# Tapatalk forum pictures **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 21, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-forum-pictures/688943 "2014-05-21T16:24:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RememberMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@RememberMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RememberMe)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-forum-pictures/688943/1 "2014-05-21T16:24:24Z")
On Tapatalk, every forum has a picture. Who’s picture represents the pit forum, and why? ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-forum-pictures/688943/2 "2014-05-21T16:34:09Z")
I use Tapatalk and don’t see this. It does give me inline pictures in threads sometimes in place of jpg links people post. I had to check to make sure the Dope hadn’t changed its longtime policy against pictures in posts. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-forum-pictures/688943/3 "2014-05-21T17:35:04Z")
I assumed it just shows the most recent image posted in that forum, but I haven’t checked… ---
**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 21, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-forum-pictures/688943/4 "2014-05-21T17:50:46Z")
Moved to ATMB. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-forum-pictures/688943/5 "2014-05-21T18:51:40Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > I assumed it just shows the most recent image posted in that forum, but I haven’t checked… I don’t think it does, for instance the picture for ATMB has been the same brunette guitar player for ever. Tapatalk only shows four pictures and I don’t think any have changed since I first installed the app. ---
**Author:** ![RememberMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@RememberMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RememberMe)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-forum-pictures/688943/6 "2014-05-21T19:20:14Z")
They had to come from SOMEWHERE! ---
**Author:** ![RememberMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@RememberMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RememberMe)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-forum-pictures/688943/7 "2014-05-21T19:21:51Z")
For me, I see the brunette guitar player for the pit. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-forum-pictures/688943/8 "2014-05-22T03:45:18Z")
The guitar player has always been for the pit, but the others change up. For a long time, Great Debates was a walled gardn, seen from above, in the shape of a Star of David. Right now, it’s an old-fashioned accounting sheet. The top two are a close-up of a gorilla’s face, and a convivial-looking trio of imbibers. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-forum-pictures/688943/9 "2014-05-22T03:49:27Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > I use Tapatalk and don’t see this. It does give me inline pictures in threads sometimes in place of jpg links people post. I had to check to make sure the Dope hadn’t changed its longtime policy against pictures in posts. The pictures aren’t on the individual forums, but on the page in-between all the options (forums, subscribed threads, private messages and so on(, and the list of the forums. The in-thread pictures seems to be a Tapatalk feature: if you post the URL to a picture, Tapatalk shows the picture. I started a thread about it a couple of weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-forum-pictures/688943/10 "2014-05-22T03:56:44Z")
Ah, here it is: [Why do linked pix show up in tapatAlk but not other browsers? - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=722525) ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-forum-pictures/688943/11 "2014-05-22T13:09:08Z")
I’ve been about to start a thread on this for a while. I’ve been trying to figure out the connection between the forum and the pictures, and I think we can all agree it is not clear. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-forum-pictures/688943/12 "2014-05-22T13:26:35Z")
Yeah! I’ve been wondering this too! Is that guitar player one of our members? ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-forum-pictures/688943/13 "2014-05-23T01:47:43Z")
This is what the pictures look like for those who don’t have Tapatalk: [![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-04ZVkKgmQI0/U36nP-TWTUI/AAAAAAABfa8/RYQOmNfrLc0/s0/IMG_5688.PNG) ](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-04ZVkKgmQI0/U36nP-TWTUI/AAAAAAABfa8/RYQOmNfrLc0/s0/IMG_5688.PNG) ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-forum-pictures/688943/14 "2014-06-12T15:27:13Z")
Can I bump this? We never got an answer. I was just noticing the pictures changed just the other day. Does anyone know where these pictures come from? Mods? Admins? Bueller? Cecil? ---
**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:** [June 12, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-forum-pictures/688943/15 "2014-06-12T15:31:25Z")
> [@RememberMe](#): > > For me, I see the brunette guitar player for the pit. Blonde, redhead. After a while, I don’t even see the code. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RememberMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@RememberMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RememberMe)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-forum-pictures/688943/16 "2014-06-12T20:39:56Z")
Yep, noticed the change too. An emu and Star of David. Can someone do a reverse image lookup on them ?