Originally Posted by
Xyzzy
I think the avatar is a cute idea. Secret Santa is an FT traditi
n. It's a part of the community. Does it really matter who runs it? It's not like there are dozens of these things all over the site. I see no problem with it.
It doesn't matter that some people want to play secret santa and it may have taken place in the past.
In the past these stupid images were not being forced upon others to have to see despite having explictly requested not to see then
What matters is that those who don't like it are being forced to see such crap and that this is being done in a way that conflicts with users' settings
Originally Posted by Whavey
Do you also hate the "I voted" icon or the "Company Representative" or "Moderator" that occurs under member names? Or how about Announcements that appear on every page?
Actually I do dislike those icons for "I voted" but is irrelevent
Compamy Representative / Moderator is text , not an image so is very different. If it was just text, then wouldn't have raised the issue
Name
Moderator: <forum/fora>
There shouldn't be a need to use a 3rd party tool to avoid seeing images/avatars when this is something where there is a facility to disable
To me, regardless of whether a small cabal thought it was a good idea, there is a technical issue in that the forum is failing to honour the user settings
It also in my mind sets a bad precedent in that , if one stupid game gets an icon, then there will be more requests for such things. If no proper approval process was there for this change to happen, then why did it?