Originally Posted by ozstamps
Another good reason not to have avatars is that there needs to be no debate on whether they slow down FT or not.
The best way to deal with decisions like these is to forget about speed. Decide if Avatars are desired. If so, then let the techies determine if they would be feasable. This discussion has turned into the one we had a while ago about verifacation systems. People kept arguing it could not be technically done, when it could have been done, instead of discussing if it would improve FT.
I run a few BBS-s and some allow Avatars and some do not. Some allow uploading, some require you host your own avatar.