Originally
posted by
Requiem:
Originally
posted by
Erian:
Why do you need pictures of boobs when making a post?
Personally I think any kind of exaggerated sig in terms of visual ostentation is worthless and detracts from your message. I want to see the content of a post, not get distracted by irrelevant things.
LaF has never allowed boob sigs, and if we start to, I might leave because it pisses me off.
Post porn and stuff in relevant forums all you like, but don't push nakedness in my face when I don't seek it.
1. you can turn off sigs in boxcar
2. if you use addblock or the sort you can block the images you don't like so you don't have to see them
Self-censoring for the win!
1. So? New members would still be exposed to them however briefly. I think the onus is on the person who want to plaster random images all over a thread to prove that it is beneficial to the community. Like I said before, if you need smut and/or generally huge and eye catching bling in the forums, post away, just mark it so that people who want to look for it can do it, and leave the rest of the forums in peace.
I would compare it to sitting in an office environment and playing music on loudspeakers. If you do that in my office, you get hated immediately, and a boss will tell you to stop it. It's common courtesy and not being a pest by taking up too much space(sound space in this case) to use headphones. Just because I can put in ear plugs doesn't mean I should need to because you are lazy and/or think everyone enjoys the same music you do.
2. Then I'd still have to look at every image at least once. And again, as in #1, I have to adapt and be inconvenienced because others are discourteous and want to take up too much space.
I agree with your last statement, but with the interpretation that the self-censoring should be performed by the other side ;)