1 post tagged “social”
Was looking through my twitter stream when this caught my eye:
chrisbrogan: Share more of your thoughts on your avatar. I'd LOVE to get your ideas on this.
So I clicked the link. In it he asked these questions:
"What does your avatar mean to you? Do you change it often (on whatever services require one)? Do you use a picture of yourself or something else? Talk about avatars and what they mean to you in the comments, if you will. Talk about your online identity and how icons and avatars play into it."
My comment:
"Saw your question on Twitter but felt it’s not something that can be answered within 140 words.
Normally I will upload avatars on services that I will definitely be using. Such as MSN, Twitter and blogs. However, avatar display on these services varies.
For example, I don’t change my avatars on Twitter or blogs as often as MSN. Main reason is that MSN allows me to change to any pictures that reside on my computer. That makes it really easy for me to set a latest photo of myself. Plus those on my friends know me on some level or another personally.
On certain sites where I think it’s necessary for others to see how I look, I either crop a reasonable looking photo of myself into a decent pixel size (100 x 100 is really small).
For remaining services that I would like to be private, I use images as avatar."
I also read through comments by others and realise I should start standardising my avatar photos on social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn. Currently, they spot different pictures of me. For such sites, I don't mind letting people who I am as it's for recognition, networking purposes. Avatars aside, I think username is just as important and that's where I have been using a common username.
Now, let me find a decent recent photo and then edit to a reasonably looking profile picture/avatar.