OUTRAGEOUS BANNERS. WTF?!
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 8:16 pm
So about a couple of months ago, we had a community debate involving myself, the Administrators and many other readers and authors. (See here: https://tugstories.com/viewtopic.php?p=120944#p120944) The outcome of the debate was that banners would mercifully be allowed to remain (thank you Admins) but that I would agree to limit the height of all new banners to 300 pixels in height MAX (and aim to make them closer to 250), as opposed to the 350 pixels high banners I'd made for several members this past year.
I get it, I really do.
It makes sense.
Banners are rectangular-shaped images with a 3:1 length to height ratio.
It's always been that way, on every forum since the early 2000s.
Unfortunately, more and more users are trying their hand at making their own banners now, all the while seeming blissfully unaware of concepts like: reason & moderation. It's sad, 'cause its the same thing in real life. People wonder why there are so many laws, most of which seem unnecessary to reasonable citizens. The sad truth is that laws are created due to a small percentage of people not having enough common sense to know when a line has been crossed. Hence the need for more and more regulations.
In short, I create most of the banners here, but with more and more users now making their own banners, the problem is now well out of my control.
We now have users sporting SQUARE-shaped banners over 500 pixels high (basically twice the height of the average banner). Soon we will have new users making them 600 pixels high and 700 pixels high. Eventually, the complaints will pile up, and the Administration team will tire and close down the banner option altogether, penalising the 99% of us who did not abuse the system.
I get it, I really do.
It makes sense.
Banners are rectangular-shaped images with a 3:1 length to height ratio.
It's always been that way, on every forum since the early 2000s.
Unfortunately, more and more users are trying their hand at making their own banners now, all the while seeming blissfully unaware of concepts like: reason & moderation. It's sad, 'cause its the same thing in real life. People wonder why there are so many laws, most of which seem unnecessary to reasonable citizens. The sad truth is that laws are created due to a small percentage of people not having enough common sense to know when a line has been crossed. Hence the need for more and more regulations.
In short, I create most of the banners here, but with more and more users now making their own banners, the problem is now well out of my control.
We now have users sporting SQUARE-shaped banners over 500 pixels high (basically twice the height of the average banner). Soon we will have new users making them 600 pixels high and 700 pixels high. Eventually, the complaints will pile up, and the Administration team will tire and close down the banner option altogether, penalising the 99% of us who did not abuse the system.
If you have a banner that's twice the size of everyone else's, here's my message:
DON'T BE THE BAD APPLE THAT SPOILS THE ENTIRE BARREL.
THANK YOU FOR NOT ABUSING THE SYSTEM.
THANK YOU FOR BEING REASONABLE SO THAT THE REST OF US ARE NOT PENALISED.
DON'T BE THE BAD APPLE THAT SPOILS THE ENTIRE BARREL.
THANK YOU FOR NOT ABUSING THE SYSTEM.
THANK YOU FOR BEING REASONABLE SO THAT THE REST OF US ARE NOT PENALISED.