Poll: Why no avatar?
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Simply put, I think avatars are stupid. I think signatures are stupid. Do not even get me started on the badges. If it were an option, I would turn them off. The whole thing reminds me of that "pieces of flare" malarkey from Office Space. Don't you want to express yourself? Not if you're going to tell me how to do it, I don't.
Didn't you used to have an avatar? I recall someone with an avatar that always used to to sign his posts.Alex_P said:
So what, if I ever need you I can just say your name a few times and conjure you, as if you were Beetlejuice?Alex_P said:
Personally I think your lack of an avatar along with you signing everything you post with your name makes you just as identifiable as you would be if you did. It works for you, it really does.
It's an identity thing. I don't actually like the conventions of Internet identity much. So, I try to make my Internet identity not really resemble an Internet identity. I don't have an avatar image, I don't have a unique Internet name or "gamer tag".
I used to have all those things. They were comfortable and helpful when I was growing up. And this isn't me accusing everyone else of being childish. It's me saying that flexible, self-created, semi-disposable identities are absolutely invaluable when you're 12 or 15 or even 19 and not really sure of yourself. Nowadays, though, I don't really want a manufactured, disposable identity anymore. I guess I'm just bored with Internet identity. I'll self-censor online like I do in any public situation, but I don't want to create another me to do it.
-- Alex
I used to have all those things. They were comfortable and helpful when I was growing up. And this isn't me accusing everyone else of being childish. It's me saying that flexible, self-created, semi-disposable identities are absolutely invaluable when you're 12 or 15 or even 19 and not really sure of yourself. Nowadays, though, I don't really want a manufactured, disposable identity anymore. I guess I'm just bored with Internet identity. I'll self-censor online like I do in any public situation, but I don't want to create another me to do it.
-- Alex
Anonymity, once lost, cannot be earned back.
Putting aside that cheesy and untrue philosophical line, I guess some people just can't decide on one.
Putting aside that cheesy and untrue philosophical line, I guess some people just can't decide on one.
Same here, see, now whenever I see Billy Joe, I think: "Hey! A fellow Jack the Ripper enthusiast!"MaxTheReaper said:
I have an inherent distrust for those without avatars...
But by the same token, I have an odd compulsion to change mine every so often, so I can be somewhat hard to track.
But by the same token, I have an odd compulsion to change mine every so often, so I can be somewhat hard to track.
And good times shall be had by all!MaxTheReaper said:
EDIT: 2000 posts! All the time spent hitting pieces of plastic! WOO!
Mmm. Many Maxreaperist are creepy. It is evidentMaxTheReaper said:
However, I do think Max is the only one that on the forums that has a cult following him, so I applaud you for that.
On topic: Avatars are an easy way to remember someone. My avatar sometimes changes, but the duck always follows me.
My sig is even greater, it's the same duck with a nuke going off in the background.
It tends to help people remember me.
this basically. people are getting so insanely self centered these days it's grotesque. instead of talking to real people you know about your gripes and rants, you've advanced to corners of the internet where you speak your mind as though someone is actually listening. yesterday it was blogs, today it's twitter.the antithesis said:
i'll be blunt: very few people have something worth putting into words. for everyone else: nobody cares about blogs, signatures, avatars, personal spaces or anything else. stop living in the illusion that somehow the world on the internet is a politically correct illusion where everyone is happy, everyone listens and everyone agrees. instead of writing what few people will ever get to read; if you really have something you want out, go talk to real people.
personally i keep my mouth shut when i don't have something worth talking about, but then i am also obviously missing the need to talk to other people about trivial issues.
