Shockwaves: If you don\'t like looking at signatures and you think they are pointless, you can disable them in the control panel. Problem solved. If the pages load slow for a 56ker, they can also disable the signatures. Problem solved. There\'s no real argument against this.
It all comes down to "mm says they\'re lame" so it\'s not going to happen. OK, but in some ways this whole site is already lame, so I don\'t think you\'re protecting us from some great slide into chaos.
BTW, at least one member already has an avatar that is larger than 100x100.