Timeline for What is up with all the tangential imagery?
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| Feb 27, 2014 at 16:10 | history | edited | DVK-on-Ahch-To | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 19, 2012 at 15:33 | comment | added | Tango | While it may not appear obvious to many of us how it helps, I can tell you from experience that it does help many people and, bluntly, many of the people who don't fit in the "mainstream" of perceptions also tend to gravitate toward escapist entertainment, which fits the SF&F profile. A large part of what I am saying is that while most people can't see how this helps, I can speak from experience that it does help people, which makes a difference. Some may disagree, some may not like that, but it is a fact that I've seen proven through my experience. | |
| May 19, 2012 at 15:29 | comment | added | Tango | @MarkTrapp: Uh, yes, it is. Speaking as a former teacher of the learning disabled who, at that time, had to learn about not just learning disabilities, but how people learned in general, yes, it is quite similar to the wheelchair situation. Just as there are those who are disabled and can handle a ramp and can't handle chairs, there are those who, mentally, can handle processing an image and making the connection there much easier than having only the text to read. I'm not making the claim you say, but I am saying that including a different "mode" of presenting information can help many. | |
| May 19, 2012 at 7:56 | comment | added | user366 | @TangoOversway You're being hyperbolic. This isn't—in any way, shape, or form—tantamount to saying wheelchair ramps don't help. You appear to be suggesting—and I really hope I'm either wildly misinterpreting you or you realize how silly this sounds—that if anyone considers a post to contain irrelevant information, they're being discriminatory against people who have disabilities. This simply isn't the case: vetting posts for content that's useful or useless is the primary foundation upon which SE is based, and it has nothing to do with ignoring or alienating people with learning disabilities. | |
| May 19, 2012 at 5:45 | comment | added | Tango | @MarkTrapp: You missed the entire point of what I was saying -- that those may not help you but they can help many people connect and make the proper associations. While that may not make sense to you, the point is that everyone takes in information differently. You may not understand why it helps others, you may not think it does, but it can and it can be beneficial for some people. To say it doesn't help is tantamount to saying wheelchair ramps don't help because, from the point of view of a non-handicapped walking person, it's hard to see why they're needed. | |
| May 19, 2012 at 3:32 | comment | added | Major Stackings | @Mark Dude. The Bilbo and Gollum image I posted was one of them playing the riddle game. It may have been too large, but it was dead on related to the question. | |
| May 19, 2012 at 3:19 | comment | added | user366 | This isn't about imagery that helps visitors understand the content of the posts better (which I think is great and more posts should have them for the reasons you mention), it's specifically about imagery that's tangential, at best, to the post's thesis: "What's up with towels [giant picture of a towel] in THGTG? ", "Why does Gollum [random picture of Gollum] hate cooked food [picture of a bucket of KFC]?" It's effectively stock photography for Q&A. | |
| May 19, 2012 at 3:07 | comment | added | Tango | @DVK: Considering that I'm writing an answer for someone who sees this as an issue (the asker), then the primary audience has presented themeselves as someone who does not need imagery. | |
| May 19, 2012 at 2:48 | comment | added | DVK-on-Ahch-To | -1 for too many words an no pictures to illustrate. | |
| May 19, 2012 at 2:42 | history | answered | Tango | CC BY-SA 3.0 |