Why aren't the regulars allowed to have avatars?
It's apparent that we can't, but I can't find anywhere where it says WHY we can't. It seems as though the rest of Jolt lets everyone use avatars, so why is it mod only here?
I V Stalin
06-10-2006, 14:55
It's apparent that we can't, but I can't find anywhere where it says WHY we can't. It seems as though the rest of Jolt lets everyone use avatars, so why is it mod only here?
If you pay to use Jolt, you get an avatar.
Well that's bollocks. Doesn't say anything about that in the FAQ....
HC Eredivisie
06-10-2006, 15:54
The NS FAQ? Well, since that FAQ was written before the move to Jolt....
Erastide
06-10-2006, 20:51
If you pay to use Jolt, you get an avatar.
well, except if you're a NS player. Tis my understanding even NS ppl can't pay for avvies.
The Most Glorious Hack
06-10-2006, 21:27
Well that's bollocks.Do you have any idea how much it would cost to give everyone an avatar? This isn't an Invisionfree forum with 15 members. It adds up. And if you think the forums are loading slow now...
jolt.co.uk public forums Statistics
Threads: 394,515, Posts: 9,737,580, Members: 1,192,955
HC Eredivisie
06-10-2006, 21:35
I've always loved the fact that over 4.5 million (or half of the posts on Jolt (!)) are made in NSG and II:p
Do you have any idea how much it would cost to give everyone an avatar? This isn't an Invisionfree forum with 15 members. It adds up. And if you think the forums are loading slow now...
I meant that it was bollocks that you had to pay. Not that you don't give us them. But maybe everyone who say, gets past 10k posts should get an avatar? That's only a few select people. About ten, I think, that are still active. I don't think Eutrusca would even want one. How much do they cost each, anyways?
The NS FAQ? Well, since that FAQ was written before the move to Jolt....
No... I meant the Jolt FAQ. Why would I read the NS FAQ when it has something to do with Jolt?
Kahanistan
06-10-2006, 23:29
I meant that it was bollocks that you had to pay. Not that you don't give us them. But maybe everyone who say, gets past 10k posts should get an avatar? That's only a few select people. About ten, I think, that are still active. I don't think Eutrusca would even want one. How much do they cost each, anyways?
*p|20(33|)5 +0 /\/\@55!\/31y p05+\/\/|-|0|23*
Translation: *proceeds to massively postwhore*
Oh, only 7,730 posts left.
The Most Glorious Hack
06-10-2006, 23:31
I meant that it was bollocks that you had to pay.Mmmhmm. Because free hosting for our roughly 4 million posts isn't enough?
Mmmhmm. Because free hosting for our roughly 4 million posts isn't enough?
Well, Invisionfree does it. Runboard does it. A lot of people do it. So why shouldn't Jolt...?
Shazbotdom
07-10-2006, 02:05
It could be because of bandwith issues?
There are how many nations on NS? And how many of them have forum accounts?
Math comes out to one hell of a lot
The Most Glorious Hack
07-10-2006, 02:34
Ahem.
NationStates (351 Viewing)
www.nationstates.net
Threads: 181,991
Posts: 5,664,809
Magnitude of scale. NationStates alone has over five and a half million posts. Jolt as a whole has 9.7 million. We already take up more than half of their posts and we don't pay a dime. Restricting avatars seems more than reasonable. And, again, they restrict the rest of the boards, too. The 10,000 post bonus was removed.
Bazalonia
07-10-2006, 02:43
Well, Invisionfree does it. Runboard does it. A lot of people do it. So why shouldn't Jolt...?
If you can get an invision free or Runboard with the 5 million posts and a million accounts congratulations. just don't expect it to work... at all.
I V Stalin
07-10-2006, 03:33
And, again, they restrict the rest of the boards, too. The 10,000 post bonus was removed.
10000 post bonus? What was that?
Ahem.
Magnitude of scale. NationStates alone has over five and a half million posts. Jolt as a whole has 9.7 million. We already take up more than half of their posts and we don't pay a dime. Restricting avatars seems more than reasonable. And, again, they restrict the rest of the boards, too. The 10,000 post bonus was removed.
Meh. I still want my avatar... :(
Flibbleites
07-10-2006, 03:40
If you can get an invision free or Runboard with the 5 million posts and a million accounts congratulations. just don't expect it to work... at all.
Or at least not well. *shudders at the memory of the pre-Jolt forums*
Shazbotdom
07-10-2006, 04:23
Meh. I still want my avatar... :(
It's not going to happen so stop pushing it...
The Most Glorious Hack
07-10-2006, 07:14
10000 post bonus? What was that?It used to be that once you got 10000 posts, you could have an avatar. I believe Jolt dropped that.
And, really, since they have a spam forum, it's not like 10k is especially difficult.
Back in the day we didn't even have sigs!
...I want the old forum back :(
Hydesland
11-10-2006, 21:15
I posted this same thread last month!
Frisbeeteria
11-10-2006, 21:25
I close this same thread about every month!