# Pictures **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 7, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200 "2016-05-07T18:33:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yersenia\_Pestis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e495f1/32.png) [@Yersenia\_Pestis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yersenia_Pestis)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/1 "2016-05-07T18:33:54Z")
Why cant we post pictures on SDMB? Is the software outdated? if its due to fear of possible spam - that’s why we have mods ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/2 "2016-05-07T18:36:27Z")
Because there are way too many members on this board that can’t be bothered to look at pictures. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [May 7, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/3 "2016-05-07T18:38:08Z")
And the explanation ends with…“and that’s why we can’t have nice things.” Basically, the possibility of abuse. The mods aren’t always here to get rid of objectionable materials instantly and people don’t want to see goatse, tubgirl, etc. Doubly so the ones at work. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/4 "2016-05-07T18:53:14Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Basically, the possibility of abuse. No, the _certainty_ of abuse. Pictures were allowed in the very early days of the board; you’ve already worked out what happened. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/5 "2016-05-07T18:53:40Z")
It’s not simply that the pctures may be objectionable. Many of us here appreciate the clear crisp appearance of a board that relies on words alone. Pictures can be linked if so desired but we don’t really need them thrust upon us willy-nilly. There’s enough of that elsewhere on the web. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/6 "2016-05-07T18:55:56Z")
Correct. We have the option to post pictures but it has been turned off in all forums except Marketplace\*. The reason is because of the possibility (or rather the inevitability) of abuse. Trolls and spammers will be sure to post objectionable images. Better to just allow people to link to images off site. \*Images are also turned on in the cornfield. It can be quite jarring to be checking a spam post that’s been moved there and be unexpectedly confronted with graphic porn. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/7 "2016-05-07T18:59:20Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > … > > \*Images are also turned on in the cornfield. It can be quite jarring to be checking a spam post that’s been moved there and be unexpectedly confronted with graphic porn. Now you’re just teasing us. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/8 "2016-05-07T22:58:08Z")
Pictures would be nice. Charts help fight ignorance. Wishlist: The board has been cautious with software upgrades, which is all to the good. But in the indefinite future, this might work: 1. Only paid members can post pics. 2. Actually only paid and approved members can post pics. Approval involves 3 months min membership. And evaluation. 3. Oh yeah, and all pics are previewed in a particular space by mods, who have to check off on them. So it might take a few hours for your pic to come online. 4. Watch where the pic links to! Because it might get swapped out! So pics can only originate from approves sites, not your home server. 5. Watch out for gifs! Because they might be animated! With a long time delay! So you see a chart for one minute, then pr0n the next! Also other animated image formats! 6. Even still, members should have the ability to turn off pic loading, without digging into menus. It should be a button on every page. 7. _Caveat observet_. 8. Abuse of pic posting privileges would be subject to notes, warnings and instabans. 9. Much of this is automated with top quality, reliable and bug-free software. * * * …or posters could just load the appropriate Greasemonkey script. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/9 "2016-05-08T01:04:39Z")
Because that could lead to…_avatars_! We couldn’t have that! ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/10 "2016-05-08T02:04:38Z")
I’m on several boards that allow pics, none have the “tub girl” problem. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/11 "2016-05-08T14:41:14Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Because that could lead to…_avatars_! We couldn’t have that! Except that you _already_ have one, Mr. Pittsburgh Sports Fan. [If you run a certain program…] ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/12 "2016-05-08T15:53:04Z")
I’m not buying the “abuse” excuse. Fark allows pics in their threads. And their median maturity level is much lower than this place. AND they have more members. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/13 "2016-05-08T16:39:22Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I’m not buying the “abuse” excuse. You must not have seen this place when images were allowed and not confined to one forum. > [@](#): > > Fark allows pics in their threads. And their median maturity level is much lower than this place. It’s the outliers that are the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/14 "2016-05-08T20:30:07Z")
For some reason I thought the biggest concern was load on the server as well as slowing down thread display rather than worry about NSFW pictures. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/15 "2016-05-08T21:00:03Z")
When has this place ever allowed photos? If you’re going back to the pre-21rst century days, internet tech has changed quite a bit. I don’t think you’d have the same worries. > [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Except that you _already_ have one, Mr. Pittsburgh Sports Fan. [If you run a certain program…] Sadly, said program no longer seems to work on Chrome. At least for me. Oh well. 😉 And that’s MS. Pittsburgh Sports Fan. Besides, “whoosh!” ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/16 "2016-05-08T21:50:12Z")
Cuz we prefer the one thousand words to one picture. It helps separate the Internet wheat from the chaff. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/17 "2016-05-08T23:25:48Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Cuz we prefer the one thousand words to one picture. It helps separate the Internet wheat from the chaff. Free Republic allows pictures, but they generally don’t post them. What does that say? I mean, allow them or not, but c’mon. This whole, “WE’RE more superior to the rest of the internet” attitude is bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/18 "2016-05-09T01:15:03Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > You must not have seen this place when images were allowed and not confined to one forum.It’s the outliers that are the problem. 15 years ago? :rolleyes: > [@Guinastasia](#): > > Free Republic allows pictures, but they generally don’t post them. What does that say? > > I mean, allow them or not, but c’mon. This whole, “WE’RE more superior to the rest of the internet” attitude is bullshit. This too. Anyway, there’s a greasemonkey [script](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=617007) that will turn image links into inline images. Works pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/19 "2016-05-09T01:23:35Z")
Isn’t now about the time that someone comes in to whine about no avatars? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200/20 "2016-05-09T01:42:43Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Isn’t now about the time that someone comes in to whine about no avatars? ## Done, humorously, in post 9. It’s not just what happened 15 years ago. This place is a troll-magnet. You really would need something like I described above to head off problems (though maybe not to the same extent). There is also the valid issue about whether we would want this board to host meme-fodder such as [this](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ch80m0xWsAEN132.jpg:large), [this](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChyA8iVUkAIMXRp.jpg:large) or [this](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ch5PDuQWEAAt7GG.jpg:large). It’s not the end of the world. But it has a different feel than what we do here. Charts are great though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures/754200.md?page=2)