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Why do, relatively, so few of you set an avatar for your profile?

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  • ptz@dubvee.orgP [email protected]

    In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars.

    As a UI developer, that's always been a gripe because I put a lot of effort into making them look good and scale properly, etc. When I see 60-70% or more accounts sporting the default avatar, it makes me wonder why I even bother.

    So, since this bugs me so much, figured I'd just ask.

    Lemm.ee users I can understand because of the waiting period for uploads, but AFAIK, most instances don't have that restriction. Even then, there are plenty of .ee accounts that never bother to go back and set one.

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    I'm ugly and I don't like cartoon pfp

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    • ptz@dubvee.orgP [email protected]

      In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars.

      As a UI developer, that's always been a gripe because I put a lot of effort into making them look good and scale properly, etc. When I see 60-70% or more accounts sporting the default avatar, it makes me wonder why I even bother.

      So, since this bugs me so much, figured I'd just ask.

      Lemm.ee users I can understand because of the waiting period for uploads, but AFAIK, most instances don't have that restriction. Even then, there are plenty of .ee accounts that never bother to go back and set one.

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      Because I don't care about it and it makes no difference. They only show in your profile and I don't look at my profile. The only people that do look at your profile are the people going there to try and find something to use against you.

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      • ptz@dubvee.orgP [email protected]

        In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars.

        As a UI developer, that's always been a gripe because I put a lot of effort into making them look good and scale properly, etc. When I see 60-70% or more accounts sporting the default avatar, it makes me wonder why I even bother.

        So, since this bugs me so much, figured I'd just ask.

        Lemm.ee users I can understand because of the waiting period for uploads, but AFAIK, most instances don't have that restriction. Even then, there are plenty of .ee accounts that never bother to go back and set one.

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        I disable avatar display on all my clients. Reddit and it's siblings like Lemmy have historically been less person-focused than other websites, and many of us like to keep it that way. While it can be neat to recognise people, I only need their user handle to do so and I only check if necessary. It's nice to take a comment at it's value without regard for who said it. Reddit's push towards personifying their users is part of why I left.

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        • ptz@dubvee.orgP [email protected]

          In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars.

          As a UI developer, that's always been a gripe because I put a lot of effort into making them look good and scale properly, etc. When I see 60-70% or more accounts sporting the default avatar, it makes me wonder why I even bother.

          So, since this bugs me so much, figured I'd just ask.

          Lemm.ee users I can understand because of the waiting period for uploads, but AFAIK, most instances don't have that restriction. Even then, there are plenty of .ee accounts that never bother to go back and set one.

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          Tbh I keep meaning to add one but I'm also a wicked procrastinator

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            Tbh I keep meaning to add one but I'm also a wicked procrastinator

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            #138

            Relatable.

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              I'm ugly and I don't like cartoon pfp

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              Mine's a picture of a cow. Just sayin'.

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              • owenfromcanada@lemmy.caO [email protected]

                Mine's a picture of a cow. Just sayin'.

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                I like that picture!

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                • ptz@dubvee.orgP [email protected]

                  In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars.

                  As a UI developer, that's always been a gripe because I put a lot of effort into making them look good and scale properly, etc. When I see 60-70% or more accounts sporting the default avatar, it makes me wonder why I even bother.

                  So, since this bugs me so much, figured I'd just ask.

                  Lemm.ee users I can understand because of the waiting period for uploads, but AFAIK, most instances don't have that restriction. Even then, there are plenty of .ee accounts that never bother to go back and set one.

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                  #141

                  My reader doesn't even show avatars

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                  • owenfromcanada@lemmy.caO [email protected]

                    Mine's a picture of a cow. Just sayin'.

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                    It's a lovely cow.

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                    • ptz@dubvee.orgP [email protected]

                      In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars.

                      As a UI developer, that's always been a gripe because I put a lot of effort into making them look good and scale properly, etc. When I see 60-70% or more accounts sporting the default avatar, it makes me wonder why I even bother.

                      So, since this bugs me so much, figured I'd just ask.

                      Lemm.ee users I can understand because of the waiting period for uploads, but AFAIK, most instances don't have that restriction. Even then, there are plenty of .ee accounts that never bother to go back and set one.

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                      Anyone know if there's a way to see avatar's through Voyager?

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                      • ptz@dubvee.orgP [email protected]

                        In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars.

                        As a UI developer, that's always been a gripe because I put a lot of effort into making them look good and scale properly, etc. When I see 60-70% or more accounts sporting the default avatar, it makes me wonder why I even bother.

                        So, since this bugs me so much, figured I'd just ask.

                        Lemm.ee users I can understand because of the waiting period for uploads, but AFAIK, most instances don't have that restriction. Even then, there are plenty of .ee accounts that never bother to go back and set one.

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                        #144

                        Most clients dont show them

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                        • ptz@dubvee.orgP [email protected]

                          In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars.

                          As a UI developer, that's always been a gripe because I put a lot of effort into making them look good and scale properly, etc. When I see 60-70% or more accounts sporting the default avatar, it makes me wonder why I even bother.

                          So, since this bugs me so much, figured I'd just ask.

                          Lemm.ee users I can understand because of the waiting period for uploads, but AFAIK, most instances don't have that restriction. Even then, there are plenty of .ee accounts that never bother to go back and set one.

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                          You are probably a dude who spends money on skins and battlepasses.

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                          • roofuskit@lemmy.worldR [email protected]

                            I don't see avatars in my app and I don't really care to. Never had them in early reddit and that's what I'm trying to replicate.

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                            I wanted to say the same, but then I saw the avatar next to your name and realized that I do in fact see avatars. I just never noticed and still don't care.

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                            • ptz@dubvee.orgP [email protected]

                              In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars.

                              As a UI developer, that's always been a gripe because I put a lot of effort into making them look good and scale properly, etc. When I see 60-70% or more accounts sporting the default avatar, it makes me wonder why I even bother.

                              So, since this bugs me so much, figured I'd just ask.

                              Lemm.ee users I can understand because of the waiting period for uploads, but AFAIK, most instances don't have that restriction. Even then, there are plenty of .ee accounts that never bother to go back and set one.

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                              I hid them to keep the comment section clean looking

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                              • ptz@dubvee.orgP [email protected]

                                Relatable.

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                                Comedy gold right there.

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                                  Maybe it's just that Sync is an outdated mess, but I can't even see your profile pic. I can see others, just not yours.

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                                  It's just flickering static. You're not missing out. 🙂

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                                  • ptz@dubvee.orgP [email protected]

                                    On Reddit, it changed to something semi-unique and, even though I never changed it, I somehow identified with it.

                                    That's what Tesseract does; pseudorandom avatars based on the actor ID if the profile hasn't set one. But those are just local, though.

                                    Lol, here's what it generates for yours:

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                                    Thx I hate it!

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                                      Because I don't care about it and it makes no difference. They only show in your profile and I don't look at my profile. The only people that do look at your profile are the people going there to try and find something to use against you.

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                                      I'm a creep I click profiles of cute people to see if they have more cute pics

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                                      • ptz@dubvee.orgP [email protected]

                                        In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars.

                                        As a UI developer, that's always been a gripe because I put a lot of effort into making them look good and scale properly, etc. When I see 60-70% or more accounts sporting the default avatar, it makes me wonder why I even bother.

                                        So, since this bugs me so much, figured I'd just ask.

                                        Lemm.ee users I can understand because of the waiting period for uploads, but AFAIK, most instances don't have that restriction. Even then, there are plenty of .ee accounts that never bother to go back and set one.

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                                        I had no idea Lemmy even had avatars until I read this post. So I went into my profile out of curiosity - even though I already had "Show Avatars" checked, I've never seen a user's avatar on here before. I did upload one for my own profile though for the hell of it.

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                                        • ptz@dubvee.orgP [email protected]

                                          In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars.

                                          As a UI developer, that's always been a gripe because I put a lot of effort into making them look good and scale properly, etc. When I see 60-70% or more accounts sporting the default avatar, it makes me wonder why I even bother.

                                          So, since this bugs me so much, figured I'd just ask.

                                          Lemm.ee users I can understand because of the waiting period for uploads, but AFAIK, most instances don't have that restriction. Even then, there are plenty of .ee accounts that never bother to go back and set one.

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                                          Heck, I was salty when the old site added avatars. I already ignored names and was weirded out by "popular redditors" culture before avatars, and it was annoying to see a logo next to a name coloring my perception of the comment. I'm here to read comments, not to look at avatars

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