~-Speculating-~ Donations to AO, and recieving Sig privileges?

[Echo419]

So, AO Cut the sigs to my knowledge for the following reasons

• Because people were abusing the sigs
• People were not abiding by the signature rules
• People were using AO's attachment feature to host there sigs and wasted bandwidth
• Used heavy bandwidth by itself

So, heres my idea... Us users are not getting automags.org anymoney, no advertisements anything, so we deserve to help AO out... So my idea is to Donate to AO, and recieve sig privledges. Advantages are as follows

• The donation will over pay the bandwidth it takes for the individual signature
• The users who donate will be limited, so controlling the signatures will not be hard
• Finally loyal members can show there gratitude

The following is what I think would be a reasonable "Dontation Crediting System" if you will

• Donation of $5 = 6 months of signature privlileges
• Donation of $10 = 12 months of signature privlileges
• Donation of $15 = 18 months of signature privlileges

Now, what do you guys think about this, I myself have zero power involving this. Maybe we can convince AO to allow this to go underway in some form. I myself would donate regardless of if I recieved my Sig, but I feel its a way that it can get done with enthusiasm.

Echo419 out

[Conversekidz]

I like the idea, I think the time limit might cause some coding issues.

Why not make it like PBN, have a flat donation, and if they donate that much they get sig privliages.

[atm743]

cool

kinda like pbnation in a way

not a bad idea

but people can still abuse the sigs in some way.

but i would do it if it really happens but i would like a AO sponsoring avitar thing

come on AO lets do this i want my sig back

[Echo419]

Of cour,se the Sig size laws would still be enforced, and there wouldnt be that many people, so it wouldnt be hard to regulate... I do not like the Idea of a "Sponsored Member" avatar.

[atm743]

Of cour,se the Sig size laws would still be enforced, and there wouldnt be that many people, so it wouldnt be hard to regulate... I do not like the Idea of a "Sponsored Member" avatar.

darn well somthing thing that shows that we saport AO other than the sigs

[Echo419]

Well, Um I think sigs would be a big enough thing...

[Pacifist_Farmer]

I kind of like it with out sigs

and AO is part of AGD, so there would need to be an official agreement, and a set price like suggested. Instead of donating you would be purchasing your sig time.

[MonsterMag]

I think sigs can only be turned off or on for the whole fouram. I am not positive but I dont think modds/admins can indivudially turn them on/off. I think the same is for avatars. I would donate some if we could get ridd of this lag.

[Echo419]

Monster thats what Im saying, I think with some flow from users into AO, maybe they will have some insentive to get there POOP together if you will... But I do think you can, because I have seen this done on other boards... Only the mods had sigs.

[master_alexander]

or...

you see to the right of our name the green dot? to the right of that there is some extra space, it would be cool to have a spot for a buddy icon like on AIM, i think it is an avatar, but ot the right of the name and limited like on AIM. it would be a great idea for pixel art...

[Echo419]

Guys if you really want to help... AO uses vBulletin Version 3.0.7, so look at toehr forums, and see what there doing... Because they cant impliment what is not an option in V_Bulletin, so look at what are options are.

[Kevmaster]

no!

we've been through this before...with you i think

it creates a second class of AO members. i'm no better than you are when it comes to ao. would i donate, damn straight. would i donate cash right now with there being no reward? yep. but we shouldnt be giving senior members extra privilages. sorry. ao has no place for it.

if they wnat to go back to sigs with user hosted images, fine. but it shouldnt be a 'for fee' servicve

[Echo419]

Its not for a fee, its more of a reward... And senor members arent getting it... Its those who are willing to donate... PBN Does it with there little Supported Member thing (but thats not a good comparison..)

But nah you havent been through this with me before... Im not saying people with a certain post cound should get it... I just think people who donate should get it if they want...

I see what your saying, but all things considered... What kind of member is going to get all pissed off and sa "Wow this board is stupid, they want a donation to help there servers out, and then I can get a sig? How stupid is that"

[Kevmaster]

my apologies...it wasn't you.

i still disagree with sigs = cash idea. if there is to be a donation button with no benefits, fine, i'll donate....but i think asking for cash will, in the end, hurt ao and really...is a sig **that** important?

[SpitFire1299]

I think that we should have sigs back, but i really dont like this idea..

How about this.. We get sigs back, but we cant host them on AO. There are tons of host sites that you can just put your signature images on..

https://www.imageshack.us

https://www.photobucket.com

www.pbnation.com :rofl: