| Avatars and sigs - why?
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Do you people really need to have avatars and signatures? Personally I think they make this place look like some crappy teener site. I really cant understand how people think that having some shitty animation or picture is a good idea. Many times i will be reading a thread and wont even bother looking at some peoples posts regardless of how knowledgable or experienced they may be, purely because of their annoying avatar or picture. I usually think 'this guy's a tit i wont bother reading what he has to say' and scroll down to the next one with a less offending avatar or signature.
Im not knocking the site, i think its one of the best dive forums ive been on (definetly the best one in the UK at present) but i'd prefer it if the cheese was toned down so I could view it at work without people thinking im viewing an Aol Pop Idol forum or something...
What does everyone else think, are the shit graphics and stuff usefull to this sites aims?
Happy diving
Ben
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