Petition to banish gifs from chess.com

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Frodo22

It's turning the site into (even more of) a laughing stock.  Please post in this forum if you support the petition.

 

Signatories:

Frodo22
KingTrader
macer75
Whip_Kitten
fantasychesspro
SkyMarshall
RonaldJosephCote
batgirl
nd997
baldman2016
bestpony
Iofina
DaimanEvicSmithlov
bunicula
egoole
spawkle529
Coach_Leo
Carla-Magnusson

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Frodo22

I appreciate the support, GCB

KingTrader

Sorry to be bearer of bad news Frodo, but it looks like your petition - after a brief surge of interest (you could even claim a rapid growth of approx 100%) - now only has one signatory.

macer75
Frodo22 wrote:

I appreciate the support, GCB

I'm not sure that GCB's post was necessarily a message of support.

NightKingx

I say yes because my computer is too slow and they are a pain to me, but I have to admit that if I had a better computer I wouldn't care.

RonaldJosephCote
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batgirl

If you mean amimated GIFs.... I am with you 150%. 

I find them silly, pointless, annoying and distracting.

In fact, I think the inventor of these things should be de-animated.

BlargDragon

Long live the GIF.

BlargDragon
batgirl wrote:

If you mean amimated GIFs.... I am with you 150%. 

I find them silly, pointless, annoying and distracting.

In fact, I think the inventor of these things should be de-animated.

ND997

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Frodo22

Wow, I'm overwhelmed by the mass support.

My original post clearly stated by posting in this forum you were agreeing, so thanks!

bestpony

@Frodo Please update your OP post and/or reply to this thread if you agree that gifs should be allowed on Chess.com

I can use funny pseudo logic too

BlargDragon
baldman2016 wrote:

How do I post GIFs, mine just posted a link (and I tried to embed it)?

The best way to get .gifs to display is to download them and then upload them in the comment.

lofina_eidel_ismail

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Frodo22
bestpony wrote:

@Frodo Please update your OP post and/or reply to this thread if you agree that gifs should be allowed on Chess.com

I can use funny pseudo logic too

You sure can, but I started a thread for a purpose and explained how it worked in post 1.  It's a little different.

But think, members, of all the headaches once gifs of Yui get littered over the forums - join our anti-gif revolt today!!

bestpony

Get out 

bunicula

Remember the lzw patent scare that caused apps to stop using gifs?

bestpony

@Bunny No what's that?

@Frodo I didn't use a gif last post, so here's one to show how tiring this nonsense is.

So. Get out

bunicula

Yui should remove her socks, wash her feet and hands like a good Asian, before crashing on the sofa.

The patent scare:

https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/projects/lpf/Patents/Gif/Gif.html