Originally Posted by
Punki
IIRC, birdstrike , the abuse of the reputation feature only occurred when the abusers thought they were getting away with it in secret. Once the names were turned on, I thought the abuse stopped. Is that not correct?
If that were true, the feature would still exist.
It didn't add anything to Flyertalk.
Originally Posted by
Punki
Has there been extensive abuse of the ability to post photos in Trip Reports?
Not that I have heard of, but then the moderators are so efficient that I rarely get to read the juicy discussion comments before they are disappeared.
Originally Posted by
Punki
It is all about good communication exercised in the spirit of good will. Given that premise, anything can work.
Given that premise, no posts would be removed and no one would ever be suspended or banned.
I have a tasteful avatar that I use on other Fora. It is not a "head shot" and I would not post a "head shot" if such a restriction was placed on the feature.
We already have a
FlyerTalk Photo Gallery. Members can place images there and link to them in their .sig if they really want to do that.