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Should avatar space be limited?
This poll is closed.
YES. I do not like the large avatars. 1123 49.51%
NO. I don't care if an avatar is large. 1145 50.49%
Total: 2268 votes
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Michaellaneous
Oct 30, 2013

Sorry Corals posted:

please rotate my av 90 degrees to save readers' scroll wheel wear

loving let's do it. Make a CSS that rotates the text in posts, as well as the av and signatures by 90 degrees. Leave the rest alone.

There, unique selling proposal for GBS.

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Zoq-Fot-Pik
Jun 27, 2008

Frungy!
Good sized big av:
Bad sized big avs:

Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

I'm afraid of lowtax banning me on account of my av :ohdear:

Lowtax
Nov 16, 1999

by Skyl3lazer

Is it fascism yet posted:

i dont care, but you should definitely make INRI the mod of BYOB
Focus, people

Lowtax
Nov 16, 1999

by Skyl3lazer

Smoking Crow posted:

I'm afraid of lowtax banning me on account of my av :ohdear:
Why would I do that?

TheCornKing
Jan 7, 2013
Why should my scroll bar suffer for someone else's anime av? Then again I hate sigs too so what do I know

ferroque
Oct 27, 2007

if the issue is scrolling then we should just get Wide Avatars

waffles beyond waffles
Jun 22, 2008

Oh, what a day...
What a lovely day!
I mostly use the Awful App, so I don't notice the difference. But in my lovely opinion everyone should have the same rules for avatar size. I believe this encourages creativity to make the most of one's meager gift. People with big avatars should have them cut down to size so the rest of us don't feel inadequate.

/dickjoke

E: I like the idea of a bigger file size allowance.

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

My avatar is larger than normal but I wouldn't really call it "giant"

EMILY BLUNTS
Jan 1, 2005

add in tiered avatar pricing so you get a discount if the avatar is tiny but then it increases in costs as it gets bigger

so if someone wants a gigantic av for $50, well go right ahead

Tiler Kiwi
Feb 26, 2011
Maybe you could add the option but have it be something that a person can turn off/on in their user control panel? So a person disliking large avs can just turn on the option to force avatar communism, while another person can go ahead and let the bigatars roam unfettered by the griping jealousy of their lessers.

I dont know if this could actually be done!

a.lo
Sep 12, 2009

Get rid of Arnie's

necroid
May 14, 2009

make it a stretch goal

Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

Lowtax posted:

Why would I do that?

I thought you would stop big av having by getting rid of everyone with one.

discount cathouse
Mar 25, 2009
you could use adblock against the annoying big Avatars, OP.

Lowtax
Nov 16, 1999

by Skyl3lazer

Smoking Crow posted:

I thought you would stop big av having by getting rid of everyone with one.

:confused:

I said in the first post that I would use css to limit the amount of space vertically in the section of the avatar.

Matoi Ryuko
Jan 6, 2004


Smoking Crow posted:

I thought you would stop big av having by getting rid of everyone with one.

Why would you even suggest this!! Please spare me, lowtax! :pray:

Matoi Ryuko fucked around with this message at 19:06 on Jul 1, 2014

Lowtax
Nov 16, 1999

by Skyl3lazer

Is it fascism yet posted:

you could use adblock against the annoying big Avatars, OP.
While I'm aware of this, the purpose of the poll is to see what a majority of people here think. If a majority of people do not like the large avatars, it is unfair for the minority to tell them all to use adblock.

DiverTwig
Jul 23, 2003
I ignore all NWS Tags, my Boss's like porn
I have av's turned off, so it doesn't really matter to me, but one of the main reasons I turned them off was to get rid of the obnoxiously huge avatars.

snuggle baby luvs hugs
Aug 30, 2005
Makes no difference to me since I only browse on mobile app while poopings

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

Zoq-Fot-Pik posted:

Good sized big av:
Bad sized big avs:

this is also how i feel.

ijii
Mar 17, 2007
I'M APPARENTLY GAY AND MY POSTING SUCKS.
I believe limiting the size of avatars would help, but would prefer to other things to happen first on this subject.

1. Limit the size of signatures, do I really need to see multiple gifs of bouncing alien tits take up half the page?
2. Limit the font size of avatar text, do I really need to see that someone is apparently gay and their posting sucks taking up half a page?

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005
Tax Big Avatar!

Smeego
Sep 9, 2001

japan sucks

ijii posted:

2. Limit the font size of avatar text, do I really need to see that someone is apparently gay and their posting sucks?
yes, this is a time honored tradition

Lowtax
Nov 16, 1999

by Skyl3lazer

ijii posted:

do I really need to see that someone is apparently gay and their posting sucks?
I'm gonna have to go with "yes" on this one

a mysterious cloak
Apr 5, 2003

Leave me alone, dad, I'm with my friends!


Not a fan of the big avatars (or huge sigs, either) . Voting for purge.

Hustle Hound
Oct 21, 2012

all is known

ijii posted:

1. Limit the size of signatures, do I really need to see multiple gifs of bouncing alien tits take up half the page?

there is already a rule about this for forums that are not fyad.

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

i dont care op as long as i get the opportunity to freely upload a replacement tia

crabrock
Aug 2, 2002

I

AM

MAGNIFICENT






make the div containing the avatar position:absolute and then turn overflow:hidden on the parent div and then we only see their stupid large avatar if they actually post more than one or two lines.

edit: look at all this free space i have.

filling it up because why not.

make avatars 20x20

edit2: these are serious suggestions

Cucking Mama
Sep 27, 2013

Gold Medalist, 2014 shit post olympics

ijii posted:

I believe limiting the size of avatars would help, but would prefer to other things to happen first on this subject.

1. Limit the size of signatures, do I really need to see multiple gifs of bouncing alien tits?
2. Limit the font size of avatar text, do I really need to see that someone is apparently gay and their posting sucks?

cool questions to ask yourself

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

ijii posted:


2. Limit the font size of avatar text, do I really need to see that someone is apparently gay and their posting sucks taking up half a page?

I also feel it would be unfair if av images sizes was reduced but text could still take up a huge amount of space

Lowtax
Nov 16, 1999

by Skyl3lazer

the wildest rear end posted:

I also feel it would be unfair if av images sizes was reduced but text could still take up a huge amount of space
The css wouldn't be based on images, it would be based on total size. So if you had a tiny image and huge text, it wouldn't care and still stop displaying anything past X pixels.

tao of lmao
Oct 9, 2005

I'm in favor of whichever decision causes the most complaining.

SopWATh
Jun 1, 2000
I don't care how tall they are, I can handle an extra finger twitch on the mouse wheel or the edge of the touch pad.

Butt Frosted Cake
Dec 27, 2010

I do not mind the extra scroll wheel click but:

mango gay touchies posted:

a compromise: avatars are back to their normal acceptable size but the upload file size is increased to something not from 2003

Demonachizer
Aug 7, 2004
I have avatars turned off so voted that it doesn't bother me. I don't think I would care if I kept them on though. I mostly read SA at work so I turn them off to avoid borderline NWS stuff.

Lowtax
Nov 16, 1999

by Skyl3lazer

Air Julio posted:

I'm in favor of whichever decision causes the most complaining.
Then you may safely vote for either.

ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib
Let us all have big Avs or ban the people who broke the unspoken law of 125x125

Dexters Secret
Jun 19, 2014

mango gay touchies posted:

a compromise: avatars are back to their normal acceptable size but the upload file size is increased to something not from 2003

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a.lo
Sep 12, 2009

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