I may come at this from the same angle as wharvey because of working in a similar "imaging dependent" industry (or that might just be a coincidence), but I'm in favor of supporting additional "image content" on FlyerTalk provided a couple of things:

1. That we can find a way to do it that does not create an additional burden on moderators who are already overburdened.

2. That animation and extraneous content not be allowed. (I'm on a couple of sites where annoying blinkies and counters and all sorts of things are allowed - imagine how cluttered it would be if we could have a blinkie for every program we have status in and a counter for every upcoming trip - some of us would have one post take an entire page!)

3. That there be some kind of limit on how much content a user can put in their profile (same vein as #2).


Going back to the imaging thing, I'll go ahead and put my bias out on the table - one of my companies is in the photo/imaging industry. Because of that (or maybe "in addition to that") I'm a big believer that a picture says a thousand words. They illustrate trip reports in a way that mere words can't. They can convey emotion. And they give a certain perspective into a poster (whether its a photo of that person or just a favorite travel landscape they choose). I think they are very much where the internet is going (blogs, MySpace, Facebook, etc.) as far as network building.

I'm all for FlyerTalk staying on the cutting edge provided that we don't destroy the readability of the site with too much clutter - and provided we do not create more hours of work for our volunteer moderators.