Request about signature banners

Nothing wrong with signature banners, hell I even use one myself

But a few of you have banners that are pretty explicit when at work. They are pretty to look at of course (who minds a girl in skimpy lingerie) but again, not really suited for work environments. One of my options is to turn of signatures when at work, the other one is to ask you to consider the fact many forumites are at work

So my Resident Question: Could the designers of sexy stuff, make their banners a bit less graphical, so they are also suited for work environments where we should not be on the forums in the first place.

Cheers, Marcel

I think you answered your own question.

Pep (or don't access the forums at work)

agrees with pep.

I keep images turned off because I find it highly irritating to see the same ones over and over and over and...

Can always then either click or cut 'n paste links when I choose to look at something posted.

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Aes

I like to have sigs on, and I'd like to make a different request...

Will those who have wide signatures please narrow them by adding one or two Returns, as they ruin the forum display.

In most cases, the sig will actually be improved. E.g. a text URL followed by a wide graphic on the same line is a bad way to display it, but a text URL with a graphic on the next line is much better. There's the odd one that has a very wide graphic, and that would be better with its size reduced.

it never ceases to amaze me how uptight the workplaces of some of you are.
im not speaking of this case specifically either, but the general idea of 'nsfw'.
i reckon its a cultural thing.

jeeze you people.

Worry about yourself. Do what it takes to fix your experience without asking people to alter there's for you.

Turn off signatures. It seems rather extreme to ask everyone who ever makes a signature banner to tone it down so you can have an easier time at work.

Sure it would be considerate if all people made their banner signs with the thoughts that others may have issues with it at work or at home - but it is not practical and extremely self centered.

Still, the forums are *supposed* to be PG, so a particularly "racy" sig isn't appropriate, anyway.

The overly wide ones bug me more than the racy ones, but I don't need to worry about the racy stuff.

I guess, at least in the sense that the legal system is part of the culture. The problem is that even the tiniest, most insignificant things can be used to support claims of "creating a hostile workplace" in civil suits for sexual harassment. Employers with deep pockets are frequently targeted, and hence, have very restrictive policies.

As opposed to an absence of culture?

Pep (Like yoghurt?)

That is rather the far end of the spectrum and not what she said or implied and is cultural like Qie Niangao pointed out.

How the hell one comes up with "absence of culture" seems like a poke at making an irrational reply to her statement.

I wish I had understood what you just said.

Pep (Maybe it is cultural)

Or fake pearls?

Agrees with Pep and Dekka. You should be working not browsing the forums on your employers time so many wasted man hours around the world on these forums LOL Glad i own my own businesses

just turn off images as suggested (thanks by the way)

I had sigs turned off because some just do not sit well with me (images I mean) so now I can use that suggestion and turn off the images but still see the links

Woot

I too think it is asking a bit much to expect everyone to "tone it down" just for those who should not even be here when at work.

I have them all on. I currently am between jobs so NFSW is not an issue. None of it bothers me.

I'll second what Lord said. Instead of worrying about what imagery is or isn't safe for work, how about actually DOING work instead of browsing forums? People did manage to get through the work day before such things existed, after all. So can you.

This sort of discussion always reminds me of one of the biggest mistakes I ever made as a bussiness owner. Quick story:

Back in 1999, or maybe it was 2000, it somehow came up in conversation that several people in my office enjoyed Starcraft. I liked the game myself, and I thought it would be fun, so I installed it on all the office computers. I figured it could be a great team bonding thing for people during off hours. And it was, at first. People would come in late at night, and engage in inter-office battle for hours.

But it didn't take long before these tournaments started to become what people thought the office was all about. Sales and other work duties started to take a backseat to either playing the game, talking about the game, or both.

Long story short, after about four months of this, I did some number crunching. My jaw about hit the floor when the stats showed that Starcraft had cost me no less than $100,000 in sales over those months. A little bit here, a little bit there, as somebody finishes one more game instead of talking to one more customer, and you don't notice. But when you add it all up, it's HUGE!

That $100,000 in sales translated to about $30,000 worth of bonuses, contest prizes, etc. that I wasn't able to spend on my people for those four months (not to mention my own personal income). In other words, the Starcraft players had all cost themselves not only the sales commissions that ordinarily would have been theirs, but also free vacations, shopping sprees, and cash bonuses. And that's before you even think about the jobs at the factory that made the products we were selling, jobs that likely were cut to some degree as a direct result of our sales being $100,000 lower than usual for that time of year.

Needless to say, I never made that mistake again. When people are at work, they need to WORK. Browse forums and play games on your own time.

Well thanks for the input, I might indeed turn off images. Though a couple of reactions seem weird.

@Briana: Don't you wonder what is more extreme, the tome of your reaction or my question to the few people with almost node girls in their banner? Probably your don't huh?

@Nina: Has got nothing to do with uptight. In my job I come at many different customers, and I do not want to have semi-nudes on my screen. If anything, the country I live in is more open about sexual stuff then most other countries I bet, so its not cultural either

@The don't use the forumz on the job people: When I ask for less (semi) nudity on the forum, I am really not asking for your opinions on whether I should use the forums on my job. At my age and with my job I am expected to be professional enough to handle that myself, and believe me I am. The fact that I am in the luxury position that I can now and then use the forum when I have to wait fr something, does not change that. So that you for your concern but really, it is not needed.

I'm in a similar position, although I never browse here when I'm at work. If someone wants to use the internet during their lunchbreak we have no objections, indeed we'd rather they did that than sneaked off when they should be working, which people will do no matter how often you release company policy saying they shouldn't.

However being at work it does need to be PG browsing.