Why did you set an avatar for your profile?
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In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars. Why do you choose to stand out with a custom avatar on this semi-anonymous platform?
It amused me.
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In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars. Why do you choose to stand out with a custom avatar on this semi-anonymous platform?
I use the same avatar in every network I'm in. Is kinda my internet persona, although is not "me", its has his own name and everything, Dusk.
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In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars. Why do you choose to stand out with a custom avatar on this semi-anonymous platform?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]It makes my username make more sense. Plus, you made this one for me, so there's that. Plus plus, I'm not here to be "anonymous".
I also prefer dealing with people who have images. I dunno, it's just like putting a "face" to the words.
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I still have yet to see any of these avatars you guys are talking about.
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ļøTesseract and other clients kinda do:
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In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars. Why do you choose to stand out with a custom avatar on this semi-anonymous platform?
ImageAI had a fun post where you input your username as a prompt and see what comes of it. Tadaa, perfect profile picture
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In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars. Why do you choose to stand out with a custom avatar on this semi-anonymous platform?
There'd be no point in drawing myself an avatar if I wasn't going to use it
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In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars. Why do you choose to stand out with a custom avatar on this semi-anonymous platform?
I joined after Redditās API changes with that siteās willful negligence of its bot infestation on my mind. If the bar for āthis account looks like a humanā is raised by human users individualizing themselves more, then that requires more effort on bot makers to disguise their bots as people. Accounts look less bot-like with personalities, particularly those which are neither stereotypically normal nor a caricature of a few base traits. With my āThe Son of Manā profile picture, as well as my profile description that is all three of esoteric, farcical, and personal, I wanted to be just the right amount of weird while also subtly (and perhaps subconsciously) commentating on the potentiality of Lemmy eventually falling victim to bot plagues as it grows. Despite all of this, Iāve since come across another user with the same profile picture (with a different level of zoom) who also happened to have the same cake day.
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It makes my username make more sense. Plus, you made this one for me, so there's that. Plus plus, I'm not here to be "anonymous".
I also prefer dealing with people who have images. I dunno, it's just like putting a "face" to the words.
I consider this one to be my public/serious account, so, eh why not, it adds a face, a personnality. And I think I look cute on it. Due to the origin of my nickname, it's realllly not that hard to find out who I am. Facebook ruined the anonymity aspect a decade ago, so I just live with it. And it's a little bit more recognizable than just the username. For anonymity I have alts.
It has some downsides though, like people telling me I look like I got my dick chopped off. I'm cis, my dick is perfectly intact. Come on guys it's just hair dye lol.
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In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars. Why do you choose to stand out with a custom avatar on this semi-anonymous platform?
I just thought it looked nice? I don't feel like the little icon stands out. I honestly don't notice icons to be fair.
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In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars. Why do you choose to stand out with a custom avatar on this semi-anonymous platform?
Because I'm not an anonymous person. This is my default username for most of my public stuff, and it's how friends and family find me online. I try to be genuine online; I don't care to hide behind an anonymous profile.
I firmly believe in being a decent, respectable person toward everyone, even when I'm anonymous and don't need to be. Every time I've created an anonymous account, it's just ended up turning into my regular public profile, so why hide under a different username?
The profile pic just helps me stand out a bit more for others who know me here, and friends/family trying to find me. I regularly write video game reviews to post to [email protected], so it helps me to be more recognized in the wild. My profile pic is my semi-anonymous profile pic that I use on other platforms when I don't want to broadcast my face to everyone.
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Do you use Voyager? Or perhaps another client? Nothing about the user profile is surfaced in Voyager. You have to go to the native webview and open a user's profile to see all that. I set a brief bio there, but until it's exposed in my primary client I don't really see any reason to worry about all that.
I do sometimes check on nsfw boards so can flag users as OF creators vs. amateurs because I have more appreciation for folks doing that for fun than as a hustle. Other than that, it's too much hassle to go checking everyone's profile when maybe 10% of people set anything at all.
I use Boost, I figure it's a similar situation.
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It makes my username make more sense. Plus, you made this one for me, so there's that. Plus plus, I'm not here to be "anonymous".
I also prefer dealing with people who have images. I dunno, it's just like putting a "face" to the words.
It makes my username make more sense
Of all the times not to just respond That's a stupid question!
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In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars. Why do you choose to stand out with a custom avatar on this semi-anonymous platform?
Why not? The avatar feature is there to be used, and it's not like I'm giving out my personal address.
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AI garbage drawings were pretty much brand new when I set up my account. So I figured, sure, a lemming astronaut would be fun. And I liked it so I kept it.
As a Reddit refugee (API debacle), I liked not having the same cheesy avatar as everyone else.
Same. There was a thread prompting users to generate AI images of their username, and I liked the result.
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In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars. Why do you choose to stand out with a custom avatar on this semi-anonymous platform?
It woofs sadly
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In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars. Why do you choose to stand out with a custom avatar on this semi-anonymous platform?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Easier to quickly distinguish between users with different-colored indicators for different users. There isn't built-in functionality to do that. If there was, I wouldn't have.
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ImageAI had a fun post where you input your username as a prompt and see what comes of it. Tadaa, perfect profile picture
wrote on last edited by [email protected]We should totally do that again. Fun for the people generating them with different LLMs, fun to see the crazy stuff that shows up, and some people wind up with an avatar that they like.
I remember that "blank face" image being generated, too.
Also an interesting way to compare different LLMs, because you can see what they're spitting out for the same input.
EDIT: Found that thread:
https://sh.itjust.works/post/7955084
The intent wasn't originally to generate avatars, but some people did wind up using it as their avatar.
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In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars. Why do you choose to stand out with a custom avatar on this semi-anonymous platform?
No reason in particular, i like mad Tom O'bedlam and his god of cities from the invisibles comic based on the 17th century poem/song
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In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars. Why do you choose to stand out with a custom avatar on this semi-anonymous platform?
In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars.
When I joined it seemed like most people had an avatar. I have used this one for years, so why not?
I also like recognizing other Lemmings. Username is alright for that, but the image helps even more. It makes it feel like a small community from the internet of old (forums).
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In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars. Why do you choose to stand out with a custom avatar on this semi-anonymous platform?
I like spaceships...
