Dargor wrote:the admin's sure are quiet..
Jeroen wrote:Tip: If you want to get something done from admins:
- Contact them the way they've indicated as wanting to be contacted
- Use a meaningful subject
- Don't just swear and such
- Give a reason why you request something
But well, in this case, I don't think you should bother, because the answer is very likely to be "no".
Lavene wrote:But swearing and insults does not really invite to a serious discussion.
Lavene wrote:It's a privately run server, bandwidth etc.
Lavene wrote: and I'm quite sure that if a question/ request was made in a polite manner the policy would be explained. But being told to f**k off does not really trigger that helpful feeling ;)
Lavene wrote:Disclaimer: The change in question here happened before I joined the admin team so I do not know the full background.
Grifter wrote:
Well **** you and the horse you rode in on.
This change that came about was the will of the elite, there was no voting, there was no polling of users' opinions, it happened because the powerful few _could_ make it happen and to excercise a powertrip over us mere mortals.
Jeroen wrote:Dimension limits are in place because too big avatars distract from the content, and may ruin the layout.
Jeroen wrote: Also, it has happened several times that users that have some sort of offensive avatar
Jeroen wrote:As to the file size limit: users browsing these forums are also forced to download the avatars. The pages are already pretty heavy, big avatars would severely decrease the speed pages will load on users with low-bandwidth internet.
Jeroen wrote:Both limits are intended to provide users of the forums with a better overall experience. I've yet to see a good argument why it's really needed for someone to have a bigger avatar. Surely it doesn't impede anyone's ability to help others or to post questions on these forums.
I do not believe avatars are a required feature.
Lavene mentioned limiting avatar size. I think this is a good idea. I don't want to turn display of avatar off because it can sometimes indicate something about the person posting and thus affect the "tone" of the discussion. However, when someone uses a large one in a post with a terse reply, the avatar size forces a large blank space to be used, wasting screen space and, presumably, forum storage space. I want to support Lavene's comment about 100x100 or some other logical small size.
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