Originally Posted by
NickB
I disagree. I find inline photos on sites like, eg, sqtalk, distracting and interfering with the flow. It seems to me that you are underestimating the temptation of posting 15 photos of airline XX lounge at ZZZ or the new livery of airline YY or the arrival of the new Airbus A380 in the fleet of airline UU, etc... Fters who feel compelled to share photos can do it very easily by posting a link to a photosharing site or a blog.
so if I understand your point: you reject the entire concept of avatars, etc, with it's feature to turn off YOUR viewing of images knowing that it will deny me and others who OPT-IN the ability enhance OUR user experience?