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The beauty of Perlmonks is that it's a basic website. It has resisted the ensh*ttification that happened to other websites, so it still looks like something from the late 90s or early 00s. And that's perfect -- we don't care so much about the visual impact of website; the information is the point here. And if you want a different look, you can upload your own CSS that the website will use. We also run lean, so allowing an image for each post would require too many resources. Finally, users can display their work experience and availability on their bio, or not.

This is not Facebook or LinkedIn. This is a technical community for people who want to share questions, issues, announcements, and answers about Perl.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.

In reply to Re^2: super slow by talexb
in thread super slow by Danny

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