Does the avatar influence how you think of someone?

[MegaMooseJam]

Bring me back some unobtanium!

I'm with what seems to be the common opinion here: A person's avatar is simply their face.
And I don't assume they actually have that character's personality. Instead I just wait to see what their posts reveal about them.

[Remilia Scarlet]

<== Hipster right here.

But I originally chose not to use an avatar because it's the best way to achieve true neutral in terms of influence on opinions of me. I want people to know me by who I am, not by what image i choose.

Now I just choose not to use one because I haven't used avatars in 4 years. (i've been active on forums for the entire time)

[Im_the_strongest]

<== Hipster right here.

But I originally chose not to use an avatar because it's the best way to achieve true neutral in terms of influence on opinions of me. I want people to know me by who I am, not by what image i choose.

Now I just choose not to use one because I haven't used avatars in 4 years. (i've been active on forums for the entire time)

Aaah damn it, I wished to draw you an avatar with Remilia after finished a little work for Nastenary.
Too bad.
(P.s The draw of my profile picture is old (more o less 3-4 years) so don't take that as an example of what I can do now :P)

[Remilia Scarlet]

The lack of a avatar's sort of become my "avatar" lol. A lot of people know me as "that guy without an avatar but has a lot of posts" (I had close to 10k posts on one forum and never had an avatar my entire time)

[WriggleRid3r]

And a lot of people also know you as a tyrant.

Jk, luv ya.

[Katrix]

Personally for me while the avatar doesn't make that much of a difference, I can really see it doing a difference at the same time. If you use a avatar with someone sleeping for example I will definitively see you as a little bit more relaxed, even tough I don't intend to.

When I first joined the forums I thought it was kind of weird that the owner didn't have a avatar, but as time passed by I kind of understood why.



EDIT: Wait a little, Hey Remi that Remi bot, isn't it kind of representing you? If so why did you give it a avatar?

[DSRaymoo]

When you stop and look at a post in detail, the avatar can really characterize a post.
You also extrapolate somebody and their personality based off their avatar and posting style, simply because nothing else is known.

[Remilia Scarlet]

Personally for me while the avatar doesn't make that much of a difference, I can really see it doing a difference at the same time. If you use a avatar with someone sleeping for example I will definitively see you as a little bit more relaxed, even tough I don't intend to.

When I first joined the forums I thought it was kind of weird that the owner didn't have a avatar, but as time passed by I kind of understood why.



EDIT: Wait a little, Hey Remi that Remi bot, isn't it kind of representing you? If so why did you give it a avatar?

It's meant to represent our community, not me :P


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