Tell me, Do you take people without an avatar less seriously?

**DeeryTheDeer** · 11-03-2009 10:51 AM

You don't slip underneath much with your bolded, profound signature quote.

**dajo** · 11-03-2009 04:04 PM

Ha! Yeah. I actually listened to that talk today where he drops that line

**Black_Eagle** · 11-03-2009 04:48 PM

Get an avatar or you are generic.

Originally Posted by C911

And who doesnt like a good felix the cat?

A girl at my school who we called Felix for acting like a cheetah. She got pissed, man.

**Kexo** · 11-03-2009 05:47 PM

As it was said here for like thousand times, an avatar is your virtual face on the forum. People associate you with your avatar (more) and signature (less). The name is much less reliable, because they are very similar to each other. Only exception are mods with their colorful, bolded names.

**Maria92** · 11-03-2009 05:53 PM

Duuuuuuude, I just realized, dajo has a name! I always associated him with his unique sig and avatar. Spooky.

**Kexo** · 11-03-2009 06:10 PM

I didn't know who is dajo, had to look him up

But I did know pretty well who is that german guy sitting on a rock by the river with a celtic like tree avatar.

"A picture is worth a thousand words"

**MindControl** · 11-03-2009 06:25 PM

If they don't have an avatar. It just says they A. they want to be discreet or B. they have no personality.

**Armistice** · 11-03-2009 07:07 PM

Well, being new to the forum, usually it new people who don't have them (I just haven't thought of a good one to use. I have some others that are forum/ name specific, but haven't thought of anything for this one). I don't take them less seriously, as mentioned already, just slip out of the radar because I equate avs to a person's name

I like avs or a colored sig because I can find my own posts when quickly scrolling through a thread

(ok, I got one, lol)

**Keresztanya** · 11-07-2009 03:05 PM

I just use them as a tool to remember people, it makes it easier. I still read all posts regardless of who wrote them, though.

I also have signatures turned off, because they're generally useless and just make the pages longer. That's also the main reason I don't have a signature, to less inconvenience people with them turned on.

**khh** · 11-08-2009 12:35 AM

The problems with avatars, though, is that when someone changes it you might not recognize the person anymore. Also, you may mistake someone's identety of they have the same avatar.

**wasup** · 11-08-2009 10:33 AM

On the other hand do people with awesome animated avatars get taken more seriously? I think so.

**knecht** · 11-08-2009 01:42 PM

Ha, this post's made me bother to get an avatar

I generally recognise people by their user-name though, I just don't notice the avatar unless I specifically want to see it.

**TamiDoll** · 11-08-2009 05:57 PM

I know I do lol. And look, I have no avi ATM.

To me ppl with avies catches my eye more. The ones without kinda just blend into everything else.

EDIT: I no longer blend into everything else lol.

**YULAW** · 11-08-2009 06:22 PM

Damn Tami you're still hawt as ever!!

**TamiDoll** · 11-08-2009 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by ShadowNightWing

Damn Tami you're still hawt as ever!!

You know me too? Damn I really have a shit memory.

**Kate** · 11-08-2009 07:01 PM

I don't take less seariosly...but avatar usually helps me remember user...

**C911** · 11-08-2009 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by TamiDoll

You know me too? Damn I really have a shit memory.

I remember you tami. I added you on msn too lol. Way back in the day.

**Banana** · 11-09-2009 02:33 AM

i think if someone has a bad avatar i would take them less seriously, particularly if it is quite childish and unfunny.

**TamiDoll** · 11-09-2009 05:03 AM

Originally Posted by C911

I remember you tami. I added you on msn too lol. Way back in the day.

Wow, erm... Well... Yeah my memory just sucks lol.

**Jeff777** · 11-09-2009 05:23 AM

Originally Posted by C911

I remember you tami. I added you on msn too lol. Way back in the day.

Now that you mention it, she does seem vaguely familiar..

**TamiDoll** · 11-09-2009 05:39 AM

Originally Posted by Jeff777

Now that you mention it, she does seem vaguely familiar..

Hahaha. Hello to you too Jeff! *hugs*

**Armistice** · 11-09-2009 05:58 AM

Originally Posted by khh

The problems with avatars, though, is that when someone changes it you might not recognize the person anymore. Also, you may mistake someone's identety of they have the same avatar.

You don't know how hilarious that can be. On my off road forums, about 10 of us changed it so someone's av. Man, confusion all over for people who didn't know. Had to get used to reading the names. It was like that for a few days

**Taosaur** · 11-09-2009 02:24 PM

Avs don't figure into it too much for me. Some people stick and some people don't, but if I start to get a feel for who you are (or your persona is) in my mind, it's based at least 90% on your posts. If a person has fewer than 20 posts and no av, I may pay less attention on the expectation that they won't stick around, but I'm not sure it's any different if a person has three posts and an uber av.

What I do take less seriously are avs and sigs expressing devotion to a movie, anime, or fashion model / sex symbol. With the exception of members who have proven otherwise with their posts, it just seems like the mark of a shallow person with no personality of their own.

**tnemrot** · 11-10-2009 01:29 AM

I have avatars off, and I've never found an avatar I liked. I just turned avatars on to see if they told me something about you people I didn't already know, they didn't.