What's the story on Avatars and Signatures?

[BigHurb]

OP is too proud to admit he created the problem by existing.

stop existing please or use the tools at your disposal to exist as you wish

[YendorLootmonkey]

Originally Posted by August [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you read my original post, I call that out as an option.

So, follow-on question: Why do you feel it is not a better idea to exercise that option than to attempt to dictate to the rest of us what we should and should not be able to have as content?

[Asap]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wow, the responses here are so out of whack. He's not censoring anything, he's saying "we already prohibit nudity, how about we prohibit almost nudity also". For most grown-ups, that's not a radical statement.

There is only 1 person here responding "out of whack".

This is the same thing as opting out of NSFW threads. Don't like the possibility of stumbling upon a girl shaking her ass in a thong? Disable the features so it NEVER happens. It's simple.

[YendorLootmonkey]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wow, the responses here are so out of whack. He's not censoring anything, he's saying "we already prohibit nudity, how about we prohibit almost nudity also". For most grown-ups, that's not a radical statement.

No, most grown-ups are simply turning the options for images off and allowing the rest of the community to either do the same, or view the content as they please.

[August]

Originally Posted by Hailto [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What is wrong with that option?

Nothing is wrong with that option. That's my point. I'm not a prude over here on my moralistic high ground.

We ban nudity on this forum except in NSFW, yet we have people pushing the limits of that in their avatars/sigs.

If I took a compilation of all the GIFs that I considered 'borderline' and posted them in server chat, would it get moved to RnF? That's the real question here. Should I need to disable ALL signatures/avatars (some of which I find useful, btw - like the ones that link to tools or spreadsheets or to past posts, or that provide me with information about someone like the list of their alts -- LIKE YOURS) because a few select individuals like to post nearly-nude GIFs in their signatures?

If there wasn't a RnF forum, I wouldn't even bring it up. Anything goes here. The fact that RnF exists makes me believe there is some desire to keep the majority of these forums free of NSFW material. Sigs and Avatars SEEM TO ME to be an exception to that.

Notice the title of my thread isn't 'CENSOR AVATARS AND SIGNATURES' , it is instead 'What's the story on Avatars and Signatures?' I'm open to the options available to me, but it occured to me that others felt the way that I do, and I don't think there's anything wrong about having civil discourse about the topic.

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Asap [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There is only 1 person here responding "out of whack".

This is the same thing as opting out of NSFW threads. Don't like the possibility of stumbling upon a girl shaking her ass in a thong? Disable the features so it NEVER happens. It's simple.

Right, but then you'd miss out on Swish's daily gifs.

Can anyone explain why it's terrible to have nekid women, but it's wonderful to have bouncing boobs with a shirt on? Neither one has any relation to Everquest (unless you squint at Firiona Vie real hard).

It sounds like everyone in this thread wants to allow hard-core porn in signatures, with the only recourse being to disable sigs.

[BigHurb]

man not sure if yer just thick or what

[loramin]

Originally Posted by August [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't think there's anything wrong about having civil discourse about the topic.

That was your first mistake: no discourse on this forum is civil [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[August]

Originally Posted by Asap [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There is only 1 person here responding "out of whack".

This is the same thing as opting out of NSFW threads. Don't like the possibility of stumbling upon a girl shaking her ass in a thong? Disable the features so it NEVER happens. It's simple.

The problem here is that NSFW is basically a cess pit that I don't care anything about. However, I do care about signatures and avatars, especially when they contain information that I would like - such as links to resources, character information about a poster, or just funny to look at sigs. By opting out, I have to opt out of more than JUST NSFW sigs/avatars.

And again, we ban nudity / NSFW stuff from every corner of this forum except for the NSFW forum. Why is there an exception to sigs/avatars?

[YendorLootmonkey]

I think we're all getting trolled hard.