Should users alter the font size in their posts?

April 20, 2005 7:37 AM

Is it a good idea to set the text size in posts? Users can set the font sizes to something comfortable and readable for them in their profiles, but if the poster sets them manually, that useful function is lost.
posted by jacquilynne to Etiquette/Policy at 7:37 AM (31 comments total)

I'd have just emailed dfowler about this, and asked him if he'd consider that before making posts like this, but there's no email in his profile, and I can't see another reasonable way to contact him about it without snarking in one of his threads.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:38 AM on April 20, 2005

Hi, jacquilynne. I just made my email address viewable.
I hadn't thought that making the text size smaller in my fpps might cause anyone difficulty. Sorry for that. My intention was only to make the fpps smaller so they take up less room on the front page. In the future, maybe I should leave the text size alone. No harm intended, though.
posted by dfowler at 7:50 AM on April 20, 2005

Thanks, dfowler, and sorry for calling you out, I was sure you meant the formatting to be helpful.

Was this the shortest and most civilized metatalk thread in history?
posted by jacquilynne at 7:55 AM on April 20, 2005

I don't know.... it still might get a little outta hand here.

*adds jacquilynne to contacts, cuz she's very nice*
posted by dfowler at 7:58 AM on April 20, 2005

jacquilynne writes "Was this the shortest and most civilized metatalk thread in history?"

Where is quonsar when we need him?
posted by orthogonality at 8:01 AM on April 20, 2005

dfowler is a fraud and a liar who beats his wife and poops his pants.
posted by Kwantsar at 8:24 AM on April 20, 2005

i asked you not to tell ANYONE about the pants-pooping, kwantsar.

*crosses kwantsar off holiday list*
posted by dfowler at 8:27 AM on April 20, 2005

Hi, jacquilynne. I just made my email address viewable.

It would be nice if other community members would do the same thing. But, then again, I believe that a functioning email address (or IM) should be a minimum requirement to be a part of the community.

Thank you dfowler.
posted by terrapin at 8:59 AM on April 20, 2005

Where is quonsar when we need him?
posted by orthogonality at 8:01 AM PST on April 20 [!]

dfowler is a fraud and a liar who beats his wife and poops his pants.
posted by Kwantsar at 8:24 AM PST on April 20 [!]

You're not the real quonsar! You're the fraud!!!
posted by me3dia at 9:00 AM on April 20, 2005

"We've replaced this long time quonsar user's quonsar with instant Kwanstar and then we hid a camera nearby. Let's see if they notice!"

"I demand sexy hotpants full of rootmash! And ferrets full of... hey, what the hell?! *sputters* THIS ISN'T QUONSAR! What kinda two-bit flapjack joint are you running here? PANCAKES OF DEATH!"

This was the most boring and civil MeTa callout ever. Can you guys at least pretend to get riled up at each other or something? The soaps aren't on for hours.

Here, poke at each other with these complimentary pointy sticks.
posted by loquacious at 9:57 AM on April 20, 2005

Well, I think you're all tools. How's that? Cock fight anyone?
posted by tr33hggr at 10:01 AM on April 20, 2005

This was the most boring and civil MeTa callout ever.

I'll take your pile-on!!! I'll take you all on!
Me an' this ferocious bunny gonna whoop some AZZ!
posted by dfowler at 10:05 AM on April 20, 2005

That's not even going to begin to suffice, you bean-stuffing junkpuncher.
posted by loquacious at 10:06 AM on April 20, 2005

*tosses a bucket of cocks at tr33hggr*
posted by deborah at 10:09 AM on April 20, 2005

wait... is it too late to switch bunnies?
posted by dfowler at 10:11 AM on April 20, 2005

two-bit flapjack joint

heh.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:13 AM on April 20, 2005

What is fpps?
posted by clgregor at 10:30 AM on April 20, 2005

front page post(s)

(dfowler, try this bunny--he's Xtreme, to the max)
posted by amberglow at 10:37 AM on April 20, 2005

*tosses barrel of femdefence penis-piercers at bucket of cocks*
posted by dfowler at 10:39 AM on April 20, 2005

The plural of FPP.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:40 AM on April 20, 2005

You guys all suck, and I challenge you all to a duel!
posted by goatdog at 10:58 AM on April 20, 2005

posted by dfowler at 11:00 AM on April 20, 2005

That's it, you're all off my sex chart
posted by Ryvar at 11:33 AM on April 20, 2005

GOD DAMMIT goatdog! I can't challenge anyone to a duel because it can't find the right cgi file!
posted by kenko at 11:56 AM on April 20, 2005

/ducks
posted by tr33hggr at 12:23 PM on April 20, 2005

what happened to the bunny that was going to be eaten if the owner didn't get a pile of euros?

google.... dead?
posted by andrew cooke at 1:06 PM on April 20, 2005

hey, those ponies are me! : >
posted by amberglow at 4:06 PM on April 20, 2005

Save Bernd!
posted by puke & cry at 6:57 PM on April 20, 2005

RIP Bernd. There's still time to save poor cuddly little Toby from the same fate.

Feeds amberglow sugar cubes.
posted by Tarrama at 7:03 PM on April 20, 2005

National Lampoon 1973. Bloody euros ripping off the USA again
posted by TimothyMason at 11:23 AM on April 21, 2005

What happen if Astrid doesn't get her million?
posted by dfowler at 11:39 AM on April 21, 2005