Yes, that's right. Chrome at work, where I don't seem to have the problem. So maybe it's a Safari issue.

<Is there ever a case where a game just won't load no matter how many times you refresh and try again, or is it just a temporary nuisance?>

I should make clear I'm talking about the computer analysis board that pops up when you hit the e8 square. I'm not having any problems with the game page per se.

Especially pictures of cultural icons such as John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Bobby Fischer etc.

Whether it be someone who's still living, or even that of a deceased person, is something which I don't think just anybody has the right to appropriate.

Especially so when you read some of the stuff adjacent to these iconic faces.

A couple of these famous people I have admiration for, and to see some of the nonsense typed beside their image, as if to imply their endorsement, can be quite annoying.

Even if I put those users on ignore, it doesn't change the fact that these images are still being used.

First, <knight13>, we hate to restrict somebody's freedom of speech and association, and if this was truly a political site or an all-purpose discussion site we would be adamant about having a no-holds-barred policy. But it's about chess, so we try to balance people's pride in their associations with the possibility of creating strife.

There's no litmus test, so the only thing you can do is ask for permission and then you're at the mercy of my somewhat stunted perception of how symbols may affect other people. Which you did, and I thank you for that.

I don't even know what an "anti feminist" logo is, but I imagine somebody out there will next want a feminist logo, and soon there will be friction over social issues which is entirely avoidable. I hate to refuse a customer's well intended request, and I'm certainly not disparaging your beliefs, but I think in this case it's best to not create a conflict where there previously was none.

Now, about <photographs>, for starters, I don't think photography per se has anything to do with it. If one takes exception to a member using a photo of Thomas Edison, they may just as well be opposed to another member using a painting of Isaac Newton. Likewise, a photograph of Carlsen by a user's name is not different in intention from employing a cartoon.

So the question boils down to: is it appropriate to allow members to don a "mask" of a famous person, living or dead? We've never had a problem with it, provided the person in question is not particularly infamous. Not only do we allow, we encourage it, as we upload avatars of chess players and other eminent people all the time.

Thank you for banning the Confederate flag and thus ending racism. Hooray!

Worry ye not. The Bad People are trying to curry favor with your favorite critic but he is strangely unmoved.