I don't get why it's so high. Most forums I'm a member of it's like 10, 50 some 100. So why is it so high here?
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because of the number of people especially the new people that are only here for 5 minutes and the amount of board resources that it would use if everyone had an avatar
They want it to be meaningful and a reward for contributing to the community
There have been many threads discussing it, but MR has held to its rules
It seems to work well
I see... just wasn't sure why.... that's all no need to "attack" lol
But given the size of these icons.. it's not like one forum I'm a member of that allows up to 300x500 images or GIFs those will strain servers more than a tiny 80x100 or whatever this forum is limited too.
But given the size of these icons.. it's not like one forum I'm a member of that allows up to 300x500 images or GIFs those will strain servers more than a tiny 80x100 or whatever this forum is limited too.
I don't think anyone is trying to attack, just answering your question
I don't think the servers is the primary motivation, but it is secondary
Rewarding for contribution to the community is very important around here
If someone is more concerned about an avatar than the community, they usual don't last
Sorry guys that was more a joke hence attack being "attack" not attack, the quotes tend to infer something different than w/o them right lol.
I don't care more about an avatar; was just curious/unsure why this forum was different from others but honestly 10/50 in hindsight seems too low if you ask me, but 100 is fine. I could maybe understand 50 but 10 it's like... well that's not hard at all 10 posts lol.
I don't care more about an avatar; was just curious/unsure why this forum was different from others but honestly 10/50 in hindsight seems too low if you ask me, but 100 is fine. I could maybe understand 50 but 10 it's like... well that's not hard at all 10 posts lol.
It's annoying that sites like MacRumors are called forums, the discussion categories they have are called forums, and the lower-level sub-sections are called forums (or sub-forums).
The "Site and Forum Feedback" forum is in the "Mac Community" forum at the MacRumors forums website.
Maybe we should go back to calling a forum website a BBS.
Resources?
Even in the ****tiest forums on the web, not only do newbie members get avatars but a lot bigger than those here.
The fact is no one here wants to spend even 1 nickel or invest an extra second into improving anything on the forums. Macrumors forums have been the same since the beginning for the internet and will probably stay so till the end of time.
yeesh, alright, thats the only reason i could find, and it's happened before on some forums i've frequented over the years, so, with mac rumors being quite a lot larger then those i thought it would of applied
I like it like this
Why do people get quite so het up over avatars? I read the rules, posted when I had something to say and waited. Now I have the heady power of being able to put up an avatar if I want.
I like the avatar system 'cause with so many posters here it makes frequent posters more recognisable. If everyone had an avatar I'd never remember who said what. And if everyone had a massive intrusive avatar I'd sigh with disappointment.
Here's a chance to remind people about a misunderstanding about avatars that sometimes occurs:
Avatars are based only on forum participation.
Paid membership to MacRumors, to support the site, give you the benefits of an ad-free front page, access to the private forum, and a special user title.
Paid membership does not give you have an avatar or full access to the Politics, Religion, Social Issues forum or the Marketplace forum (if you don't otherwise qualify). Those three privileges are free and depend only on your post count.
Even though letting users have avatars or access to those forums as a thank-you for paid membership would probably produce more memberships, we don't think it would be fair to users who earn them by participation.
Avatars are based only on forum participation.
Paid membership to MacRumors, to support the site, give you the benefits of an ad-free front page, access to the private forum, and a special user title.
Paid membership does not give you have an avatar or full access to the Politics, Religion, Social Issues forum or the Marketplace forum (if you don't otherwise qualify). Those three privileges are free and depend only on your post count.
Even though letting users have avatars or access to those forums as a thank-you for paid membership would probably produce more memberships, we don't think it would be fair to users who earn them by participation.
I like having the requirement to be higher than most other forums, because it feels more rewarding when you finally earn one, and it makes people that post a lot more distinguishable.
Which is one of the reasons I like it here. I especially hate forums where people are allowed massive pictures in their signatures. I find it really hard to follow the discussion.
Discussion forums are for discussing, not showing off your animated gif skills IMO.
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Especially when the image is a 480x360 aniGIF of Penn Jillette mouthing the words "Shut.. The F***... UP!" over and over again.
If I wanna see that kind of nonsense, I'll head over to Fark.com and lurk. The other 99% of the time, I'll be here.
I've read the first and last pages of this thread and also the main FAQ, but I don't see this covered:
Why does my avatar space show a link that says "gwynne's Avatar" rather than just displaying the avatar itself?
Is it because of this?
"Changes to your avatar may take up to 2 hours to appear on certain forum pages."
Thanks in advance.
Why does my avatar space show a link that says "gwynne's Avatar" rather than just displaying the avatar itself?
Is it because of this?
"Changes to your avatar may take up to 2 hours to appear on certain forum pages."
Thanks in advance.
That's most likely the issue. Good investigation! If it's still broke tomorrow let us know and we can look into it.
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https://macrumors.zendesk.com/hc/en-us#How_do_user_titles_work.3F
Maybe also take a read here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/205018/
https://macrumors.zendesk.com/hc/en-us#How_do_user_titles_work.3F
Maybe also take a read here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/205018/
