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Faces on forum posts

I was wondering if putting people's avatar images next to their forum posts might cut down on some of the nastiness. It seems Glitchens are similar to real-world people in that there are a small minority who wouldn't behave badly face to face but lose those inhibitions when communicating in a more anonymous setting. I've only had 3 unpleasant encounters in Ur however the forums contain much more negativity. Maybe putting faces on the posts would take away some of the impersonality internet forums are prone to. I don't know how we'd judge the success or failure of this but I thought I'd put it out there.

Posted 8 months ago by Captain Daisy Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I like the idea regardless of motivation :) I like seeing a face rather than a name when looking to see who came up with a thread!
    Posted 8 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sounds great. I'd love a little glitchy me avatar next to each of my posts.
    Posted 8 months ago by jiva Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like it
    Posted 8 months ago by Misty Power Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh what an interesting idea!! :D
    Posted 8 months ago by diaveborn ♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Faces in the awesomest places! +1!
    Posted 8 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • www.glitch.com/forum/genera...
    Posted 8 months ago by Lemo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Shoot... there is a script that does this that I use but I forget what/where it is. I'll try to find it for you when I get to a computer tomorrow (on my phone right now) It shows the avatar of the OP and faces of posters.
    Posted 8 months ago by La Mariposa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd love to see this as a standard forum thing, without needing scripts.
    Posted 8 months ago by Kalmiopsis Subscriber! | Permalink
  • A bunch of the "older" greasemonkey scripts made their way into the website
    So I would guess you have to advertise for them, so TS can see many people like to use them,
    or so the devs may actually try those themselves
    About this particular one tho, it helps reducing the bandwidth a bit on both sides not having a lot of pics in the forums, so I like it being optional
    Posted 8 months ago by Lemo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks Lemo for the link! The script still works great, hoping to see it fully added by TS though :)

    I see what you mean about bandwidth, does make browsing the forums a bit slower...
    Posted 7 months ago by Bradamus Prime Subscriber! | Permalink