# No more avatars and no pics in signatures **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 9, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630 "2016-01-09T21:28:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ArnieCunningham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@ArnieCunningham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArnieCunningham)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/1 "2016-01-09T21:28:16Z")
So did something happen to cause a no for both of these? šŸ˜• I am new btw. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/2 "2016-01-09T21:29:48Z")
Never had 'em, never will (hopefully). ---
**Author:** ![ArnieCunningham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@ArnieCunningham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArnieCunningham)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/3 "2016-01-09T21:33:21Z")
Why does ot say edit signature if none will show? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/4 "2016-01-09T21:37:06Z")
You can have a signature that uses words. ---
**Author:** ![ArnieCunningham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@ArnieCunningham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArnieCunningham)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/5 "2016-01-09T21:39:27Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You can have a signature that uses words. I put one up. But not seeing it? Do i need X amount of posts first? I wish i could ad a tiny pic in it. But oh well. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/6 "2016-01-09T21:43:33Z")
Itā€™s in your profile. Sigs like that are one of the reasons we donā€™t have avatars and pictures in sigs. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/7 "2016-01-09T22:56:58Z")
> [@ArnieCunningham](#): > > So did something happen to cause a no for both of these? šŸ˜• > > I am new btw. šŸ™‚ Lots of things happened, and they were all pretty graphic. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/8 "2016-01-09T23:08:47Z")
Avatars and sigs with pictures are generally annoying to the users here and go against the SDMBā€™s established culture. Here are the rules on signatures, which you can get to by clicking on the ā€œFAQs - Please Read First - Rules, Guidelines, Etiquette, Technical Issuesā€ sticky at the top of this forum and following the links: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697069#post7697069](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697069#post7697069) Some folks do have avatars, which they enable via a greasemonkey script. This is not a part of the SDMB and only works with other users who use the same setup. This is not supported by the SDMB and those avatars are not visible to regular users of the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/9 "2016-01-09T23:52:00Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Avatars and sigs with pictures are generally annoying to the users here and go against the SDMBā€™s established culture. > > Here are the rules on signatures, which you can get to by clicking on the ā€œFAQs - Please Read First - Rules, Guidelines, Etiquette, Technical Issuesā€ sticky at the top of this forum and following the links: > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697069#post7697069](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697069#post7697069) > > Some folks do have avatars, which they enable via a greasemonkey script. This is not a part of the SDMB and only works with other users who use the same setup. This is not supported by the SDMB and those avatars are not visible to regular users of the SDMB. Regards ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/10 "2016-01-10T00:18:33Z")
If you want your signature to show up, then you have to check the box that says ā€œshow signatureā€ on every post you want it to show up on. Note that, around here, itā€™s generally considered polite to include it only once per thread, or at most once per page on a multi-page thread. ---
**Author:** ![ArnieCunningham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@ArnieCunningham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArnieCunningham)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/11 "2016-01-10T00:22:38Z")
Oh i sed it now. Thanks. šŸ™‚ shame on the avatars. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/12 "2016-01-10T00:23:52Z")
Just so you know, people will mock you for punctuation more than content. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/13 "2016-01-10T00:40:47Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > If you want your signature to show up, then you have to check the box that says ā€œshow signatureā€ on every post you want it to show up on. Note that, around here, itā€™s generally considered polite to include it only once per thread, or at most once per page on a multi-page thread. That reminds meā€¦ I should start top posting or bottom posting or whatever that style was back in the early days of the net that was even worse than YELLING. Or GRAPING THE SHIT OUTA STUFF Well, royal blueing it anyway. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/14 "2016-01-10T00:46:04Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > That reminds meā€¦ > > I should start top posting or bottom posting or whatever that style was back in the early days of the net that was even worse than YELLING. > > Or GRAPING THE SHIT OUTA STUFF > > Well, royal blueing it anyway. Iā€™ve got a dancing baby avatar somewhereā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/15 "2016-01-10T00:50:17Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Iā€™ve got a dancing baby avatar somewhereā€¦ Is he Smurf like? PM me for cost and availability. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/16 "2016-01-10T00:55:25Z")
> [@ArnieCunningham](#): > > So did something happen to cause a no for both of these? šŸ˜• > > I am new btw. šŸ™‚ An avatar killed Cecilā€™s father. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/17 "2016-01-10T02:14:58Z")
> [@ArnieCunningham](#): > > Oh i sed it now. Thanks. šŸ™‚ shame on the avatars. ā˜¹ No, itā€™s not a shame. Not even a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/18 "2016-01-10T02:28:24Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > An avatar killed Cecilā€™s father. Possibly but he _did_ kill Blackwolf even though he had to resort to technology to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/19 "2016-01-10T02:50:02Z")
Top posting sucks! Also, down with AOL!!! > [@billfish678](#): > > That reminds meā€¦ > > I should start top posting or bottom posting or whatever that style was back in the early days of the net that was even worse than YELLING. > > Or GRAPING THE SHIT OUTA STUFF > > Well, royal blueing it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630/20 "2016-01-10T05:04:53Z")
I use the following scripts, but use at your own risk. Search ATMB to see if there are updated versions. greasemonkey script to see linked images displayed inline. > **[Greasemonkey script to view images inline on the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=617007)** > > Below is a Greasmonkey script (that can run in Firefox, and Chrome AFAIK) that enables you to view images inline in the posts in which they appear The code: // ==UserScript== // @name SDMB inline images // @namespace Polerius //... script that displays avatars of people who have supplied them. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17954122](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17954122) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-avatars-and-no-pics-in-signatures/742630.md?page=2)