[About XDA developers] Deadly:
I feel many users (new) think "thanks" is important.. I mean seeing the trend around or the environment.. people (all members including some(or few) Rc+RT+RD) usually seen having it in signature or in thread. Which leads to new users thinking its what is important or that's what is required in this site to get recognized..

3 ideas I got to improve the situation..

1st idea:

Can we please make a new rule like no need to ask thank ever.. or like anyone asking a thank if got reported from next month 1st june will loose 10% of their thanks count in portal announcement.. this may not be difficult as before. As now we can remove thanks given.. previously I remember it was impossible..

Which will surely put an end to this..

2nd idea:

Or why not make thanks meter only visible in profile and not under the small left box which appears with each post in browser.. which will give it less importance this way ?

I hope this gets implemented though.. as this is quite annoying and most of the new users just see the trend and the trend gets going and they start doing it too..

Its like a chain reaction.. and as soon as they realise its not necessary or lame.. they will shed it from signature.. I have seen these trend in majority.. as usually no user with high post count(in thousands I mean) would be asking thanks as they would have seen the truth as they would have seen more threads or realised by then due to their involvement..

3rd idea:

Or one other idea is.. no need to change anything.

All who hate asking thanks can add this in their siggy..

"Thanks button is just to avoid "thanks" posts in threads. Nothing more than that. Don't ask in siggy or post for it and defeat the purpose why it was introduced"

If we all members and RC, RT,RD, FSM, SM who agree to this put such kind of line.. I'm sure other members will follow and we might see an end to this.

What say guys? Worth a try?

I should start, if I'm asking others to put it.. so I'll put it..

Also, on signature image restrictions.. we can slightly modify the current signature picture option..

May be we can support up to 3 sign uploads ..

One sign picture slot: big pic with 600-150 pixel

And two picture slot: small pic with 200-100/75 pixel etc..

Highest pixel limits ^

Every User can either use one big picture slot option or two small ones as their signature picture at a time.. and not all 3 together at the same time..

So possibly like [sigpic1] [sigpic2] [sigpic3] tags..

And if sigpic1 tag is in use.. sigpic2/sigpic3 won't work.. and vice versa..

So users can have both small and big pics..

And img tags should be disabled in signature..

Thus it will prevent the big size images which will be uploaded in remote site and will be used easily using img tags in signature .. and the current system modification is easier than implementing a entire new system for this may be?

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Anyone who doesn't think there are two sides to an argument is probably in one.

And if anyone was willing to put this in their signatures.. just copy paste this to your signature.. and thanks @Prawesome for adding to your signature :)

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