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[JohnBitCo]

I am wearing this avatar for a long time and it is an animated one. But for sometime now, animated avatar has been discontinued  and only static avatar can be worn.

Can i know the reason for this change because animated avatar looks more attractive and also it does not consume any extra data/network cost.

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[bL4nkcode]

People are somewhat irritated about the animated avatars that's why there's a solution made, yet theymos completely disabled it for good, though I don't know the primary reasons but you can check:

OK, APNGs are now detected. Old ones are grandfathered for now, in part because people have ongoing campaigns, but in the future I might (or might not) go through and remove them.

[Rikafip]

I don't know how it was before, but I think that I would be extremely annoyed with everyone wearing those animated avatars. It's one thing seeing an ocassional animated avatar like it is now, but seeing whole thread full of those tacky things is something completely different.

Anyway, good call by theymos and I hope he doesn't change his mind and bring that back.

[Charles-Tim]

I do not know if others see it as I am seeing it, that one alone beside the OP post is distracting me from reading, if many members are wearing animated avatar, it will be a distraction, some people still go by disabling avatar and signature, more people will because of this animation thing disable avatar and signature ads because it will be disturbing reading what others are posting, the animation will be appreaing annoying.

[JohnBitCo]

I do not know if others see it as I am seeing it, that one alone beside the OP post is distracting me from reading, if many members are wearing animated avatar, it will be a distraction, some people still go by disabling avatar and signature, more people will because of this animation thing disable avatar and signature ads because it will be disturbing reading what others are posting, the animation will be appreaing annoying.

Good for you that now almost none of the members wear the animated avatar expect me.   (as it distracts your reading )

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Any idea how many of the forum members are still wearing the animated avatar or i am the only one left  ?

[DdmrDdmr]

They were disabled in february 2019, as depicted in this thread: Stop animated images in FireFox / Tor browser / Chrome.

Apparently, they were not intended to be allowed, buy PNGs managed to get away with it until the matter was looked into and promptly handled:

OK, APNGs are now detected. Old ones are grandfathered for now, in part because people have ongoing campaigns, but in the future I might (or might not) go through and remove them.

They were pretty annoying and distracting when reading (remaining still are ..., but there aren't that many around visually).

[OcTradism]

Any idea how many of the forum members are still wearing the animated avatar or i am the only one left  ?

You are not alone and there are members who wear animated avatars. Some of them are yahoo62278 or Vod.

Animated avatar like the one is worn by Vod is not annoying. It is slow and friendly enough. You even don't realize it is an animated avatar if you don't look at it for a few seconds.

[Lucius]

Can i know the reason for this change because animated avatar looks more attractive and also it does not consume any extra data/network cost.

I remember very well how the story started about the need to ban animated avatars, and the Stake signature/avatar campaign is to blame for everything, because in addition to a bunch of shit posters, they also had horribly irritating avatars. There is always someone to blame for something, and when someone abuses something, then the only way is a complete ban - luckily, there are not too many old animated avatars, so some have managed to keep them until today. But maybe your question will remind the admin of the possibility of removing them - although it is not certain on his priority list.

It all started with Stake.com's "hyperactive" animated avatars and i bet it will end with their avatars too.

[Timelord2067]

I dunno, I kind of like seeing some of the more "animated" avatars were distracting in a good way - there was one of two flies forever walking in circles, then there was an infinity symbol with coloured lines like race tracks or something (you had to see it)  Another one I think is Charles Manson pretending he's mad.  I've seen old gifs that have stuff such as cogs turning , or, a radio tower with stylaised lightning (think the RKO logo).  The choices are endless.

If people say that avatar's are "distracting" simply by being animated - then it begs the question "Why have avatars at all?"  -  The whole point of an avatar is for them to be viewed.  QED.

[Igebotz]

Any idea how many of the forum members are still wearing the animated avatar or I am the only one left?

There are numerous old members of the forum still wearing the animated avatar( very simple and beautiful) unlike your own which is very detrimental in the eyes, don't you think it is high time you change it?

I think there are several old newbies still wearing avatars, today it is impossible; theymos deactivated so many things when he became the administrator.

[Rikafip]

Animated avatar like the one is worn by Vod is not annoying. It is slow and friendly enough. You even don't realize it is an animated avatar if you don't look at it for a few seconds.

Damn, I knew that I am not the most perceptive person, but didn't know I suck this much. I've been on the forum for almost two years now, saw Vod avatar God knows how many times and I never realized its actually animated.

/facepalm

[Timelord2067]

theymos deactivated so many things when he became the administrator.

Which begs the question "Where is theymos?"  -  You would be better appealing to LoyceV who appears to have taken over ownership of the Forum (case in point - all of the missives that LoyceV has issued as *cough* "suggestions" as to how the members of the Forum should behave.).

The more "changes" theymos makes to the Forum, the less likely an replacement will happen anytime soon.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

I do not know if others see it as I am seeing it, that one alone beside the OP post is distracting me from reading, if many members are wearing animated avatar, it will be a distraction, some people still go by disabling avatar and signature, more people will because of this animation thing disable avatar and signature ads because it will be disturbing reading what others are posting, the animation will be appreaing annoying.

Man....I've had avatars and signatures disabled for years.  They're two of the things I could never stand about discussion forums in general.  On some other forums I've belonged to, signatures can (and often do) take up more space than a member's post.  There's one forum I used to lurk on where moderation was nowhere near as strict as it is here, and there were tons of "+1", "LOL", and similar one-line crap, over and over, but most of the space was taken up by avatars and signatures.  Drives me up a wall.

That's just me, though.  I get that a lot of people like seeing avatars & sigs, but animated ones?  I think that would drive even the calmest, most tolerant person batty. 

Which begs the question "Where is theymos?"

I think he still exists, though I don't have any proof other than the PM I got from his account when I got my sMerit allocation upped a few weeks ago.  Lol.  Makes me wonder if there's any sort of plan in place should he become incapacitated or whatever.  As for where he is at the moment, my guess is that he's sipping margaritas on a nice beach somewhere.

[mindrust]

I am wearing this avatar for a long time and it is an animated one. But for sometime now, animated avatar has been discontinued  and only static avatar can be worn.

Can i know the reason for this change because animated avatar looks more attractive and also it does not consume any extra data/network cost.

If I remember this right, theymos removed them because they were too distracting. He disabled them right before sig camps starting to go crazy on them. If he didn't, we all would be wearing animated, flashy avatars and the place would look like a Chinese brothel.

It was a good call for our eye health.

[skarais]

If I remember this right, theymos removed them because they were too distracting. He disabled them right before sig camps starting to go crazy on them. If he didn't, we all would be wearing animated, flashy avatars and the place would look like a Chinese brothel.

It was a good call for our eye health.

Is it right? I think you've provided a great example to illustrate how annoying the forum looks because of animated avatars. Lol

Personally maybe I don't really like using animated avatars as they might have a bit of strain on the eyes. Obviously if all bounty campaign and signature campaign require forum users to use animated avatar then I think there's a lot of time wasted just watching those avatar dance. It seems theymos has made a proper effort to ban animated avatar from growing on the forum.

[LoyceV]

Whenever I look at a website without Adblock, I'm instantly annoyed by many blinking images. It distracts, and I'm glad it was banned. Many people don't seem to realize how nice a quiet environment is.

Which begs the question "Where is theymos?"  -  You would be better appealing to LoyceV who appears to have taken over ownership of the Forum (case in point - all of the missives that LoyceV has issued as *cough* "suggestions" as to how the members of the Forum should behave.).

Your conspiracies are getting better

[jamyr]

Just my opinion:

I do not agree in considering all animated avatars to be annoying, just the heavily animated ones.
There are avatars that has very minimal animation (eg. ibminer) , that is very cute and amusing actually.

These emojis have a bit of animation too,

       

And they don't seem to be annoying at all.

Damn, I knew that I am not the most perceptive person, but didn't know I suck this much. I've been on the forum for almost two years now, saw Vod avatar God knows how many times and I never realized its actually animated.

/facepalm

Huh, lemme join you.

/facepalm

[Timelord2067]

Your conspiracies are getting better

As quickseller would say:

... you didn't deny it ...

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

I do not agree in considering all animated avatars to be annoying, just the heavily animated ones.

Actually Nobody is saying all the animated avatar were annoying but at a time the forum was looking like something else and due to this feature been disabled the forum is now quite better. The casino related campaign made it very difficult to concentrate with all the movement ongoing on the left side of the forum especially when you visited the gambling board. I remember many people complaining resulting to theymos making the call to deactivate it. Even the not so annoying ones became annoying when they were numerous in display.

The truth is the forum is quite better this way. Even before the banned there was solutions coming out like; Stop animated images in FireFox / Tor browser / Chrome so interesting discussion went on there.

[Upgrade00]

I do not agree in considering all animated avatars to be annoying, just the heavily animated ones.

If avatars were still allowed by the forum, campaigns would not want to go for the easy-on-the eys designs, but the heavily animated ones which they believe would attract more attention. You can see this by checking many sites today, which depends on flashy animated designs with blinkering ads.
Disabling animated signatures seems to be the best option to keep the forum sane for viewers.