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?

  • eezeebee@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    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).

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.ee
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    Completely forgot there are profile avatars on Lemmy. BRB, gotta hop on my desktop to see if I have one set up. Cannot find any settings about it in Voyager ( probably didn’t look hard enough or my eyes glossed over it ).

    Edit: editing on my browser and I have my favorite Tiny Toons character as my profile avatar. All is good. I don’t have many images I use as profile avatars, so Dizzy Devil Ducky it was. At least that;s what I imagine was going through my head.

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    6 days ago

    I find it easier to follow a thread if I can quickly tell who is saying what. I usually don’t remember the usernames so a picture helps there. It’s not a necessity of course

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    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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    7 days ago

    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