I don't see the point. Even on my monster screen they're only 6mm² so if it's anything other than simple line art it's just a small meaningless square of digital noise.
this post was submitted on 29 May 2025
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I haven't cared about stuff like that since I was 15
Gonna chime in here and agree that its because its because I never see anyone else's or mine, even on the website
If you're using the Lemmy Web UI, go to your account settings. "Show Avatars" is a checkbox on the lower, left-hand panel. You might have unchecked it inadvertently.
When I first set up my account I could not find where to add an avatar (I didn't really look that hard) I figured I would get back to it later and only remembered about it from this post.
Oh hey Bill, I didn’t know my fbi agent had a Lemmy account
I set my avatar, but I use old.lemmy.world and can't see it anyway.
why would I set a custom avatar?
I have a username. That's all the identifying I need. Why do you feel the need to twitterfy lemmy?
Anyone know if there's a way to see avatar's through Voyager?
Didn’t know they were a thing and Voyager doesn’t support them.
As a software developer I’ve come to realise that most of the stuff I put extra attention to, actual users don’t care and now in just do what people ask for and nothing more.
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I can't see anyone's avatars and did not know I could set one, but I also wouldn't if I could as I think they're always a bit cringe. I prefer the sea of anonymity.
There, I added an avatar.
That's me under my Performance Designs Spectre 150, circa 1997 or 98... Can't remember as I've slept since then.
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I tried, there was an issue uploading the picture and I just couldn't be bothered to look deeper into it.
Can't see them on Lemmy Connect either. I like having this platform be as distanced from social media attributes as possible. Like other users have said, every extra bit of anonymity is a boon.
I can't remember if I even bothered setting one. My app doesn't use them. I don't find them particularly useful on forums anyways. I only like them on real time chat apps where I know I'll be interacting with the same folks over and over again.
Edit: I did set one up!
I don't know why others don't but I'll say why I do, which is that I noticed people were remembering my username whether I had an image or not, so why not have an image? And it was early days, still is, so I figured... may as well be the first static.
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If I wanted someone’s opinion to matter more based on who they are, I’d use Mastodon.
I mostly browse while at work to kill time... I don't have access to the avatar I would use at work. Also I don't think I see people's avatars with the front end I use?
i havent set it to discord either, or anywhere else either for that matter. Only for steam, but that is because i set it when i was child and i havent wanted to get rid of it for nostalagia's sake and because i cant think of anything better.
it just feels unnecessary
Avatars are a psychological trick useful for building up sunk cost fallacy and making a user more likely to personally identify with a product. I don't have social media avatars for the same reason I don't have "nabisco" tattooed on my asscheek.