Are Avatars enabled or disabled here? If enabled, can we import them?

Disabled. Chance of them ever being enabled: Zero.

That would explain why it would not register the avatar I had selected.

SOMEONE who was asked to remove it didn't.

He is now being beaten.

And he is probely enjoying it as we type...

How come we can't have them?

Screws up the bandwidth. Unlike Bulldrek, they also crack down on pust-pumping, thank Gnu.

That and the one available were pretty lame. what about the user picture option? Andi f "never" why's it included?

i like avatars, but if they mess with bandwith then, what are ya gonna do.

will postig pictures in posts ever be available?

To do that effectively they'd have to review every picture before allowing it, and inevitably some people would choose "borderline" pictures that either get refused while the person involved insists that the pic is fine or that get passed and then someone gets offended and yells at people and...

Benefit for us: minor
Cost to us: potential exposure to pictures we may dislike, also minor

Benefit to admins: this thread goes away (minor)
Cost to admins: dealing with problems outlined above plus more that I have no doubt failed to consider. High to very high depending on cluon/bozon ratio.

Not gonna happen.

~J

actually...I have avatars on my forum that are remotely linked and really I'm just thinking of cutting out the whole avatar side of things all together because that remote link idea really sucks. It really depends alot on the integrity of the server that the avatar is stored on and a clean connection with it. You can't always garantee that, as I'm finding out.