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"Judge" people by their avatars?

Iscariot said:
I think many are being too quick to dismiss just how much you can learn from an avatar. It can tell you a person's political affiliations, their sense of humour, what they do for a living, and much more. My avatar is of H.E.L.P.eR. from the Venture Bros., and that can tell you about my sense of humour and you can get a pretty good idea of other things I may like/dislike. My previous avatar demonstrated a taste for irony and nostalgia, and before that Canadian literature and graphic novels.

Sometimes I consider changing my avatar to be about something I have no idea about, like a character from a television show I've never heard of.
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that assumes one knows who H.E.L.P.eR. is ;)

and i recognized you as a familiar poster only after i noticed the location, and then looked at the name. i liked your previous 'tar (this one is too dark), but why should have it been about irony and nostalgia?
 
Sun Baked said:
For some reason people keep thinking I'm really an angry person when I use this tar.

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Dont Hurt Me said:
Allways like yours, Im guessing thats an American worker beating the piss out of Washington lobbiest.:p I like to start up things sometimes so that explains mine plus its sarcastic.
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i dunno if you are kidding, but that is a scene from the classic movie, office space........where the dudes kill the printer


what makes an avatar stand out? i think mine does a good job. my old one was kinda bland

although, really i wont notice ones avatar unless they post a crapload. i probably only know like 50 or so users avatars and who they are without seeing screenname
 
InvalidUserID said:
...On a side note, I can't believe the requirements to add an avatar. :eek:
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I can, it helps to encourage participation, and think of it this way: Avatars are a privilege, something that for most people helps them to recognize a user that they know of more easily. It also helps to see how many veteran users or users who have made a reputation for themselves have commented in a thread. For somebody to have the privilege of having an avatar, they should probably have somewhat of a reputation made for themselves, which the requirements help to regulate. And if it were easy for just about everyone to have an avatar, then there wouldn't be much to be gained by them. I am on another forum that allows anybody to upload an avatar, and because of that, about 90% of posters there have avatars, and I chose not to have one, because I feel that I stick out more by not having one.
 
i don't judge people from their avatars, but it does give some insight into their personality imo.
 
I guess it's about time I drop in here. I recently discovered a wonderful program called Pixen, and so I figured I'd go ahead and make myself a better suiting avatar for my name. Unfortunately, I am not in fact an iToaster, but I assure you, if I could stick a :apple: on my case I would.
 
I've often wondered if other's found my avatar pejorative, narrow-minded, naïve, or otherwise immature, because quite frankly, it is. I've avoided changing it, however, because I know people remember me as "the guy with the trash can avatar."
 
JML42691 said:
I can, it helps to encourage participation, and think of it this way: Avatars are a privilege, something that for most people helps them to recognize a user that they know of more easily. It also helps to see how many veteran users or users who have made a reputation for themselves have commented in a thread. For somebody to have the privilege of having an avatar, they should probably have somewhat of a reputation made for themselves, which the requirements help to regulate. And if it were easy for just about everyone to have an avatar, then there wouldn't be much to be gained by them. I am on another forum that allows anybody to upload an avatar, and because of that, about 90% of posters there have avatars, and I chose not to have one, because I feel that I stick out more by not having one.
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i agree. macrumors forums are pretty special, one of the places on the net where i feel at home and in a good community
 
EricNau said:
I've often wondered if other's found my avatar pejorative, narrow-minded, naïve, or otherwise immature, because quite frankly, it is. I've avoided changing it, however, because I know people remember me as "the guy with the trash can avatar."
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To be honest, it blends too much into the background. On the other hand, It's easy to spot you because it's bland, and the Windows logo is there for all of us to gaze at.


It doesn't matter anyway. All the important people have avatars, and having one is the only thing that matters. ;)



*pats himself on back*
 
Hm, seeing as most of us chose our own 'tars, I don't think it's out of the question to say that it in some way reflects upon that individual. As to the message they may or may not be sending, that's really up to how each of us interprets it, right? :p

For a couple of years now I've used various Emily Strange 'tars. I don't look like her. I've never even read her comics. I just happen to like the way she looks and I like the way some of the merchandise looks. Yes, it's really just that shallow. ;)

Count me in the group of folks who are reluctant to radically change their 'tars. But for me it's not so much about being recognized (since I don't post as much anymore anyway), I just really do like the way my Emily Strange 'tars look. (Current one was touched up for me by iBlue, BTW.)
 
I had to turn avatar view off because I can't stand animated avatars. It's bad enough that websites have animated ads all over the place, but then adding on even more animation and right in the middle of the content area is just too much. It's a shame too because I'm a very visual thinker and in general I find avatars very helpful.

At one point I was going to suggest that macrumors either disallow animated avatars or add an option so that we can choose to view only non-animated avatars. But I didn't mention it because I figured disallowing animated avatars would piss off too many people, and creating a view only non-animated avatars option to the forum would be too difficult.

Oh well.
 
motulist, 's why I love that Camino has an easy tick-box option to allow animations to only run once. :D
 
devilot said:
motulist, 's why I love that Camino has an easy tick-box option to allow animations to only run once. :D
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I hear that. I'm very very familiar with safari and in general mostly very pleased with it. But when I hear about features like the one you mentioned it definitely makes me think about at least trying it out to see if I want to switch. I tried firefox but there are several things about it which I don't like. Maybe I'll give camino a spin.
 
richthomas said:
iBlue and edesignuk are the worst at that.
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Yeah, we suck like that.

I like changing my avatars around, I'm just indecisive and bore easily.

<changes 'tar again>

I don't know how accurate it is judging someone by their avatar but I suppose it could give some insight into their personality.
 
devilot said:
Hm, seeing as most of us chose our own 'tars, I don't think it's out of the question to say that it in some way reflects upon that individual. As to the message they may or may not be sending, that's really up to how each of us interprets it, right? :p

For a couple of years now I've used various Emily Strange 'tars. I don't look like her. I've never even read her comics. I just happen to like the way she looks and I like the way some of the merchandise looks. Yes, it's really just that shallow. ;)

Count me in the group of folks who are reluctant to radically change their 'tars. But for me it's not so much about being recognized (since I don't post as much anymore anyway), I just really do like the way my Emily Strange 'tars look. (Current one was touched up for me by iBlue, BTW.)
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Sometimes the name can tell a lot about the user.
By the name of "Devilot", do you worship the devil or something like that? :D
Just wondering.
 
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