Things that annoy me on most forums are the clutter added by signatures, join date (which I always confuse with posting date), and the ubiquitous avatar. I rea

Things that annoy me on most forums are the clutter added by signatures, join date (which I always confuse with posting date), and the ubiquitous avatar. I really enjoy that HN lacks these distractions, so the presence of the avatars at the posted site was a disappointment. Still, it was much better than most.