You're dealing with stuff on a way more professional level than I do. And I still have to do an index post ;)

But on one thing I totally agree: long footers are bad for your posts. If I want to leave a vote and have to scroll and scroll and scroll - sorry, no vote. And I presume that the number of comments made (and read) sinks, too. My maximum number of images/badges/footers is two - one for the German discord and perhaps another one for the community that post pertains to (like Archdruid). But I'm already thinking about putting them in a table so I have them next to each other and not one after the other...