Originally Posted by Cholula

Thread ratings were discontinued due to misuse by a handful of members.

Reputation points were discontinued due to misuse by a handful of members.

Signatures have been on again and off again over the years due to misuse by a handful of members.

The OMNI forum has been switched on and off over the years due to misuse by a handful of members.

Avatars and image attachments would have a life here measured in hours and those features, trust me, would then be switched off.

In a perfect world, we'd be able to have all these features and more.

But FT is not a perfect world.