Hey EarlG is there an easy automagic way to change tombstoned account's avatar to a tombstone?

[hootinholler]

Then we won't go wasting time typing an explanation to some inane question like why is Palin evil?

-Hoot

[TahitiNut]

1. I've wanted that for the longest time.

(sigh)

Even a little tombstone ahead of the user name would be good. After all, of the mods can have their "shadows" then the dear departed can have their granite cookie, right? Just put it up front so there's no confusion.

[hootinholler]

12. Well, as a programmer...

Sometimes the things that sound really easy are really tricky to get done. One ever knows until the use the source. Since I don't have the source, I don't know how hard it would be. Also something simple like that could be a performance hit as well.

-Hoot

[TahitiNut]

16. Yeah... I was a programmer (systems and applications) for many, many years.

SMOP ... no such thing.

[hootinholler]

18. Well, I can turn the dial on the wayback machine...

I've been paid to punch cards and know how to load fanfold paper tape. lol.

I'm still waiting for a reliable DWIM implementation.

-Hoot

[Ken Burch]

2. K&R

It'd be a great idea.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. That's a good idea!

I hate when I waste time answering something only to find out later the poster was already dispatched to the nether regions of cyberspace.

[MADem]

4. There's a fourth recommendation. nt

[Starry Messenger]

5. I'd miss the thrill of anticipation from clicking on their profile.

I found one tombstone last week that sent me to the moon. I click on their profile now and laugh manically.

But your idea is a good one. :)

[HughMoran]

19. Oh, no

I'm not the only person that laughs manically when some real jerk gets a tasty granite cookie?

[Ken Burch]

6. Also, it would be good if there was a "Scarlet Letter" notation of some sort

On the particular post that led to the 'stoning.

[rosesaylavee]

7. And could we have it be a moving graphic?

Like spinning and emitting a sparkle with each rotation?

That would be so cool. :P

[flvegan]

8. The dogpiling would be epic.

Don't know how good an idea that is. Might be fun. I dunno. Admin's choice.

[hootinholler]

9. If they were already TS'd what would be the point? n/t

[grantcart]

10. so while their posts still linger in live threads people would know that they don't

have to waste their time with a corpse.

[hootinholler]

11. Right, that's the whole idea.

I was asking what the point of dogpiling would be. Sorry if I wasn't clear.

-Hoot

[grantcart]

14. lol well today a "delete" thread got 72 recs and made it to the front page

Dogpiling is what we do best


And we are damn good at it too!!

[hootinholler]

17. SIGH

:rofl:

[flvegan]

13. You honestly don't think that seeing a tombstone avatar or Mod "figure" thing

isn't going to promote 25 other DUers, especially those that may have been "discussing" with that poster, to post in response to their tombstone marked post a lot of grave dancing, then I can't further explain it to you.

[hootinholler]

15. I didn't say that, I said it would be pointless...

And we already get whole new threads for gravedancing.

:shrug:

-Hoot

[Bucky]

20. Is this a call out?

I thought call outs weren't allowed at DU.

[hootinholler]

21. Nope, just an open question. n/t