New Users Not Having Avatars

[Lakoste]

Theres a new thread every week from a new user asking why they can't have an avatar, and at first I brushed it off but now I'm wondering why they can't have avatars? Signatures I can kind of guess, they can spam in them, but avatars? Same with editing posts, I've never heard of a spammer actually coming back after they spam to edit their posts and get rid of the "evidence".

Just some food for thought...

 

[KOPT]

when can you actually have avatar?Is it a post count or you have to wait untill youve been a member for some time?

 

[Mastadon_10S]

Theres a new thread every week from a new user asking why they can't have an avatar, and at first I brushed it off but now I'm wondering why they can't have avatars? Signatures I can kind of guess, they can spam in them, but avatars? Same with editing posts, I've never heard of a spammer actually coming back after they spam to edit their posts and get rid of the "evidence".

Just some food for thought...

you can have a signature before you can an avatar...

 

[Serendipitous]

when can you actually have avatar?Is it a post count or you have to wait untill youve been a member for some time?

You need to have at least 50 posts, and you're almost there.

 

[KOPT]

5 more posts and im there....need to start working

 

[Fee]

5 more posts and im there....need to start working

read the thread stickied above this one.

 

[Sentinel]

i really would recommend that users be allowed an avatar as they join. Would save a lot of threads.

 

[diredesire]

i really would recommend that users be allowed an avatar as they join. Would save a lot of threads.

It would also save a lot of threads if new users were forced to read the stickies

 

[Lakoste]

It would also save a lot of threads if new users were forced to read the stickies

Sadly, I can't think of any way to force them to read it. Even if you incorporate it somehow into the registration process, people will just scroll right by it... similar to the Terms of Service we have to agree to.


Easiest way is to just give Newbs the ability to have Avatars...

 

[TW Staff]

We had issues in the past allowing new users to have avatars. New user names now appear in green and avatars are not allowed until a post count of 50 has been reached.

This policy is not going to change.

Chris, TW