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Captain Spiky

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14^th Apr 2006 at 11:55 am

Cockwomble

Why is it that so many people post photos of themselves in the Photo Gallery without putting who they are? Why are we always expected to guess? I know who most people are, but not all... I imagine that any newbies looking wouldn't have a clue who anyone was.

It would be better if there was a thing on each photo saying who had posted it...

Or if people just put their damn name under their photos.

And no, putting 'me' does not count.

Now that we're here we may as well go too far.

Dr Namgge

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14^th Apr 2006 at 12:38 pm

err, but what about photo's of person A posted by person B? saying who posted won't help identify who it is in the photo

_{if it helps, none of the photo's in the gallery are of me}

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Chris Kamara

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14^th Apr 2006 at 12:47 pm

yeah, having the poster's ID under the photo isn't going to benefit anyone.

besides, half the fun is guessing.

Captain Spiky

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14^th Apr 2006 at 5:35 pm

Cockwomble

*sigh* Obviously people sometimes post photos of someone else. Whoopdy f*cking doo.
9 times out of 10 people post photos of themselves. Therefore knowing who had posted it would help in most situations.

The point I'm making is that people should just put their name below their photos. I thought the idea was to see what people look like, not play a guessing game. Especially as other members often post 'who is this?' and never get a reply. What's the point of putting an anonymous photo up there?

Now that we're here we may as well go too far.

Chris Kamara

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19^th Apr 2006 at 12:32 am

Quote: Milhouse_

*sigh* Obviously people sometimes post photos of someone else. Whoopdy f*cking doo.
9 times out of 10 people post photos of themselves. Therefore knowing who had posted it would help in most situations.

9 out of 10 is just plucked out of thin air.
just knowing who posted the photo in 'most' situations isn't going to eradicate the problem, so it's effectively pointless making any alterations.

plus, there is more than one gallery... we don't really need to know who posted 'random' images.

there's an option to post a caption when you upload a photo. people know what it's for.

in any case, adding a function to show who posted each photo isn't going to help with existing photos, particularly from members who are no longer regular, so any new member looking through them is going to be none the wiser.

Captain Spiky

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19^th Apr 2006 at 1:54 am

Cockwomble

Fine, so the thing showing you who has posted each photo is a bad idea. Fair enough. It was just a random suggestion that popped into my head when I was making the post. No big deal.

All I was saying is that I think people should post their name under their photos. A simple, logical request, more for other people's benefit than mine.

But nevermind, I shall take my suggestions and my apparent double standards elsewhere.

*slightly bitter*

Now that we're here we may as well go too far.

Dissimulation

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21^st Apr 2006 at 2:03 am

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wombat

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21^st Apr 2006 at 9:23 am

Technically sexy.

I disagree with Martin. Having the name of the person who posted the picture would be useful, as not only does it a record of who posted what, but I am willing to assume that the vast majority of times people post pictures of themselves rather than somebody else. Even if thats not the case, knowing who posted it would be helpful as a) you know who to ask if you wonder who it is and b) It would be quite nice to know who's been posting pictures of you.

And no, making a photo album into a guessing game is NOT half the f*cking fun.

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Chris Kamara

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21^st Apr 2006 at 9:28 am

yeah, because i was being very serious in saying that

Dissimulation

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21^st Apr 2006 at 10:04 pm

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So who's gonna tell the mod off for conversing on the board then

Dissimulation

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21^st Apr 2006 at 10:32 pm

Yeah, I think it's just a case of some people forgetting who does and doesn't have juristiction over this board.

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