I for one think this would be a fun addition to the site, would help with stalking spotting people and waving hello, stopping and chatting etc
I think there are a few rumbles of support over on the Problem with forums thread
CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Debate!
should we have avatars?
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Posted 14 years ago #
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Yeah for av's and real smileys, though think about chdots bandwidth.
Posted 14 years ago # -
Assuming it's not a technical nightmare, I vote yes - I actually find it quite a lot easier to read forums when you can identify people by a small avatar. Gives it a more personal feel, too.
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@steveo - re bandwidth - would it help if all avatars were stored off site and we were only allowed the url to point to them?
Posted 14 years ago # -
I vote yes! But ahm no puttin ma real pus on it!! It might break all your monitors!!
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@recombodna - then disguise yer pus like me:
*braces self for oncoming unchic/helmet onslaught*Posted 14 years ago # -
Oooh masks, aren't they threatening, you can't go into a bank like that you know etc etc etc
followed by;
But what about the pollution, not wearing one is encouraging children to breathe in fumes and die...and so on until the boredom becomes too much and I shuffle off for a beer ;-)
Wear (or don't) what you want, I'll do likewise and we'll all get on famously, at least until the next argument ;-))Posted 14 years ago # -
I wore that during the summer to prevent accidental inhalation of wasps on the cycle path, honestly, wasps, worse than pedestrians
Posted 14 years ago # -
CCE already has avatar capability. Although the display of avatars is currently disabled for the main forum, they'll appear in any private message discussions if you have associated your forum e-mail address with gravatar.com; that way they're referenced offsite. And they'll appear on any other website (predominantly, but not exclusively, Wordpress) that uses Gravatar.
I quite like my ol' skool emoticons though. :->
Posted 14 years ago # -
so, is this going to happen or not? Admin?
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