DiGiTaLFX

I agree that the gravatar-nagging could be done in a less annoying way, and probably almost as effectively. We definitely don’t want to make anyone annoyed. But we do want this forum community to be as lively and personal as we can make it. We’ll keep working on it.

Ben

PS. If I was really annoyed by the popup nag I would make a screengrab of the default blank bust and make that my gravatar! :) Or perhaps I’m missing the point?

ben, thanks, i suppose this is a political if not philosophical ‘victory’ for us unsocial bastards.

re: screengrab to gravatar – yes, of course i had thought of that, but that would defeat the purposefulness of my obections and ultimately admit defeat.

@DiGiTaLFX: sorry for hijacking your thread in general. it was ‘for the cause’ though…

I don’t particularly care for the Gravatar thing because I prefer, in general, to present myself differently in different fora. I used a different pic for Facebook from the one I use for ReverbNation, MySpace was different again, and so is C74. Luckily, this is the only system I subscribe to that uses Gravatar, so I can present myself in a uniquely Max-like (actually, Jitter-like, specifically Litter-Bundle-for-Jitter-like) manner.

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But while we’re on the subject of requests… any chance of filtering out messages from unwanted fellow users? (Ben’s been around long enough to know what I mean by a killfile.)

There are times when I am quite happy to help clueless noobs, but there are other periods when the mindboggling cluelessness starts to grate. On such days I am not one to suffer fools gladly and the list as a whole would be a happier, more peaceful place if I could remain blissfully unaware of the new and uncharted, abysmal levels of cluelessness that have been achieved by the upcoming generation of Maxer wannabes.

Update:
Well, right after posting this..the popup from gravatar shows up :(

ben claimed above that he has made this so it is not so often any more, but that is STILL not the case for me. every goddamn post i make, “the computer say gravatar”. in just a moment, i will click on ‘Send Post’ button, and an annoying reminder will dim my screen, tell me that i am a worthless member of the cyber community for not having a gravatar, and expect me to manually dismiss it before i can move on with my life.

see you on the other side…

@pid : the popup should show up approximately every 7th time you post. it’s dependent on cookies being able to be set in your browser.

@peter : consider your request heard. kill file will be considered.

@Ben: I appreciate it.

i think it is free of hassle and risk and beeing reminded of it will hopefully
make more people get one.

i will change my opinion when gravatar will get bought by google or bertelsmann.

quotes would be nice

as well as a private message function

and restore all the blank posts

i’ll think of more