They're called avatars, and the mods have been able to have them for a while, I think. I hope they don't let regular people have them.
Euroslavia
15-10-2005, 17:34
Here we go:
NS Mods, by Jolt's rules, are supposed to have avatars. Avatars do use up bandwidth, and thus cost money. Given the size of Jolt, they couldn't just give them out to everyone. They limited Avatars to three categories: a) 10,000+ posts, b) Mods/Admins, c) people who pay for their account.
The first category was removed pre-merger, presumably because of the post-whoring that goes on in Spam. 10,000 looks to be nothing to spam-forum regulars. This still left paid accounts and officials. Technically the NS Mods should have had avatars since Day 1, but it was never properly implimented, which is why some had The Eye and some of us didn't.