C'mon guys!
 

It's a new year so I went and cleared my ignore list. Some people were on it for being rude or just simply dumb but most people were there because they had obscene or "not workplace appropriate" avatars or pictures attached to their posts. It's embarassing when someone comes into my office and I appear to be scrolling down a porn site while viewing posts. Anyone who knows me or has seen my own pictures knows I'm not some puritan trying to force my morality on other people, but c'mon guys, this is a sports board; please be reasonable.

stop surfing the net and get to work! LOL.

poydras i went through this a few years back as a mod here and thought it outlined. but i have been gone for over a year so i am not updated as to what the guide lines are now. i agree with u. i had my job block the site a after it was seen by fellow employees back then. which was silly because it was a sports site.

I know i will get the "Let Freedom Ring" speech from members but it would be nice to a certain level of understanding on this topic and accept the fact that pushing this issue so close to limits only hurts a group of people here from being on at work and other places.

i understand your point of view. I view this site like a family. i have missed it while i was gone

Last year my 10 year old daughter walked up, looked over my shoulder, and said "Daddy, who's that girl?" ... what girl? I don't see any girl..."You think mommy knows who she is?"

LOL, well as a female board member, I have to say that "some" of the pictures are offensive to me.....I just try to ignore, and absorb what the thread I'm reading is all about. I dunno....just for me, glad my half-nude pic is not being displayed for all to see.....seems "just a tad" disrespectful, but that is JMO! ;) With that said, let the season begin!!!!!!!

To everyone:

We're moving to a new format for avatars and trying to fix this issue. In the mean time, please see this thread in the Support forum on how to block avatars, signatures and/or images while at work.

Link here

We plan on having an avatar/image policy in place before the season starts.

Thanks,

Halo

I totally agree with the sentiments posted on here. It is not that these people, myself included, are prudish but pictures of Saintsations are ok, but women with there butts in the air covered in oil... well, you get where I am going with this. I am all for freedom of speech and so on but does sexual imagery have to permeate every part of society. Can we not just be talking football and Black and Gold stuff. Haven't been on here for a while and have missed it. Just one more thing... GAME ON PEOPLE!!!!

You're not going to ban Zooey are you? She is quite pure and low-key you know. :mrgreen:

Sorry if I have offended anyone. I certainly see yall's point, and would hate for people to hide me just because my avatar was offensive.

I haven't had my avatars turned on for well over a year. I work in a doctor's office with patients and doctors coming in an out of my room. It got to much for me also(pornographic really) so guidelines were changed, people banned, and now there's an option to just turn it off. I miss seeing some of the cool looking avatars...but it is what it is. It's everywhere on every board... learn to deal with it as many other have and just turn it off.

I do miss looking at my cool little penguin though.

I think the problem is that nekkid honey badger you have there. LOL
Cause, you know...honey badger don't give a ****!

:doh:

Well I can see it, and it is cool. LOL

I try to use 'appropriate' avatars - went with Zooey last year, always a classy choice, and now the Honey Badger who, while his attitude is questionable, his image is harmless.

Keep it 'clean' y'all. There are plenty of attractive ladies who are fully clothed. LOL

Everybody just pick a care bear.

LMAO...OLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOL..hahahahahahah

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"Nekkid Honey Badger"

Now that's funny rite dere...:mrgreen:

I hear y'all. The near porn pics can be a lil over the top, but I can't see any real reason to change my av, shes fully dressed and as cute as a button.
Plus shes drunk, lol.

I know I was one of the ones on the ignore list. BWHAHAHAHAHAHA:bng:

Lesson Learned: Hagan should never leave that long again...

Consider it done.

Sorry if I offended. I was sorta just playing along. My wife questioned mine too and I just explained it away as one-upsmanship by a bunch of fellas on the board.

Truly sorry if I'm an offender.

Alaska

I love that u guys are not upset! Says a lot for this board! Classy!!! :)

Umm, I'm female and have never been offended by an avatar. It is to be expected, I'd say. Lighten up Francis!

Alldat, Joanie and Poydras... where ya'll been? The ladies are back! :D


A WORD ON AVATARS AND PROPER MODERATION.
Please remember football is a violent sport played by men. As such, beautiful women have always been a part of football too. While I do not speak for management, consider that unlike other websites this board has always been moderated at a PG-13 level and most likely will continue in that fashion. Members have always conducted themselves in the proper fashion.

This board has never needed to be over moderated and many of the avatars are no worse than you would see at the beach. If you thing an avatar is over the top, please send a private message to the member and ask them to change it before bringing it to management or to this forum. Most members understand and gladly change them at a simple request. If you feel that you need to turn off avatars at work or around children, please check your UserCP for these controls.

Guys... please keep your avatars in good taste and within the guidelines already set by management, and I think we will have no trouble.

Thank you ladies for understanding. Now let's get ready for the season.


Boys will be boys... Old habits are tough to break...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XCCzcMw9CY...tty_20porn.jpg

Yea... It's a good thing Brees is such a nice guy. :rolleyes:

I thought we went throught this a long time ago. I was wondering why it was slowly moving back in that direction, though. Ever since my last chastising I decided to go with an avatar that represented what sport was in season. I'm gonna keep the Lincecum (sp?) avatar, though, until the Giants are no longer world champs. (side-note...I've been a SF Giant fan since 1962 when I was placed on my first organized baseball team, the SF Giants in the pee-wee league at the Gulfport harbor.)

I like my avatar, though. Every time I look at it I imagine that I am about to hit against "The Freak". I'm not sure if that would be awesome or gruesome, though.



2nd side-note...Although I probably did, I hope I didn't make Poydras' ignore list.

I'm a Rangers fan. :disgusted::duel::cursing:

I liked the Dodgers when they played in Brooklyn....

That is honestly hilarious.

My condolences...:(

I'm a guy. I love women. I like porn. I like football. I love the Saints.

But I don't need to get them all in one place. The Internet is huge, so there's no need for near-porn on a sports board.

I haven't added anyone to the ignore list, but I did turn off the avatars in my user settings a LOOONG time ago. I just can't risk someone walking into my office and seeing something inappropriate on my screen.

LOL...my back is to the door, and anyone who walks past my office or to the door sees everything on my screen. Granted, we own the company, so the only person who will actually QUESTION me on it is the hubby, but at the same time, it does look really strange. I'm sure people wonder why I am looking at all these "in your face" b**bs! ;) Nope, my door doesn't swing both ways! Anyway, to those of you who decided to change to less pornographic avatars, thank you! And to those who decided to keep theirs....I can live with it...that is between you, your spouse, your significant other, your boss, your kids, etc. :) Let's play ball!!!!!!

Well I hope my avatar is not too offensive. These days, you never can tell.

:lol::smokin:

I don't think anybody should change anything until Poydras puts her old avatar back up there...the one in the shorts.

The real one or the little caricature? I still have the real one on my profile if you mean the one at Pat Obriens.
To be honest, I had planned to make this post, just to let people know I was having office issues with some avatars, let people see it and flame me if they wanted, and then I was going to come back later and delete the entire thread as to not be a distraction. Unfortunately, I found out that deleting posts isn't an option anymore. Oh well, best intentions and all.......

No way man... someone could be looking over my shoulder and think I'm cruising porn. :beatnik:

Last year... I'd be the first to admit that it had gotten out of hand .
Ladies... this board has been cleaned up. Look around.

This year I haven't seen one avatar that is that offensive...

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com...0387743482.jpg

The real one...where you are wearing the white shorts. Actually the one before that one was good, too. Weren't you in the Superdome?

I don't think this relationship is going anywhere LB.

http://www.clevelandseniors.com/imag...og-cat-hug.jpg

Yes. My avatar before the little cartoon caricature was a picture of me in my seat in the SuperDome but that picture, as well as the Pat Obriens picture is a little dated now.

Hear, hear! The T&A on this board is redonkulous.
Don't they make sites for y'all to go do that stuff?
Not all of us are dudes! THANK YE KINDLY!

Gotta say, like the sense of humour here, but here in the Deep South we are the last bastion of having some class when it comes semi-public forum...

Maybe we could show a little class?!?

My avatar is the best avatar ever!!!! I won't be changing it anytime soon!!!!