New Users Not Having Avatars

Lakoste

Professional
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

New User
when can you actually have avatar?Is it a post count or you have to wait untill youve been a member for some time?
 
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Mastadon_10S

Guest
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...
 
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Serendipitous

Guest
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.
 

Sentinel

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

Lakoste

Professional
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

Administrator
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
 
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