# Posting pictures and illustrations? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 14, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pictures-and-illustrations/589041 "2011-07-14T18:58:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [July 19, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pictures-and-illustrations/589041/41 "2011-07-19T23:08:43Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > Also, since the board has a pretty firm stance about copyright, it would be a permanent problem. Even though as I said I’m not much worried about innapropriate pictures, I’m pretty sure posters would post interesting/illustrative pictures that aren’t copyright-free. > > Finally, I doubt moderators would be enthralled by the concept of doubling their workload by having to check pictures too. > > ETA : after reading Lynn Bodoni and Tubadiva posts, I retract my statements about dopers being presumably well-behaved re pictures. It doesn’t seem to be a problem on most other boards I visit. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pictures-and-illustrations/589041/42 "2011-07-19T23:21:21Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > It doesn’t seem to be a problem on most other boards I visit. Maybe those boards don’t care enough to worry and/or are low profile enough to not be noticed. The Reader is a newspaper and more subject to violations being noticed. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pictures-and-illustrations/589041/43 "2011-07-20T01:04:08Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Maybe those boards don’t care enough to worry and/or are low profile enough to not be noticed. > > The Reader is a newspaper and more subject to violations being noticed. Fair use, **pat**. Agreed, though, that it will never happen here. The vocal academic culture of the SDMB will see to that. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pictures-and-illustrations/589041/44 "2011-07-20T01:08:07Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > To expand: > Am I a Luddite if I read books that have no illustrations? > Am I a Luddite if I prefer music over music videos? > Am I a Luddite if I sometimes prefer the radio over the television? Am I a Luddite if I believe that _others_ shouldn’t enjoy books with illustrations, music videos, or television? [Cite.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite) > [@](#): > > In modern usage, “Luddite” is a term describing those opposed to industrialisation, automation, computerisation or new technologies in general. Things will never change here. NEVER. No avatars, no images, no forum upgrades, no new features. It’s pointless to ask for them or debate their need or value. The beard-stroking pseudointellectuals here want the place to feel like a BBS from the 1980s, and that’s what they’ve got. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pictures-and-illustrations/589041/45 "2011-07-20T13:06:27Z")
> [@srzss05](#): > > My guess is this is the real reason, and the first one is just a lip-service excuse. While you’re welcome to your opinion, I believe I can disabuse you of this view. I was here a month or so before the pictures option was set to “off”, though I’ve never had an ‘official’ rule with the Dope beyond Member, and if **Ed Zotti** and the three original Admins. (who are all still with us) had bandwidth or copyright concerns back in '99, they never mentioned it to the membership at large. But there were early and recurrent posts of truly obnoxious images, by people seemingly with no concern for others, aqnd they put their foot down over it. Bandwidth and copyright concerns simply bolster the argument against turning the pictures capability back on. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pictures-and-illustrations/589041/46 "2011-07-20T13:28:10Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Things will never change here. NEVER. No avatars, no images, no forum upgrades, no new features. It’s pointless to ask for them or debate their need or value. The beard-stroking pseudointellectuals here want the place to feel like a BBS from the 1980s, and that’s what they’ve got. The rest of the Internets has those things you want. I ask for one haven in the middle of a sea of horrible icons and smileys and avatars. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pictures-and-illustrations/589041/47 "2011-07-20T13:42:46Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > The rest of the Internets has those things you want. I ask for one haven in the middle of a sea of horrible icons and smileys and avatars. And users have the option of turning then off. But that doesn’t matter, because the vocal minority of beardstrokers don’t want _anyone_ to see avatars or images. Personally, I like the Giraffeboards approach, where images are limited to one board. It’ll never happen here, though, because even just knowing that there’s someplace on the board where there is a discussion of photo techniques accompanied by examples would detract from the rarefied intellectual discussion on feces texture, vaginal odor, and American Idol that we Mensa members now stroke our beards over. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pictures-and-illustrations/589041/48 "2011-07-20T13:55:13Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Things will never change here. NEVER. No avatars, no images, no forum upgrades, no new features. It’s pointless to ask for them or debate their need or value. The beard-stroking pseudointellectuals here want the place to feel like a BBS from the 1980s, and that’s what they’ve got. > [@elmwood](#): > > And users have the option of turning then off. But that doesn’t matter, because the vocal minority of beardstrokers don’t want _anyone_ to see avatars or images. > > Personally, I like the Giraffeboards approach, where images are limited to one board. It’ll never happen here, though, because even just knowing that there’s someplace on the board where there is a discussion of photo techniques accompanied by examples would detract from the rarefied intellectual discussion on feces texture, vaginal odor, and American Idol that we Mensa members now stroke our beards over. This guy? I like this guy. ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pictures-and-illustrations/589041/49 "2011-07-20T14:31:10Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > While you’re welcome to your opinion, I believe I can disabuse you of this view. I was here a month or so before the pictures option was set to “off”, though I’ve never had an ‘official’ rule with the Dope beyond Member, and if **Ed Zotti** and the three original Admins. (who are all still with us) had bandwidth or copyright concerns back in '99, they never mentioned it to the membership at large. But there were early and recurrent posts of truly obnoxious images, by people seemingly with no concern for others, aqnd they put their foot down over it. Bandwidth and copyright concerns simply bolster the argument against turning the pictures capability back on. Yes, but you conveniently quoted me out of context. Here is the reason why I believe the first excuse they give is just lip service (I’m being generous here and giving them the benefit of the doubt—the other alternative is that TPTB aren’t even aware of it): “They can just turn them off. It’s not that difficult. And if they are really worried about losing their jobs over something like that, perhaps they shouldn’t be surfing at work at all.” ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pictures-and-illustrations/589041/50 "2011-07-20T16:42:07Z")
::strokes beard:: ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pictures-and-illustrations/589041/51 "2011-07-20T16:54:11Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I don’t understand the problem. Perhaps it’s because I like the image-free appearance of the SDMB, and perhaps it’s because it’s very easy to link to a [nice picture](http://www.shawnkinley.com/wp-content/uploads/have-a-nice-day.jpg), which anyone can get to in just one click. FYI, with the Greasemonkey script I mention in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14043206), your post above appears [like this](http://i.imgur.com/fXgW8.png) to me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pictures-and-illustrations/589041/52 "2011-07-20T17:00:39Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > ::strokes beard:: How’s your Stanford-Binet doing? 160, 165? A bit on the low side today, huh? Yeah, I know the feeling. Did you solve Hilbert’s sixteenth problem yet, or just want to know why some zits pop and others emerge like little worms? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pictures-and-illustrations/589041.md?page=2)