# No Avatars Here? Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 19, 2012, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626 "2012-06-19T09:55:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/301 "2012-06-21T08:26:46Z")
**Crazyhorse** : REALLY appreciate you working on this. I’ll be thrilled to see your code when it goes live. ETA: willing to test it if you can PM me the code. I won’t get around to it until 9pm on June 21st though (today) since I’m going to bed shortly and my work computer can’t do that. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/302 "2012-06-21T08:34:45Z")
Oh also, I rehosted my profile pic at imgur (it was straight uploaded from my hdd before), so anyone can test it on my posts too. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/303 "2012-06-21T08:38:45Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > I tried to PM you a test script that I made myself tonight, but you have PM’s disabled. Thanks–I’ve enabled PM now if you want to send it to me, though I probably won’t be able to try it out until this afternoon. **rachelellogram** , I love your title! ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/304 "2012-06-21T08:39:53Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Why is it that when a post about board administration or a moderator are made in ATMB, a bunch of posters who rarely or only occasionally participate in regular threads show up and make twenty or thirty posts? It is indeed a mystery… ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/305 "2012-06-21T08:42:38Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > **Crazyhorse** : REALLY appreciate you working on this. I’ll be thrilled to see your code when it goes live. > > Question: I’ve read the original Greasemonkey workaround that was done back in '09, but I don’t like that it was all client-side. I don’t want to have to muck about with code every time I want to add an avatar, and I \*really \*don’t want to have to add avatars for other people. With your new workaround, will people be able to upload their avatar URLs to a central location that the script pulls from automatically? Or will it pull from our SDMB profile page here? I don’t mind uploading an image or a new URL link whenever I want to change my OWN avatar, but I’m not interested if I have to upload avatars that I think represent other people and that only I can see. > > Does that make sense? It makes perfect sense. That was always the gotcha involved in GM avatar scripts - everyone would need to maintain a hard-coded list of avatars themselves and consult with others about what they wanted their avatar to be. But \*\*ntucker \*\*generously offered a CGI that makes much quicker work of parsing SDMB profiles than GM can, so you can just put a URL to your desired avatar in your regular SDMB user profile, and it will appear automatically to anyone who uses the script. And once you use the script if anyone adds a line begging “SDMB Avatar: (url here)” to their SDMB profile you will automatically see their avatar without editing anything. It is still a little bit of extra work and bandwidth on the client but it doesn’t seem too bad. If you’d like to test it I can mail you the same PM with instructions and the script. (I make no warranty of anything except that it seems to be working for me so far.) ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/306 "2012-06-21T08:44:39Z")
Sorry, I edited my post after you quoted it apparently, because I understood after reading an earlier post of yours that it does exactly what I want. thanks again btw 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/307 "2012-06-21T10:23:26Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > Sorry, I edited my post after you quoted it apparently, because I understood after reading an earlier post of yours that it does exactly what I want. I can see your avatar, so it’s working 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/308 "2012-06-21T10:25:52Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > You could have done that about 30 posts ago and then you’d only have been wrong _once_, instead of digging a hole for yourself. Yes, you’re right, I’m wrong. Happy now? I doubt it, since you didn’t get the last word in yet. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/309 "2012-06-21T10:44:27Z")
> [@srzss05](#): > > Yes, you’re right, I’m wrong. Happy now? I doubt it, since you didn’t get the last word in yet. It’s a discussion forum. If you want to just say stuff with no comeback, do a blog (with comments disabled). In answer to your question, yes I think it is a good thing that you have now (and it is only _just_ now; you make it sound like you had admitted this already) retracted your accusation of flawed reasoning. Let’s move on. ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/310 "2012-06-21T10:50:35Z")
I’m guessing some people here don’t understand sarcasm or irony very well. Maybe I should have drawn a picture. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2012, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/311 "2012-06-21T11:35:23Z")
> [@Absolute](#): > > Additionally, on other forums I’ve been on, posts without avatars are less prominent and easier to overlook. If the content doesn’t catch my attention, this is a plus. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/312 "2012-06-21T12:29:18Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > If the content doesn’t catch my attention, this is a plus. The content is turned off by default. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2012, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/313 "2012-06-21T12:32:24Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > The content is turned off by default. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/314 "2012-06-21T12:45:34Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Because a claim about the vast majority of message boards was made, and I wanted to know if it was true. Why does this bother you so much? Done your research yet? How many of the top 100 forums have avatars? ---
**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:** [June 21, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/315 "2012-06-21T12:50:07Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > How many of the top 100 forums have avatars? Please tell me we are the only one that doesn’t! Please? ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/316 "2012-06-21T12:53:47Z")
Yep, that would make the dope “special” ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/317 "2012-06-21T13:04:41Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Please tell me we are the only one that doesn’t! Please? It’s just researching. You shouldn’t get too invested in one result or the other or it might add bias. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/318 "2012-06-21T13:49:48Z")
> [@srzss05](#): > > I’m guessing some people here don’t understand sarcasm or irony very well. Maybe I should have drawn a picture. Then make your picture into an avatar. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/319 "2012-06-21T14:08:35Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > I doubt that I would have won a lawsuit (different countries, the images weren’t registered with the the US Copyright Office, fair use arguments, and the huge expense involved) I was certainly prepared to do what I could do to get my images taken down. Hijack: I think you would have had a good chance of winning. Under U.S. law, registration is required before filing a copyright infringement claim, but it doesn’t matter how long prior to the claim. You can register on Day 1 and sue on Day 2. The real issue is the expense of fighting a claim in a different country. You would have to prepare for the possibility of having to make the journey. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626/320 "2012-06-21T14:15:37Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > I don’t want to post it publicly just yet until a few people try to break it. I PM’ed a copy to \*\*PlainJain \*\*and I’ve been using it myself all evening. If all seems to go well for her and I don’t find any typos or unforeseen issues I will I’ll post all the details here in a day or two. I just got back on and got the PM. I’ll give this a try as soon as I get a chance (probably around noon). Thanks for putting the time in on this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626.md?page=17)