# When are you going to allow us to put avatars and banners?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-going-to-allow-us-to-put-avatars-and-banners/217871>\
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**Created:** [December 9, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-going-to-allow-us-to-put-avatars-and-banners/217871 "2003-12-09T06:49:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-going-to-allow-us-to-put-avatars-and-banners/217871/41 "2004-01-25T18:48:37Z")

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I wouldn’t want to see avatars, banners, or animated smilies here either. If they were put into place, the moderators would definitely need the no-warning permanent insta-ban powers.

This one made me laugh out loud:

> [@TwistofFate](#):
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> I’ve been trying to fit this into a good response, but the best I could come up with is Trot-sky the My Little Marxist Pony.

Good one! :chuckle chuckle chuckle:

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**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-going-to-allow-us-to-put-avatars-and-banners/217871/42 "2004-01-26T16:21:15Z")

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Avatars and Banners on the SDMB are a “New Coke”-ish level bad idea.

Although I wouldn’t mind getting the color back to the smilies, as the all monochromatic thing is kind of weird.

Oh, and getting signatures turned **off** as the default.

Please?

🙂

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**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-going-to-allow-us-to-put-avatars-and-banners/217871/43 "2004-01-28T14:12:38Z")

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> [@Poetgrrl](#):
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> This board is a very nice place to visit but it also feels painfully bland. The greys, whites, and blues of the board can sometimes feel a little depressing.

Yeah, the gray and white is bland and depressing. Let’s add avatars and banners and six-inch animated sigs, and to combat the depressing gray and white, let’s make the background black and the type hot pink or red. That’ll make it colorful, and fun to read at the same time! :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-going-to-allow-us-to-put-avatars-and-banners/217871/44 "2004-01-28T15:00:26Z")

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Actually both one **avatar** and one **banner** are allowed. Take your pick, neither username is in use.

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