Why are images not allowed in signatures?

[LinusTech]

10 hours ago, H0R53 said:

We've had meaningful conversations before, do I seem like they type to 'slap memes in my signature'? No, I'm not. I have a custom banner I made and I use it on Tom's Hardware and every other forum I can. It has the name and manufacturer (me and me) of my PC and some basic specs and bench info. 

 

I'd be happy with a 50x150 or 50x100 sig limit.

It's not going to happen because I don't like scrolling past them. I find them distracting.

[iamdarkyoshi]

2 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

It's not going to happen because I don't like scrolling past them. I find them distracting.

You're distracting.

[LinusTech]

1 minute ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

You're distracting.

^ banned for shitposting.

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

^ banned for shitposting.

Well that just escalated quickly

[LinusTech]

3 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Well that just escalated quickly

Don't make me use this:

 

[manikyath]

9 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

It's not going to happen because I don't like scrolling past them. I find them distracting.

i think this is all the explanation we need

 

that said, yes, they're defenately beyond sensible amounts of distracting.

[iamdarkyoshi]

4 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

Don't make me use this:

 

http://imgur.com/pFYDjX3

 

Hey that was my joke

https://linustechtips.com/main/profile/128204-iamdarkyoshi/?status=155240&type=status

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

Don't make me use this:

 

It's bluue.

[LinusTech]

8 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Hey that was my joke

https://linustechtips.com/main/profile/128204-iamdarkyoshi/?status=155240&type=status

And now it's mine. BANNED.

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

3 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

And now it's mine. BANNED.

can you ban me too? 

[handymanshandle]

LinusSaltTips

[MoonlightSylv]

13 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

And now it's mine. BANNED.

DOUBLE KILL

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

Just now, ShadowTechXTS said:

DOUBLE KILL

if Linus was an Overwatch hero his ultimate would be to ban the enemy team.

[Aaronius_Leonius]

19 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

And now it's mine. BANNED.

I think linus is gonna start his own band

[iamdarkyoshi]

25 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

And now it's mine. BANNED.

If you were a regular user, I'd imagine you'd have so many warning points by now, just saying

[Aaronius_Leonius]

2 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

If you were a regular user, I'd imagine you'd have so many warning points by now, just saying

I think someone's jealous. 

[Droidbot]

has Linus enabled sv_trollmode 1 or something? 

at a point of one warning point per shitpost he'd be banned by now

[TheRandomness]

5 hours ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

If you were a regular user, I'd imagine you'd have so many warning points by now, just saying

Don't question Linus, or he'll use his ultimate weapon on you:

Spoiler

combined with

You'd be stuck banned forever

 

[LogicalDrm]

@H0R53,

If vocal majority being against your suggestion didn't have any effect, how about owner level response?

[Bouzoo]

42 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Don't question Linus, or he'll use his ultimate weapon on you:

 

This is the proper BANHAMMER used on this forum: 

 

 

 

 

Stolen from alpenwasser few years back

[Ithanul]

On 2/18/2017 at 1:20 AM, W-L said:

The main reason images aren't allowed is to prevent clutter and excess bandwidth that would be incurred to mobile users. 

Agreed, plus, they are annoying to deal with on a slow connection too.

 

Plus, I still remember forums back in the 90s.  Talk about excessive abuse and eye sores.

[Shahnewaz]

I'm surprised so many people are defending the idea of not allowing pictures on signatures, while they themselves have all kinds of fancy styled and distracting text, quotes and mentions on their signatures. And some signatures are quite long and filled with text. I'm no exception.

 

For that, the "show more" option exists. And if you are distracted by whatever ends up showing on top, you can disable showing other peoples' signatures completely as well.

 

So disallowing images on signatures because its distracting is really a moot point. It already is.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

4 hours ago, Shahnewaz said:

I'm surprised so many people are defending the idea of not allowing pictures on signatures, while they themselves have all kinds of fancy styled and distracting text, quotes and mentions on their signatures. And some signatures are quite long and filled with text. I'm no exception.

 

For that, the "show more" option exists. And if you are distracted by whatever ends up showing on top, you can disable showing other peoples' signatures completely as well.

 

So disallowing images on signatures because its distracting is really a moot point. It already is.

Then give me one reason why it should be allowed. I can't think of a single one.

[Shahnewaz]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Then give me one reason why it should be allowed. I can't think of a single one.

Just because you think you have no reason to include images in your signature doesn't mean everyone else does.

The reason this thread was created is because OP wanted to put an image on his signature.

 

Give me one reason why fancy long text and quotes on signatures should be allowed. "I can't think of a single one."

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

4 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

Just because you think you have no reason to include images in your signature doesn't mean everyone else does.

The reason this thread was created is because OP wanted to put an image on his signature.

 

Give me one reason why fancy long text and quotes on signatures should be allowed. "I can't think of a single one."

Oy, then enlighten me. That's why I'm bloody asking mate.