Avatars and signatures

Some members (and mods/admin) who visit here also have younger members of there family who also visit and post here, so its likely that -they- don't mind seeing the odd bit of flesh and profanity, but they don't want there children/relatives seeing it, which is understandable.

Obviously the admins and moderators can not keep an eye on all 26,000+ avatars, so we rely on the members to point out the ones that we miss, such as this one.

Everyone has a different level of acceptance and offence, so if there is anything on the boards that offends you, then simply inform us and we'll sort it out. If this doesn't happen, then people will see something offensive, and think that it's ok to do the same.
 
Originally posted by Ziptrx
I enjoy seeing the creative artwork of the avatars and signatures, that is why I don't have it disabled. I think that it is sad and pathetic that people can not talk about computers, programs, etc without the need of nudity/obscene pictures. It is not enjoyable to read what others have to say and seeing some stupid avatar of a female massaging her breasts repeatedly, to put it nicely, that a moderator has allowed. Again I see that the rule on artwork containing nudity/obscenity is still discreet and not as blunt as it should be. This forum has been helpful and an enjoyable place, but not at the cost of feeling like I am visiting a mildly censored porn site. :mad:

Hell why doesn't anyone have an avatar of a guy and girl having sex and just put a little "X" over the naughty parts? Oh that's right because it's obscene and against the rules. :rolleyes:

if you dont want to see it, dont look at it.
 
Originally posted by blinden
People around here are in a constant race to be the first to point out when someone is breaking a (vague) rule. It's one thing to descretly ask someone to change it, but you guys have to be all public and show off that you are the one that complained first, like it's some damn prize.

Hey, I had an avatar of Cavin showing an inch of his rear while pissing on the Apple logo. Got a PM from a member suggesting it was in poor taste so I took it down without hesitation. Thus, my temp "Space For Rent" until I come up with something else.

This sight works via cooperation, on all levels (personal gfx included). Besides, I've been nipped in the bud by a mod or two, rather quickly and quite openly, for being foolish. Anyway, I liked me semi-obscene graphical statement but will enjoy creating something new. :)
 
Re: Re: Avatars and signatures

Originally posted by dubstar
if you dont want to see it, dont look at it.

Exactly.

Someone should a add a feature to this forum that enables a user to disable avatars and sigs and this issue will be over in no time.
 
There already is a feature like that, look in the Control Panel!
 
Originally posted by ZAnwar
There already is a feature like that, look in the Control Panel!

Sweet, didnt know that.

So why to h**l dont you people use this feature and let everyone else use whatever avatars and sigs they want?

btw, I still dont see how my avatar was pornographic.
 
Look at Geffy's sig (sorry for taking you as an example). Is that considered as porn also on this forum? Take a look at the link in his sig too for his older ones.
 
Originally posted by SmokingWeed3000

btw, I still dont see how my avatar was pornographic.
A woman rubbing her breast, regardless if you can see the entire breast or not, is definately pornographic.
 
Originally posted by SmokingWeed3000
why to h**l dont you people use this feature and let everyone else use whatever avatars and sigs they want?

because i shouldn't have 2, i enjoy looking @ sigs as they are very artistic + often have system specs in them which it's usefull for diagnosing problems and comparison.

Geffy's sigs are ok, there is no bits showing that there shouldn't ( or should;) ) be showing. there is no close up of tits etc,they are tastefull.
 
If you click the link to the sig information there is a shoutbox for people to request removal of specific sigs, also I do try to make them as tasteful as possible.

Click [here] I have a table of all of my sigs, and a shoutbox at the bottom, should anyone feel one is inappropriate
 
I think nudity should be allowed in the way like Geffy shows it.. that's not pr0n..it's art, it has to have somekind of mystery around it.... hard to explain in english for a dutchmen like me...but i think you guys know what i mean, although i except this, i'm fully against any form of real pr0n on this site, either in sigs or avatars...use these things to express yourself, not to make others feel uncomfortable or harm them in any form...

Just my 2 cents..
 
Originally posted by G-Lizard86
I think nudity should be allowed in the way like Geffy shows it.. that's not pr0n..it's art, it has to have somekind of mystery around it.... hard to explain in english for a dutchmen like me...but i think you guys know what i mean, although i except this, i'm fully against any form of real pr0n on this site, either in sigs or avatars...use these things to express yourself, not to make others feel uncomfortable or harm them in any form...

Just my 2 cents..

very well put:cool: , Geffy's sigs aren't pr0n, a women masaging her tits like pizza dough is. it's upto the descrtion of the mods/admins
 
ohh wow you have got to be kidding me, thats shows so much more skin and detail than his avatar ever did, it's larger and shows more of (the apparently offensive) female form which a lot of you *guys?* seem to be so afraid of.

and I STILL don't see why people can't just PM someone and ask them to remove it, instead of publicly displaying their opinions, it's much more tastefull, and if that doesn't work, why not PM or even email a mod or admin? no need to start a thread about it... now THAT is immature, and I don't think there is an argument that exsists that can deny that.

ohh, BTW, I'm OFFICIALLY OFFENDED BY GEFFY'S SIG FILE...

will anyone make him change it though, no, why not, because there are double standards here.
 
any ones in particular?
You can let me know either through PM or here

I will also say that Mozilla allows you to block Images on a Server basis, so you could actually block mine (as they are not on the NTFS server) and the rest of the NTFS site would be unaffected. I will look around for a similar thing for Internet Explorer, if anyone feels something like that would be useful.
 
Well... I view this page from time to time at work. I use it as a tool to look up things that I may be having issues with to see if someone else has already solved it at one time or another. I had to disable sigs and avatars because I find that in a work environment most of them are unacceptable. Some of you push them to the very limits. Some of you go way too overboard. Being that my profile is website specific and not location specific if I choose to view them I have to edit my profile every time. I understand "creative freedom" but why must you have bikini babes and other offensive material? (When I say "offensive" I mean in a work environment only) Guess you will always have people who have to test every rule...
 
I'm not offended by Geffy's sig, why should I be? If I see a girl running around a swimming pool with a bikini on I'm not peeing my pants either...the opposite as a mather of fact, so I don't see any harm in using those sigs, I do think that a women rubbing her breats IS offending, it's pr0n because she's in enjoying herself in a sexual way....
 
Look at Geffy's sig now (girl on the beach covering her breasts with her hands). If mine offended anyone how come this one doesnt?

Geffy, stop changing sigs every 2 minutes.
 
I am in the process of adding an IP disabling feature to the PHP script which rotates the images. If I can get it to work properly then it should be able to not transmit the image if the IP requesting the image matches an IP address within a list of Do Not Send addresses.

This is not because I am desparate to keep my sigs, just that I like a challenge in PHP. If enough people dislike my sigs presence (by letting me know this at my Sig Info link) then I will remove them.
 

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