Originally Posted by
Punki
So far the only negative that has been raised against avatars, by a very small group of folks, is that they personally like the uncluttered look. Well the off/on switch handles that problem with just a flick of the switch.
Let me summarise, since you seem to be ignoring a lot of people's genuine concerns:
- avatars create visual clutter
- not all members will realise that there is an off-switch for avatars, just as not all members realise that there is an off-switch for signatures (and how long have we had that feature
- it's too easy to misuse/abuse the avatar feature - not a good thing for building community
- you expect moderators to be the ones to police avatars - which means not all people could turn them off. For example several of the mods who have responded, including myself, don't want to have to look at them, but would have to...
- you expect moderators to be the ones to police avatars - while ignoring their legitimate concerns about having to subjectively decide on what is and isn't allowed (your talk of automatic suspension resolved back to moderator discretion when given a direct example)
- you expect unnamed people to give of their time at your order to help people technologically unable to upload
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It would be nice. Seeing someone's picture would help foster community.