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?

    • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
      151·
      8日前

      Do you use Voyager? Or perhaps another client? Nothing about the user profile is surfaced in Voyager. You have to go to the native webview and open a user’s profile to see all that. I set a brief bio there, but until it’s exposed in my primary client I don’t really see any reason to worry about all that.

      I do sometimes check on nsfw boards so can flag users as OF creators vs. amateurs because I have more appreciation for folks doing that for fun than as a hustle. Other than that, it’s too much hassle to go checking everyone’s profile when maybe 10% of people set anything at all.

  • cobysev@lemmy.worldEnglish
    151·
    8日前

    Because I’m not an anonymous person. This is my default username for most of my public stuff, and it’s how friends and family find me online. I try to be genuine online; I don’t care to hide behind an anonymous profile.

    I firmly believe in being a decent, respectable person toward everyone, even when I’m anonymous and don’t need to be. Every time I’ve created an anonymous account, it’s just ended up turning into my regular public profile, so why hide under a different username?

    The profile pic just helps me stand out a bit more for others who know me here, and friends/family trying to find me. I regularly write video game reviews to post to !games@lemmy.world, so it helps me to be more recognized in the wild. My profile pic is my semi-anonymous profile pic that I use on other platforms when I don’t want to broadcast my face to everyone.

  • ZeroGravitas@lemm.ee
    6·
    8日前

    There’s no compelling reason not to, but to each their own. I’m not judging either way.

    But I’m not reusing the same avatar image on multiple platforms either.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      5·
      8日前

      We should totally do that again. Fun for the people generating them with different LLMs, fun to see the crazy stuff that shows up, and some people wind up with an avatar that they like.

      @Thelsim@sh.itjust.works

      I remember that “blank face” image being generated, too.

      Also an interesting way to compare different LLMs, because you can see what they’re spitting out for the same input.

      EDIT: Found that thread:

      https://sh.itjust.works/post/7955084

      The intent wasn’t originally to generate avatars, but some people did wind up using it as their avatar.

      • Thelsim@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        7日前

        I remember that post! I had a lot of fun generating people’s usernames :)

        I guess we can always do another one?

        • Usernameblankface@lemmy.world
          2·
          7日前

          Sure! Might stir up some activity over there. I wouldn’t mind running my username again through whatever is free to see what images I get back this time

  • eezeebee@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    8日前

    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).

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
    English
    61·
    8日前

    It makes my username make more sense. Plus, you made this one for me, so there’s that. Plus plus, I’m not here to be “anonymous”.

    I also prefer dealing with people who have images. I dunno, it’s just like putting a “face” to the words.

    • JWBananas@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      8日前

      It makes my username make more sense

      Of all the times not to just respond That’s a stupid question!

    • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.me
      31·
      8日前

      I consider this one to be my public/serious account, so, eh why not, it adds a face, a personnality. And I think I look cute on it. Due to the origin of my nickname, it’s realllly not that hard to find out who I am. Facebook ruined the anonymity aspect a decade ago, so I just live with it. And it’s a little bit more recognizable than just the username. For anonymity I have alts.

      It has some downsides though, like people telling me I look like I got my dick chopped off. I’m cis, my dick is perfectly intact. Come on guys it’s just hair dye lol.