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

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  • W [email protected]

    Maybe it's just that Sync is an outdated mess, but I can't even see your profile pic.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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      #150

      Thx I hate it!

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      • F [email protected]

        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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        #151

        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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            #153

            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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            • 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.

              canopyflyer@lemmy.worldC This user is from outside of this forum
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              #154

              There, I added an avatar.

              That's me under my Performance Designs Spectre 150, circa 1997 or 98... Can't remember as I've slept since then.

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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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                #155

                Because a lot of people don't see a benefit in being recognized when pseudonymously interacting with strangers. And in some apps they aren't displayed at all.

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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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                  #156

                  I have avatars disabled

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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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                    #157

                    My app either doesn't show them or it's off by default. I didn't know there were avatars but I'm not interested in them either since I'm reading on my phone and prefer a minimalist view.

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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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                      #158

                      I don't care enough

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                      • kolanaki@pawb.socialK [email protected]

                        It does explain why nobody has called out my avatar being AI generated when I talk shit about how shitty AI is (I generated it back when this shit was new and didn't know how crap it actually was yet).

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                        #159

                        Your avatar doesn't look ai generated actually.

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                        • lefty7283@lemmy.worldL [email protected]

                          brb gonna post space pics to onlyfans now

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                          Onlyfans wasn't originally made for porn.

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                          • I [email protected]

                            My app either doesn't show them or it's off by default. I didn't know there were avatars but I'm not interested in them either since I'm reading on my phone and prefer a minimalist view.

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                            #161

                            Same. No avatars shown in voyager.

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                            • canopyflyer@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                              There, I added an avatar.

                              That's me under my Performance Designs Spectre 150, circa 1997 or 98... Can't remember as I've slept since then.

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                              #162

                              On my app I can't see it. It maybe you made someone else's day.

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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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                                #163

                                I haven't cared about stuff like that since I was 15

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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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                                  #164

                                  Dang I thought I had. Thanks for the reminder - fixed!

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                                  • infinitehench@lemmy.worldI [email protected]

                                    Dang I thought I had. Thanks for the reminder - fixed!

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                                    #165

                                    Nicely done!

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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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                                      #166

                                      Mine's tied to my gravatar from 15 years ago otherwise I wouldn't have one. I'm not here to have a profile picture lol

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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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                                        #167

                                        Idk how to use anything here

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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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                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #168

                                          I don't even see or care to see avatars. Its just clutter imo.

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