# I turned on avatars today. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 8, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255 "2018-08-08T00:29:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/301 "2018-08-11T18:46:19Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > The time limit is just a placeholder. This is so you can donate again within a short time if you like. > > What I’m doing is giving people who donate a custom title. IF they want “Friend of Cecil” that’s cool but it they want something else, that’s okay too (within our usual standard of what’s appropriate, of course.) > > At some point when I have some merchandise to lay upon Friends of Cecil (and everyone else) we will also send FOC a little thank you gift. So the FOC category helps me keep track when I have stuff to mail out to people; then I’ll be asking for your snail mail addresses. > > That’s how it works! > > Jenny > your humble TubaDiva > Administrator And this is what a custom title looks like… ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/302 "2018-08-11T19:16:06Z")
Looking good! Jenny ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/303 "2018-08-11T19:20:08Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > Liking the png avatars. Good work wolfpup. > > I’m awarding you 8 Cecil Points for your post and upvoting it to first reply in the thread. Thanks! It represents my beloved Bernese Mountain Dog. Since the board’s background is light gray rather than white, I think the transparent background that you can get with PNGs in that sort of image makes a subtle but elegant difference. Now to enable the Cecil Points and upvoting features! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/304 "2018-08-11T21:17:08Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > I made two versions of my file at 50 x 50 in a resize a pic site, both under 2 kb. They do not work, either one. > > When I choose the file it shows in the window. When I choose to save changes it loses the text in the window and goes back to nothing. > > Anyone have a hint? Looks as though you got it to work—unless it’s a case of being visible for users of some browsers only (I can see your avatar in Chrome). If it’s not working in all browsers, punctuation in the filename seems to be a problem in some cases–(you have an apostrophe and that could be an issue). ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/305 "2018-08-12T13:53:21Z")
Yesterday I thought avatars were stupid. Today I think they’re great. Am really enjoying seeing what everyone comes up with. Really just posting to see my own. ---
**Author:** ![Panther\_Modern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@Panther\_Modern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panther_Modern)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/306 "2018-08-12T14:57:00Z")
> [@ioioio](#): > > Yesterday I thought avatars were stupid. Today I think they’re great. One converted, many more to go. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/307 "2018-08-12T15:32:59Z")
I think I still need something better, but this is closer… ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/308 "2018-08-12T16:26:34Z")
Cecil has no avatar. I rest my case. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/309 "2018-08-12T16:36:32Z")
Allow paid-up members to use animated gifs and get many $100’s of extra revenue. (Surely at least enough to pay to fix the many errors in the Sultanbugs theme. :eek: ) Heck, I’d even pay for a year’s membership to get an animated gif despite that, at 85-and-counting, I’m unlikely to get the full 12 months. The 50x50 size seems just right. Good thing I didn’t pick **Decimus** as my screen name — I’d need 55x55. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/310 "2018-08-12T17:10:13Z")
Surely you jest! I can’t imagine having to deal with flickering flashing animated avatars–the whole reason why I block ads is to get rid of flickering flashing annoyances. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/311 "2018-08-12T18:15:02Z")
> [@ioioio](#): > > Yesterday I thought avatars were stupid. Today I think they’re great. Am really enjoying seeing what everyone comes up with. > > Really just posting to see my own. Agreed. My only (tiny) regret is that this will take away the fun mystery behind some usernames. Such as: Will Mangetout’s avatar show a French person eating everything, or a man getting out of something? ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/312 "2018-08-12T19:21:35Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Cecil has no avatar. I rest my case. Correct me if I’m wrong please, but aren’t you the same one who posted an obnoxious avatar when the greasemonkey script first came about? If so, you may be a little too…fixated on being anti-avatar. It’s a tiny picture next to someone’s username, not AIDS. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/313 "2018-08-12T20:56:42Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Cecil has no avatar. I rest my case. And how did that work out for him? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/314 "2018-08-12T21:30:10Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Allow paid-up members to use animated gifs and get many $100’s of extra revenue. Better yet, allow paid up members to bid on whether they want to ban avatars, allow 50x50 avatars, or allow **GIANT FLASHING GIFS**. That should boost membership! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Yask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Yask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yask)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/315 "2018-08-12T23:42:43Z")
Am I mistaken or wasnt’t the ‘no avatar’ policy and preference a pretty big part of Dope culture a while back? Are likes next? What about autoplay video, can we get that? Any idea how to turn them off without being logged in? I don’t log in unless I’m going to make a post. Can uBlock Origin do it? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/316 "2018-08-13T00:31:08Z")
> [@Yask](#): > > Am I mistaken or wasnt’t the ‘no avatar’ policy and preference a pretty big part of Dope culture a while back? Are likes next? What about autoplay video, can we get that? > Any idea how to turn them off without being logged in? I don’t log in unless I’m going to make a post. Can uBlock Origin do it? See this recent thread: How to block avatars even when loged out [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=860084](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=860084) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/317 "2018-08-13T02:46:44Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Cecil has no avatar. I rest my case. Every column had a Slug Signorino cartoon. So yes, Cecil had an avatar. I rest my case. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/318 "2018-08-13T04:52:00Z")
> [@Yask](#): > > Am I mistaken or wasnt’t the ‘no avatar’ policy and preference a pretty big part of Dope culture a while back? Yup. But with membership in decline and icebergs ahead, we figure we may as well go down with a goosed up ship deck. ---
**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/319 "2018-08-13T05:27:56Z")
I like this, it’s easier for me to remember who is who when there is an avatar. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/320 "2018-08-13T14:10:26Z")
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