# Were images turned off because they were causing a problem, or only because they weren't on the old Dope? **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578 "2020-06-22T14:18:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/82 "2020-06-23T16:16:43Z")
Weird. How do you go from “I avoid looking at them” to “that’ll show them!”? I’m not imposing my views on anyone else, just avoiding/ignoring something I find distasteful. Why that makes people butthurt and then they make a big deal of posting something I already have said I find distasteful in a reply to me I don’t know. Tell me, when someone tells you they’re vegetarian do you make a big production about chewing and eating a steak in front of them? ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/83 "2020-06-23T16:18:39Z")
Yeah, Broomstick is being totally reasonable here and I don’t think this is called for. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/84 "2020-06-23T17:44:09Z")
Right. But if I upload an image to the board, the storage will be charged to the board’s account. A couple of small attachments would not even make a dent in whatever the package deal is, but a hypothetical gigabyte uploaded every day might add up. If you knew what the realistic expected volume was, you could say whether or not it would be negligible. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/85 "2020-06-23T17:55:30Z")
You _can_ upload images to the board, as it stands at the moment. But you can’t display them inline - you have to display a link. I’m sure this will be fixed soon. e.g. [Example image uploaded to board](https://boards.straightdope.com/uploads/short-url/e0NG5wtMJDJopll8KepFV6UxxCj.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/86 "2020-06-23T18:47:17Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I’m not imposing my views on anyone else, just avoiding/ignoring something I find distasteful. I’m with you. I just about never looked at the SD front page because the Slug Signorino stuff made me feel oogy. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/87 "2020-06-23T22:13:03Z")
I got the impression is was just a joke, that’s all. Well, now I can’t put a picture of MY cat up, because imgur isn’t working. And when I tried to upload it, I got an error. 😠 ---
**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:** [June 23, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/88 "2020-06-23T22:20:19Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > As stated, how are pictures any worse than the tired old in jokes that have been around for 20 years? And let’s face it: this is a board that discusses pimple popping, farts, pan-fried semen, peeing in the shower, etc. I know more about Dopers’ bodily functions than I do my own family’s, I swear. > > Pictures aren’t going to lower the tone of this place. Trust me. **TubaDiva** said it herself: [quote=“TubaDiva, post:62, topic:855380”] We would love to be able to allow pictures. (I have a very lovely cat myself, as don’t we all.) However, after one too many times of opening a thread and finding “goatse,” it was decided this was why we could not have nice things. [/quote]I’m sure those damn jumpscare scream things didn’t help any, either. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/89 "2020-06-23T22:40:33Z")
What’s so bad about that? [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/FPPfbrd.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/zIT8bJH) ---
**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:** [June 23, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/90 "2020-06-23T22:50:15Z")
Like what, 20 years ago? I haven’t seen goatse on the internet other than parody type images of it (a Kermit the Frog puppet, for example) in god knows how long. I can think of TONS of things that have happened here that have been far, far worse than the occasional troll putting up some inappropriate picture. Look, we’re seeing tons of people posting unshaven pussies in this very threat! [![](https://i.imgur.com/9xdeGJc.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/9xdeGJc.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/91 "2020-06-23T22:52:39Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Look, we’re seeing tons of people posting unshaven pussies in this very threat! Anybody claiming Unshaven Pussy Threat as a band name? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/93 "2020-06-24T03:04:32Z")
F-ed up the previous post, let’s see if I got this now: [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tBLe9FS3cCNMq-rztq-toPVC19_OUglLN5rhXW__fWmBzM0xWGFyGNrXi3tjyOXgq9_YV1kqyEymAr6ic0O00TxFnxz7TsDf0v6aBAlgtcggcpwgXmKgooehxNqKFjQIbU2OhN3AVA=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/QDCchj6D2MvZMjv6A) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/94 "2020-06-24T03:06:41Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Being able to put graphs in GD or GQ would be a huge improvement. Posts like this are why I liked the brief appearance of the “like“ functionality on the board. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/95 "2020-06-24T03:07:32Z")
^Like! ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/96 "2020-06-24T03:59:22Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > F-ed up the previous post, let’s see if I got this now: Well, the image didn’t show for me until I opened it separately, but I kind of loved it. Is that baptism via water gun? Because, otherwise, that’s even weirder. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/97 "2020-06-24T04:02:12Z")
Trying it out: [https://pbs.twimg.com/profile\_images/1436230364/vonhummer107sqLR.jpg](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1436230364/vonhummer107sqLR.jpg) O.k. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/98 "2020-06-24T04:32:50Z")
Yup. Baptism, in the Year of Our Lord, COVID-19. I see it within the post, however. No need to click. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/99 "2020-06-24T04:53:43Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/99))_ I prefer pictures (and videos) that you can expand In place (I would rather have Text description tags than thumbnails). If nothing else, for the convenience. Dope threads load instantly because they are not crapped up with images and videos, and having thumbnails or descriptions lets you load only all the text at once and pull in the images only if you want them. Also, on most sites, the pictures are of unknown size to the browser, so page loading can get jumpy. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/100 "2020-06-24T11:54:07Z")
I voted expandable thumbnails. But in practice I might prefer in line pictures. At any rate, it’s close. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/101 "2020-06-24T14:55:32Z")
My first choice would be no inline/thumbnail images or an user option to turn off images. However, if images are allowed without that option I’ll be happy to jump in and post my pics in appropriate threads. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578/102 "2020-06-24T17:09:19Z")
This is a bit of a drive-by post since I didn’t read the entire discussion prior, but if they are going to continue to blocking the ability to use inline images I think it’s important that we find a way to disable that capability in the editor. It makes no sense that you can compose a reply with a screenshot and paste it in and then when you submit you get an annoying error message. If you can’t disable it in the editor then that’s a really compelling argument for just allowing it across the board. It’s very bad UX to be showing that error after the post is ready for submission. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-images-turned-off-because-they-were-causing-a-problem-or-only-because-they-werent-on-the-old-dope/911578.md?page=6)