why dont we have avatars?

[keithcdb]

Don't get me wrong Mike,
MIG is one of my fav sites and not trying to knock ya baby

Signatures yes, can slow down things, but there are options to turn it off.
I dont have problems with any of the 50 or so sites I visit with sigs at all.
MK3oc does have a rep system and I've never seen any probs there.
Rep system is really just tongue in cheek and not really anything to be too
cuaght up in, but it is nice, when you post a reply that you get a thank you
or its nice to thank people who are helpfull.

Oh yesh, membership has its privilidges
Fo sure dogg, I has me Amex card, me fly buissiness class (when I can) cos I likes to eats the cheezits i walk past the dumbasses poor working class folk as they tugg there forlocks at me.

reclning seats and the sweet chicko's who tucks me in and bring me a glass of spumanti
oh yeash, dats de live dogg, living large in mofo way.lmaolmaolmao

So, as you see I do appreciate your point, so other than avators, if I was to upgrade, what do I get from Mig den,

You do talk utter pish

[TINTIN]

Check out the membership page and it'll tell you what you get for your £15

If you not happy with the discounts and think you know of companies that we would benefit from pm me their details and i will get on the job so to speak.

[Paul]

Jaye,

If your such a fan of the site, join the club and help keep it running!

[Benn]

If you don't like the way the site is... Leave.

Members get better perks, simple as.

[GaryVaux]

If you don't like the way the site is... Leave.

Members get better perks, simple as.

harsh but truelmao

Avatars are just a pain in the ass, you already have a profile pic at the side, so theres no need

[jayporn]

Haven't seen Avatar yet, looks a good film tho jaye


Reckon Mig looks better without all the crap other sites have. Clean and simple ftw.
I thought the membership was £50 for some reason , Couple of my mates had it and couldn't get discounts

[Jasovanooo]

harsh but truelmao

Avatars are just a pain in the ass, you already have a profile pic at the side, so theres no need

isnt the pic at the side the avater then?

[GTE 16v]

What an utter waste of bandwidth this thread is.

[Trevor]

Trev,

Whilst I agree with banners can be a bit mad. And not too much of a fan of banners. You can turn off banners/avators/signatures in the settings (certainly on the other sites I've seen) so should not slow down or de-enhance your experience.

"user-base as large as MIG" lmao lmao
doode, compared to some sites Mig is defo small sized,
take a look at "Rennlist/Pelican parts" they are huge sites, about 10 times the size of this one. Nothing slow about them.

You just don't get it. Bandwidth and server speed co$t$ money. The Internet is not free. If MIG ends up hosting banners and avatars then every time they are downloaded to someone it uses bandwidth. The overall bandwidth used effects everyone else, as the server has to serve the images and they have to squeeze down the pipe, and the bigger the pipe, the more it costs.

So running a web site is about getting the most efficient resources for the money you have to spend. And a decision has been made that if you pay for membership you can have a small avatar. You can also have a three line, text only signature. This keeps server loads down and bandwidth uncluttered. Which means a cheaper server/hosting option.

Like everything else in the world a better service costs more. Speed costs.

[TINTIN]

I thought the membership was £50 for some reason , Couple of my mates had it and couldn't get discounts

Only for a traders account dude

[jaye944]

Looked it up,

Maybe if i was more of a VX head, the below may interest me, and a lot of the things on the forum are really basic on a lot of sites.

Also As I'm not staying in the country much longer the astra is just being limped till it falls apart.

Anyway I just wanted an avata

cheers Lads,
its good to chat


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[jaye944]

Actually Eve I agree thats a really good point Paul,

Although If I joined all the sites I'm on, a fairly large wack of my wages would be going out

I run a Porsche Forum, (Yahoo egroup) and quite happy to run a monthly advert FOC linking/advertinsing MIG

Jaye,

If your such a fan of the site, join the club and help keep it running!

[jaye944]

"To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable."

If you don't like the way the site is... Leave.

Members get better perks, simple as.

[jaye944]

doode,
I do geddit,
simple fact is there are other larger sites which has what I would consider basic features of a forum.

I answered that way because you stated that the reason was of the large user base on MIG, and its not that big all things considered, when you compare other sites which are far far larger, speed costs and better service costs fo-sure.

But a basic service is something entirly different.

ok, think of it like this

fly a number of airlines.

All of them are roughly priced the same,
You'd expect them to as a basic:
Have seats, toilet, ability to carry baggage and refreshments.

Now do you pay to use the toilet, how much is baggage limited to without paying extra,
are refreshments free.

Then consider, can you upgrade, fly buiness, get extra leg room baggage, louge, blah blah blah..

but the BASIC's of the flight and airline must be there.

Anywho,
all just food for thought

You just don't get it. Bandwidth and server speed co$t$ money. The Internet is not free. If MIG ends up hosting banners and avatars then every time they are downloaded to someone it uses bandwidth. The overall bandwidth used effects everyone else, as the server has to serve the images and they have to squeeze down the pipe, and the bigger the pipe, the more it costs.

So running a web site is about getting the most efficient resources for the money you have to spend. And a decision has been made that if you pay for membership you can have a small avatar. You can also have a three line, text only signature. This keeps server loads down and bandwidth uncluttered. Which means a cheaper server/hosting option.

Like everything else in the world a better service costs more. Speed costs.