Avatars are for kids - we are grown up!
 

GFY is already slow, everyone knows it. What is point in having avatars now? Most of us hosting our own avatar, and loading of them from dozens of different domains adds up even more time. Not to mention the slowdown caused by massive sigs, already.

For me, avatars are fun .. and suits to a surfer or kids board. If you think it would help people in branding their product of something, I guess its not the case .. none is using for that purpose now, everyone showing boobs, gangsters and some funny pics.

Whats your take? yay or nay?

Don't really give a fack. Turn them on or shut them off. No biggy.

Well if it was about kids that would be ok, unfortunately, there is this weird race of those, who are waiting, waiting for a chance to get noticed...

Those are not the people you would ever do business with or that you would ever meet, because society rejected them a long time ago, but they are here..

lol .. that was fast .. :winkwink:

I thought of adding this option, but knew everyone would chose it .. so I didn't lol ..

vote ..

GFY is slow because of their server/coding. Not going to slow it down much. There's boards 20x the size of GFY that load instantly running the same board software. They have all the features on too

so, what is the answer for the need for Speeeeeeeeeeeeed ?:winkwink:

I kind of like the avatars personally... But then again I have the mind of a 12 year old ;)

I'm cool with the avatars. I wish more people would put their own pictures in them instead of all the witty and funny avatars that I've seen all over the place already. I like to know what people look like that I'm talking to. But I guess a lot of people on here kinda hide what they do for a living or something...thus the nicknames and so forth. But putting up a picture of yourself for identification purposes as your avatar isn't being a kid. It's good business.
That being said, I chose one of myself when I was drunken and confused.
My strategy is: That will be the way I look at any of the conventions when someone is looking for me to talk business. LOL!

Hi vick! yes i guess you are right, but on the other hand since i am not super popular, it helps to brand my face for conventions hehehe

burn a snatch a witch, bitch

Wow...all but one (two now) respondents are flying avatars. You may have touched a nerve.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

ladida..

I can't say it really bothers me much either way. GFY was pretty much the only board without them and I never particularly considered GFY to be the adult table of the boards.

I personally think it is fun, besides how many people on this board are "grown up" anyway? Life is short, live

they dont bother me

On or off,makes no difference to me

It's not a big issue really. Don't lose any sleep over it...

it sure makes it more interesting/messy/ugly

Avatars make a difference esp after you've gone to a show and may have forgotten someone's name but recognize their face or vice versa. I don't know how many cards i have in my rolodex that I can't put a face to. It also helps when you're at a show and you can approach someone you ahven't met and say "hey!, you're ABCD!"

If this makes GFY slow, I think it should be taken down..

:2 cents:

We can host our own?

Avatars rule

That is standard feature of any board howmuch i know.There are three way to pick avatar-from gallery,remote link or upload.

true true

I don't really understand the poll.

Is it "yay, I agree that avatars are for kids and we are grownups."

or "yay, I like avatars."

The way you present the issue, it could be taken as either.

But, yeah... this place does have more of a "gaming board" type feel for the last couple of days.

doesn't really matter to me. No need to put one on mine since i used to post here with out 'em. :2 cents:

Whatever!!!!

yeah, thats good if we are using our own pics. Its worth the loading time .. but if 99% of us use funny, witty, boobs and gangsta pics? .. o yeah, some put twinks lol

yay! I like avatars ..

nay! fuck them .. i dont like lol ..

I don't think I will lose sleep .. but I just don't like the webpage with lots of random images.


Well, does vb have an option to let us turn off avatars? so that we don't see them, like we can turn off sigs?

No I think it just downloads the avatar from the remote location and saves it on the server. :2 cents: Only 2 options on gfy.

That's what I thought too.

I like them, and they don't slow the server down as much as you think

:2 cents:

I agree, but I´ll keep using my avatar, fuck it.

sig test...

makes the forum look more like a surfer forum, but other than that nothing wrong with them...

This made my lol :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Upgrade your 56k Modem Vick :1orglaugh

I say nay,

we need to play.

:D

don't like? switch them off

i think everyone should be forced to put his picture there, would make scamming a bit more difficult