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Pictures in AfterHours

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  • 21-10-2011 3:58am
    #1
    Hal Emmerich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭


    Is it time to bring pics back in there?

    Trial maybe....
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    The Recliner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,630 ✭✭✭The Recliner


    Hal Emmerich wrote: »
    Is it time to bring pics back in there?

    Trial maybe....

    Can I ask what improvement you think it will bring to the forum as it seems to be ticking along quite well?

    Do you think the problems that lead to the getting rid of pics from AH in the first place have gone away?

    I am sure the AH Mods will be open to a discussion on the topic and I will approach it with an open mind I jsut want to know why you think it will improve the forum?

    Thanks
    Rec


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    hidinginthebush
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,679 ✭✭✭hidinginthebush


    Why were pics banned from AH in the first place?


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    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Hal Emmerich wrote: »
    Is it time to bring pics back in there?

    Trial maybe....
    x1pdjLWpBO_E_FeoQtjWJex0FcJiJozYqhRZw9odnTXVCp_t7tbApdkGE_O9moPAuv6FQzPVMbRZu8pmu5Cz4Gb16muRNX5IOMa72kJpg2Ps1d96lDfTu3I7ebnR58qO85DgiSgy9u2TwvbvwR0X_D28Q


    Cool vids and links for pics, otherwise we will be bogged down in "entertaining" pictures like above.


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    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,729 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Pics have been banned from AH for a while now, and I don't think I was around when they were even allowed, but I'd assume they were banned because people would just start responding with pictures, or lolcats, or memes etc rather than actually engaging in the conversation, then it becomes a picture battle with people trying to post a better picture.

    I think AH is better off without them. You can still link to a picture you think is really worthy of being posted on the thread.


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    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Penn wrote: »
    Pics have been banned from AH for a while now, and I don't think I was around when they were even allowed, but I'd assume they were banned because people would just start responding with pictures, or lolcats, or memes etc rather than actually engaging in the conversation, then it becomes a picture battle with people trying to post a better picture.

    I think AH is better off without them. You can still link to a picture you think is really worthy of being posted on the thread.
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    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Pictures are hilarious in the right context and used in measured way but the place would just be inundated with pictures as a replacement for expression as opposed to complementing it.


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    #8
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Pics have been disabled in AH many years. The reason, I presume, is that people posted "funny" pictures instead of discussing properly, using words.
    For instance
    There's still CVPL for that stuff.

    Btw, you should have seen Feedback before the use of lolcats were clamped down on :D

    In essence, I'm not for it.


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    justsomebloke
    Registered Users Posts: 10,407 ✭✭✭✭justsomebloke


    biko wrote: »
    Btw, you should have seen Feedback before the use of lolcats were clamped down on :D.

    I miss the flash hate mobs:(


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    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,582 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    Nah, the place would turn into 4chan. It's a discussion forum, not an image forum.


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    #11
    Adyx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭Adyx


    Imagine all the animated smilies we'd be subjected to.


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    [Deleted User]
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    It would move AH one step closer to becoming an Irish /b/ in my opinion.


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    Hal Emmerich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭Hal Emmerich


    1 For,

    Lots Against.

    Another of Hals suggestions gets shot down. LOL

    The main reason I was for it was....when someone quotes an anyway longish News Article of an important Topic, the auld Pics that get deleted can break up the wall of text and help get the story/point across and their might be a few less of the TL.DR posts when a serious Topic is worth talking about in AfterHours.

    Also, some of the funniest posts I've come across are well timed funny pics.

    I think folks are pretty quick to grasp the rules now, most Forums that I follow run without trouble so it could have been worth a shot to see how it went, easy to turn it off again if it didn't work.


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    #14
    Hal Emmerich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭Hal Emmerich


    Karsini wrote: »
    It would move AH one step closer to becoming an Irish /b/ in my opinion.
    What's this?


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    [Deleted User]
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    Hal Emmerich wrote: »
    What's this?
    You really don't want to know. ;)


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    Super-Rush
    Registered Users Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    Hal Emmerich wrote: »
    1 For,

    Lots Against.

    Another of Hals suggestions gets shot down. LOL

    The main reason I was for it was....when someone quotes an anyway longish News Article of an important Topic, the auld Pics that get deleted can break up the wall of text and help get the story/point across and their might be a few less of the TL.DR posts when a serious Topic is worth talking about in AfterHours.

    Also, some of the funniest posts I've come across are well timed funny pics.

    I think folks are pretty quick to grasp the rules now, most Forums that I follow run without trouble so it could have been worth a shot to see how it went, easy to turn it off again if it didn't work.

    Usually when an article is quoted, the link to it is provided as well. You could just click the link and read it the way you want to.


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    #17
    phasers
    Registered Users Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    If you use touch.boards.ie , pictures are viewable in AH.


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    Hal Emmerich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭Hal Emmerich


    super-rush wrote: »
    Usually when an article is quoted, the link to it is provided as well. You could just click the link and read it the way you want to.
    I would rarely click the link so I doubt others would.


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    #19
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    Hal Emmerich wrote: »
    I would rarely click the link so I doubt most do.

    How else would you know that the person wasn't just making it all up?


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    #20
    Hal Emmerich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭Hal Emmerich


    super-rush wrote: »
    How else would you know that the person wasn't just making it all up?
    I trust my fellow boardies....












    ah no, sure you'd know by reading it, unless it was some really weird story, then I'd probably follow it....unless it's one of those tiny links that are popping up abit more frequently lately.


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    #21
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    sheep1.jpg


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    #22
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 22,775 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    ^^ That is why images are not allowed in AH. ^^

    vv Same as this. vv

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