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no, and its easy to identify people by their avatar. It's like with people. Its the same as identifying someone by their face.

Quote from "whiteghost21" »

no, and its easy to identify people by their avatar. It's like with people. Its the same as identifying someone by their face.

That's why I thought we had avatars.

it is. Sorry i kinda read ur earlier post wrong. Im trying to balance Acid Base Equilibrium studying and forum posting, its getting kind of hectic.

The first one.

Quote from "Doppelganger" »

I'm confused.
Does the avatar simply help you to visually remember better who to avoid/read/whatever?
or
Does the avatar tell you what kind of person they are and therefor helping you to avoid/read/whatever?
or
Both?

That was my question at first to Equinox.

Quote from "Doppelganger" »

I'm confused.
Does the avatar simply help you to visually remember better who to avoid/read/whatever?
or
Does the avatar tell you what kind of person they are and therefor helping you to avoid/read/whatever?
or
Both?

Both IMO. only makes sence

Quote from "Doppelganger" »

Does the avatar simply help you to visually remember better who to avoid/read/whatever?

Yes.

Quote from "Doppelganger" »

Does the avatar tell you what kind of person they are and therefor helping you to avoid/read/whatever?

Not really. There are some exceptions but usually the avy tells nothing.

Quote from "deathMars" »

Would you consider me a spammer?

Yes.

Quote from "Equinox" »

Yes.

If you think so, may I have an explanation why?

Quote from "Thasador" »

And I understand that as well. But if it is a concern about bandwidth..having a post requirement would help out greatly.

Both post requirements and membership length solve the same problem. Only difference is membership length doesnt make a new problem, spam, while post requirements does.

Quote from "PhrozenDragon" »

Can it be combined? Like say, you both need to have been a member for two months and have 200 posts?

It could be combined, yes. That would actually be a good idea. Say, 500 posts and 5 months, so you can't just spam to 500 and you can't just make an account and let it sit. You have to be active for X amount of time.

Awsome idea!

Quote from "Equinox" »

Which is not a problem. First of all, it doesn't happen that much, nowhere where I posted. Second of all, mods are there to control spam...

I completely understand your point of view. My problem though is that while yes they are here to keep the forums in running order we don't have to dump more problems on them. There are easy solutions that don't cause more problems.

Quote from "deathMars" »

If you think so, may I have an explanation why?

Say Mr. X always makes shitty posts. Every time. He also has picture Y as his avatar. You are reading thread Z and see one of the posts has picture Y. You realize that post must belong to Mr. X thus you ignore the post all together.

That is the reasoning behind that thought process.

(I dissagree with it though, as anyone can change and you should always get the benefit of the doubt, even if your a worthless pos, you still deserve a second chance.)

No no no. I said that to Equinox after he made a comment to me about me being a spammer.

But now when I actually think about it, I think this entire idea of X amount of posts and Y amount of months for an avatar seems kind of pointless since it kills the entire sense of identification which an avatar is supposed to bring. And I'm not just saying this because then my avatar privileges will be taken away.

I think there should be a post/active time requirement for an avatar.....but w/e its not that big of a deal

Quote from "deathMars" »

No no no. I said that to Equinox after he made a comment to me about me being a spammer.

But now when I actually think about it, I think this entire idea of X amount of posts and Y amount of months for an avatar seems kind of pointless since it kills the entire sense of identification which an avatar is supposed to bring. And I'm not just saying this because then my avatar privileges will be taken away.

No, I was talking about an animated avatar. I think everyone should get a plain avatar. I was just talking about the animated ones.

Quote from "kefka666333abc123" »

I think there should be a post/active time requirement for an avatar.....but w/e its not that big of a deal

That's basically what I am saying. If you have 200 posts in 2 months, 400 posts in 4 months, etc (Or something like this) then your going to be active and, in my opinion, deserving of an animated avatar.

Quote from "deathMars" »

No no no. I said that to Equinox after he made a comment to me about me being a spammer.

Equinox is a she.

And whats the big deal about animated avatars anyway? Animations annoy me because they just loop over and over and it just annoys me because every time I see one I'm compelled to see it all the way through even though I've seen it before. Though I suppose they are cool when the image is an angel and the angel's wings are moving (like Tryael on the DIII homepage), or if its a character thats levitating or something.

Quote from "deathMars" »

But now when I actually think about it, I think this entire idea of X amount of posts and Y amount of months for an avatar seems kind of pointless since it kills the entire sense of identification which an avatar is supposed to bring.

It doesn't kill anything. It simply prevents certain users from acquiring that sense of identification too early.

Yeah, and if a person has meaningful things to say and is fairly active on the forums, they become recognized soon enough anyway. Plus they have their signatures as well.

Oh well... Being a newb is never good thing. I can see your point. I personally don't care, but I still have a divided opinion about the identification thing.