I have nothing against men kissing men. I just wouldn’t choose that image to represent me.
Your algorithim sucks. If Facebook had implemented this there would be riots in the street. There are reasons why your system isn’t standard message board behaviour.
Not it isn’t. Earlier in the thread an image that was used in a four year old post was used as the avatar for a poster here. That poster had made the decision that she wanted to share that image with the participants of that thread. She did not intend for that image to be used as her avatar and it is rude of you to presume that she did. She ended up deleting that image from her flickr account. Your script created an undue burden on people who didn’t want anything to do with your script.
Your ignorance about how to search google and interpret the results really isn’t my problem. I posted an example of one search that might locate an image that might or might not be relevant to any given poster and is provided for entertainment purposes only.
If you aren’t entertained, don’t use the script. If you don’t use the script, you don’t have a vote.
BTW I’m offended by the NSFW images you are posting here. If you have time to edit you might consider removing them.
…I actually do have a vote if I’m not using your script and you are choosing to associate an image with my posts to thousands of other script users. What arrogance you demonstrate here.
And I’m not ignorant in the use of google but thanks for the insult. As I said: if Facebook did this there would be lawsuits. Your script created an undue burden. There was no explanation of what the script did on the download site. There was no “opt out” option written there either.
Two men kissing is not safe for work? My, aren’t you a prude! Maybe you ought to report the original post that was written in 2005 that your script would have pulled the image of to represent me as my avatar.
No you actually don’t. And I’m not associating an image with your posts for myself or anyone else anyway - you were basically invisible and unknown to the avatar script.
The script wouldn’t have pulled that image, and didn’t. And if it did it would have been only for the entertainment of users of a script to show avatars, not a statement that the image is actually related to you.
But I made sure the script didn’t search that deep into things people have posted here, and only allowed avatars that were clearly something the person had intended to share with the entire board and all future viewers of it within their own posts.
…well, yeah we actually do. And if you hadn’t noticed we are voting quite loudly here in this thread.
“If it did”, then it would have been, because, as you stated earlier in the thread, “The image that I choose to view by your name in posts was something that you did purposely post in order for people to connect the image to your username.”
You can’t firstly claim the script was pulling images that people chose to connect the image to their user name, then claim that the script would have been only for the entertainment of users of a script to show avatars. Make your mind up.
Thanks for linking to Anna’s blog: she is a wonderful, beautiful, hard working model and deserves the traffic. But I don’t want her image to be my avatar either thank you very much. I am nowhere near that attractive. And do you think that she would want to have her image associated with my posts in Great Debates or the BBQ Pit? Can you afford her fee? Can you afford mine?
You don’t have the right to make the decision for people. And neither does facebook or myspace or linkden. Earlier in the thread it became quite clear that your script had pulled an image that someone didn’t want to be associated with each and every post they made here. That image was posted with the intention of sharing it with the people in that particular thread, not to be used as her avatar.
Yeah: we know that once something is on the internet its on there for good. But there is a difference between leaving my curtains open so that people walking by can see inside my house, and putting a video camera outside my house and live-streaming everything that happens in there.
I don’t trust you to make editorial decisions on whether or not an image is flattering or not. The script was supposed to be a simple work around for people who wanted avatars on this board. Your script went way beyond that.
Banquet Bear - I wish you well with your quest to understand the situation, but feel no further obligation to help you with it.
If you would like to see avatars a script is available, if you don’t want to see avatars don’t use it. How, why, or from where users of the script elect to assign avatars to posters for their own entertainment is entirely up to them, and if I want to suggest some avatars to them based on my own searches of the board that is entirely up to me.
I am really very accommodating to all with legitimate questions and concerns, and even many with illegitimate ones but I’m limiting how often I respond to completely irrational ones, and I’ve already responded to yours twice now.
I thought I was opting out of participating in the avatar project by not participating. I don’t see why I should have to specify that I don’t want an image I shared elsewhere for a different purpose used here without my knowledge.
I’m not even one of the avatar curmudgeons. I’d probably have one if the board enabled them. I just had no interest in installing the script or displaying a picture to users of the script. Why isn’t that choice respected? The onus shouldn’t be on the 141,000 members to opt out if they don’t want to take part. An absence of linked image in their profile ought to be a clear message that they don’t choose to join in.
…again with the incredible arrogance. Do you really think that responses like “The image that I choose to view by your name in posts was something that you did purposely post in order for people to connect the image to your username.” and “Your ignorance about how to search google and interpret the results really isn’t my problem” are addressing legitimate questions and concerns?
Banquet Bear - Yes you have a vote on this issue, but realize that has the same amount of power and importance as the mock presidential votes high schoolers cast every four years. Meaning nobody takes it seriously or has any reason to.
If you have opted out by not participating then you have opted out. Period. If you don’t see an avatar by your posts or anyone else, you are successfully not participating.
That doesn’t mean others who have opted in to view avatars don’t want to see something by your posts or anyone else, and the script allows them to assign an avatar to you or use something that you have uploaded here to share with the SDMB.
Would you have the same objection if a doper kept a notepad by their computer and scribbled drawings that they then titled “Eliahna” and looked at when they read your posts?
Sure anyone can put up an obnoxious (or nice) photo every time my post comes up. You could even do it by hand. Knock yourself out. Having an individual do that deliberately is different than having it built into the system and everyone using the script getting the photo, without realizing its not the users intent. Even if its no biggie to you, can you see why someone might be bugged by it?
But I just don’t get why not being thrilled about this means we have the sense of entitlement (as was posted earlier) or are being jerks. Many of you seem pretty entitled to do what you what you want even if it bugs some one else. Just because I once posted one thing somewhere tied to my username doesn’t mean I’m happy to have it delivered to all the script users automatically. Doesn’t make me a fool or naive. It’s about reasonable expectations. It’s also not a hysterical complaint. It’s not an unreasonable opinion to have, even if you guys don’t share it.
It contains everything you need to know to address your legitimate concerns.
your question about the google search, that wasn’t ever done, and isn’t currently being done, and would never be done in the manner in which you described it, was not legitimate.
Did you ever anticipate it would be delivered to ipad users, or through boardreader.com or the internet archive wayback machine? Reviewing things that have been posted here, quoting them, responding to them, even dare I say it - looking at them, is a favorite pastime of many Dopers as far as I can tell.
You had an avatar default-assigned at one time because you posted something that indicated you wanted to share a picture with the SDMB, all future readers of it, and all manner of devices and ways people might access it. You have several easy ways to prevent that (even though it isn’t currently being done anyway) and you have the option of choosing something different that you would prefer be the default. I can’t see the problem here and I’m not being smart-assed about it, I really can’t.
I know you’re not being a smart ass. I just think you’re coming at this from one angle and others are coming from another. I don’t have the magic explanation for you, I’m afraid. You might just have to trust that its not an irrational response, just one you don’t get.
All I can say is there’s a fundamental difference in one person looking something up and having a script make it automated to everyone using it, without explanation.
Since I opted to not join having a systematic avatar delivered to users, why should I have to do anything to prevent it? An individual I can’t do anything about, and don’t want to. This script made it systematic and the casual script user doesn’t which case is which (choice or script pulling it).
…of course you can. However when I downloaded the script to see if I had an avatar showing Inner Stickler was being represented by an avatar that she was clearly unhappy with. She didn’t decide that. That wasn’t something she decided to do on her own computer. Now she’s had to delete that image. That is the issue. This has nothing to do with what you decide to do on your own computer.
This is exactly how I feel and well written. (my bolding) It amazes me what some people will do with their spare time, use their creative pc abilities to unleash this obnoxious kind of garbage. If you want to put an avatar next to my name, you should have to go through the trouble of assigning your own, not have some computer do it for you, you lazy basement dwelling creeps.
