Sigs getting turned off

[shartley]

Fine by me. Well, sorta.

Now how are we going to advertise for the AO-Mid-Atlantic day?

really? any idea why? i figured they would be easier.
thanks

The reason it is often harder to control Avatars is because of the ease in which a member can change it as well as the availability of pre-made Avatars out there. It has been my experience that abuse (or inappropriate use) of Avatars is much quicker to happen than signatures for this very reason. I have seen folks who would know NOT to put something in their signatures think nothing of slapping up a grossly inappropriate Avatar.

And that even happens on forums you would think it would NOT happen on. Truly, it even surprised ME.

[BD_Paintball]

awwww my feedback link

[hitech]

Since we are having so much drama over the sig rules and much of it is now falling out on me I have decided to just turn them off...

Damn, guess I should have kept quite. I loved my sig and now I feel partially resonsible for loosing it...

On another note challenging the mods is not going to get you anywhere. If someone gets banned you should just stand back and not make things worse.

Sorry to hear that. Looks like I may stand a chance of being banned for the first time...

Everyone knows I don't do well with conflict so take that as a threat to the whole forum.

I never have known when to shut up...

[AGD-OfficeGal]

I run a forum elsewhere and signatures are a major issue there, too; although I don't believe we've ever had to ban anybody because of a signature, we've had a few people get huffy and leave because they were told their signatures violated our guidelines.

Having dealt with the issue so much, I understand why nobody likes losing the ability to have signatures. My suggestion is to look around and see what else is irritating TK, the mods (and each other enough to irritate TK and the mods) and work on cleaning those things up - if y'all show that you're willing to work to get the privilege of signatures back, you'll give TK a reason to at least reconsider. I'm not presuming to speak for him - only giving you a suggestion to try out. At the very least it ought to make AO a more pleasant place!

Marcia

[SlartyBartFast]

awwww my feedback link

What's the big deal? Put it in your profile.

Seeing as the signature is still there, anyone who cares can access it simply by clicking on your name.

Anyone can also get to your homepage and other links without any effort and you don't clutter up the boards for those that don't care.

Glad I don't have to put up with the whining that the Mods and Tom obviously have to put up with.

[Chronobreak]

no signature or avatar!!

gosh!

uhm time to start being UBER creative and adding things in "other" places


IE location: themagsmith.com

[punkncat]

There are person(s) with too much power over others ability to state an opinion or attempt to make/prove a point through their public(or even private)messages. This ability is enforced by a vague set of rules that doesn't have to be followed to the letter by those enacting them....(read through some closed posts and you will see not one but MANY examples of this behavior, and mostly by one person) There is no check or balance. There is no oversight. When an outcry is made about the unfairness of this ability, or to question the reasoning behind it, the answer is "none of your buisiness" or "bring it up, get banned".

Made worse by the fact that there are certain other peole who feel its their personal mission in life to bring these inconsistancies and the grey area of the rules to light and question with every single post. In spite of warnings, they continue to frustrate the powers that be with this garbage, pissing EVERYONE off when stopgap measures (like this) get enforced to put a bandaid on the situation. Due mostly to others inability to leave well enough alone.

Sigs aren't the problem. Certain people and their interpretation of the rules and or their ability/power to enforce them are.

[Lohman446]

TK seems to be the father of AO, and has been referenced as such.

As with parents, you settle the issue of the day, and leave your kids to work things out amongst themselves.

Now... the issue of the day is handled.. lets quit fighting with one another before further measures, perhaps even more drastic, need to be handled.

AO is of little advantage to TK, Zupe does not seem to use it to his advantage (could be wrong). They are supporting it to be nice to us... lets not push them.

[SlartyBartFast]

There are person(s) with too much power over others ability to state an opinion or attempt to make/prove a point through their public (or even private) messages. This ability is enforced by a vague set of rules that doesn't have to be followed to the letter by those enacting them....(read through some closed posts and you will see not one but MANY examples of this behavior, and mostly by one person)

Grow up, and welcome to the real world.

There is no check or balance. There is no oversight.

When an outcry is made about the unfairness of this ability, or to question the reasoning behind it, the answer is "none of your buisiness" or "bring it up, get banned".

So, be civil and mature. Question the ruling/judgement respectfully and then abide by the explaination.

And to make it all worse, the rulings being handed down commonly lack consistancy.

Made worse by the fact that there are certain other peole who feel its their personal mission in life to bring these inconsistancies and the grey area of the rules to light and question with every single post. In spite of warnings, they continue to frustrate the powers that be with this garbage, pissing EVERYONE off when stopgap measures get enforced to put a bandaid on the situation.

I guess what I am getting at is that(many)people are getting frustrated by the fact that you can hardly post here anymore w/o fear of stepping on (certain individuals) toes. People are getting frustrated at seeing well known members disappearing because of stupid issues and personal vendettas. Due mostly to others inability to leave well enough alone.

Sigs aren't the problem. Certain people and their interpretation of the rules and or their ability/power to enforce them are.

[SlartyBartFast]

AO is of little advantage to TK, Zupe does not seem to use it to his advantage (could be wrong). They are supporting it to be nice to us... lets not push them.

Quoted for truth.

It's their "house", you follow their rules.

Don't like them? You're free to go elsewhere.

Want to test the rules or push the limits? You're only bringing undue attention to yourself and asking to be thrown out.

[White_Noise]

as much as i liked having my sig, i totally agree with this action

i respect, and have gotten alot of useful information from a few of the recently banned people, however i agree with the moderators' decisions, and think that people should have just let a few issues go.

there are a few people on AO right now that need to grow up, and just let things go.

[Magaman]

Like, Bummmer Duuuude!!!

Hiya Tom... (Big Wave)

[Lohman446]

as much as i liked having my sig, i totally agree with this action

i respect, and have gotten alot of useful information from a few of the recently banned people, however i agree with the moderators' decisions, and think that people should have just let a few issues go.

there are a few people on AO right now that need to grow up, and just let things go.

Well summarized.

[GT]

avatars would be nice..... I dont see them as a policing problem seeing how you can set the size limit. Just banzor if its pr0n.

[Chronobreak]

avatars would be nice..... I dont see them as a policing problem seeing how you can set the size limit. Just banzor if its pr0n.

i think they afraid the problems wil be the same

i dont see why they couldnt have set a signature guideline either ....

but as some people ahve said i dont really care THAT MUCH.

i did notice the forums look ALOT cleaner now as well