In nearly related news, I assume we are testing the new forums by seeing how much load time we can add to each page by using as many animated gifs in avatars and signatures as possible.
By this time next year I assume we will have moved away from a text format and will simply communicate entirely in animated gifs. (One of which, I notice, is 5 MB.)
Remind me to never use this forum on my phone when my grandfathered "unlimited data" subscription runs out.