge part of the way they make a forum look like ass is to have a tiny little post in a huge empty box next to a massive avatar.

Yup.

DanaC · 07-15-2013, 03:38 PM

I voted yes, but with a degree of sadness.

I personally prefer the plain look. I find the Cellar very comfortable to view. But I do agree that it seems more and more a part of what is expected in the basic functions of a forum.

orthodoc · 07-15-2013, 03:59 PM

I much prefer the current Cellar look. Avatars don't add a thing. And when dozens of people have the same one it just ... looks like ass. Not the good kind.

glatt · 07-15-2013, 05:00 PM

I assume you would continue to offer a sterile safe for work viewing mode, so it's really moot.

If we went with avatars, I'd need to chose one, but that's the only way it would affect me.

busterb · 07-15-2013, 05:30 PM

NO

Gravdigr · 07-15-2013, 05:48 PM

What Happy Monkey said. Small, thumbnail-size. And please, no animated avatars.

ETA: A small photo of the Dwellar would be great, but, I understand some wouldn't want their actual face up there.

Aliantha · 07-15-2013, 05:50 PM

If you put avatars on, you will all see more of my face. Think about that then decide.

View Poll Results: Shall The Cellar use avatars?
Yes, they are a necessary part of forums in the modern day	2	9.52%
Yes, but I'll be sad to see the "plain" look go away	3	14.29%
No, I just prefer a plain look and feel	4	19.05%
No, they make any forum look like ass	9	42.86%
I have no opinion either way	3	14.29%
Voters: 21. You may not vote on this poll

07-15-2013, 11:32 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	(Poll) Should The Cellar use avatars? Avatars are the little images that show up to the left of every post, showing an image that represents the user. We are a self-selected bunch that started without them... but I'll tellya, I have come to enjoy them on other forums, and many people are probably avoiding us because we don't use them.

07-15-2013, 11:57 AM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Please, no avatars. My own words make me look like an ass often enough, I don't need an avatar on the job full-time. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-15-2013, 12:08 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	NO! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-15-2013, 12:50 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	They do look like ass and color the words written next to them. If it goes that way a block function would be cool. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-15-2013, 12:06 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	You can choose not to use an avatar, and you can always block avatars completely as you read.

07-15-2013, 12:41 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I don't care, as long as I can block them.

07-15-2013, 12:57 PM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I'd say no, but if they are allowed, they should be very small. A huge part of the way they make a forum look like ass is to have a tiny little post in a huge empty box next to a massive avatar. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-15-2013, 01:00 PM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	^SMRT __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-15-2013, 03:59 PM	#11
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	I much prefer the current Cellar look. Avatars don't add a thing. And when dozens of people have the same one it just ... looks like ass. Not the good kind. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

07-15-2013, 05:00 PM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I assume you would continue to offer a sterile safe for work viewing mode, so it's really moot. If we went with avatars, I'd need to chose one, but that's the only way it would affect me.

07-15-2013, 05:30 PM	#13
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	NO __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

07-15-2013, 05:48 PM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	What Happy Monkey said. Small, thumbnail-size. And please, no animated avatars. ETA: A small photo of the Dwellar would be great, but, I understand some wouldn't want their actual face up there. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

07-15-2013, 05:50 PM	#15
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	If you put avatars on, you will all see more of my face. Think about that then decide. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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