do you look at peoples avatar or username to know them?

[Vea Lea]

do you look at peoples avatar or username to know them?

[Jester Joe]

I know a few posters who definitely do. Personally I go by the username/sig.

[Independent voter]

Yeah, at least one forum goer got into the habit of changing his avatar about once a week so that people would read his posts.

[Dispraise]

I know a few posters who definitely do. Personally I go by the username/sig.

What are you getting at, Joe?


OT: Yes. Who wants to know?

[BatteredRose]

No, that's not a terribly accurate way of judging someone's character.

[Jester Joe]

What are you getting at, Joe?


OT: Yes. Who wants to know?

You and apepi both!

[Dispraise]

No, that's not a terribly accurate way of judging someone's character.

It is for me.

[Doctor Amadeus]

Both, because if either one is going to be Immature and Stupid, then it will most likely be both, and that pretty much forms my opinion of them on first impressions.

[Spraxle]

Mostly I go by avatars, but I've been having to read names more lately.

[apepi]

As long as people don't fucking change them!!!!!!

[Jester Joe]

As long as people don't fucking change them!!!!!!

Found him. Now both the posters I know are here.

[Shinra1]

I never had an avatar until a week ago and people remembered me. I have cult following on this section. Go into the pala/priest forum and they'll say not-so-nice things about me.

[Deleted]

I really like the new avatar and sig I had (Teen Titans Go), but I thought people won't recognize it as being me, so I went back.

I remember that! Your Surefire picture. I was like 'Is that the real Winter?'

I remember pictures, mostly. Sometimes I'll read somebody's username after a while and ask myself if that was always their name.

[Shinra1]

You get some serious hate in the WoW forums. I remember I had asked why everyone was attacking you, when your thread wasn't even trolling, and they turned on me.

Haha I remember reading that thread. I have no idea but one thing I noticed on this board as a whole is that people love wagons.

[Radio]

I change my avatar/sig regularly and know others that do the same, so I go by name.

[Deleted]

I mostly look at the avatar. When I see one I don't recognize, I'll look at the name.

Same for me. I usually go by the avatar first and see if I recognize it; if I don't, I will look at the name.

I really like the new avatar and sig I had (Teen Titans Go), but I thought people won't recognize it as being me, so I went back.

I think people would get used to it pretty soon-ish.

[ro9ue]

There are some posters I'm so familiar with I know whose thread it is by reading the title.

Or wait did you mean try to understand their personality by their username/avatar?

I hope no one does that for me, I'm not a hooded rogue archer IRL.

[darkwarrior42]

Not sure exactly what form of "know" you're going for, so I'll answer both that come to mind.

In terms of recognizing someone I know, it's usually by username, but there are a few avatars that I recognize. Since avatars can be changed, I don't tend to use that as a solid form of recognition.

In terms of judging someone, only if the avatar or username is exceptionally stupid, particularly if it's stupid in a way that's obviously intended to be funny but fails. I try not to judge posts based on that, but I doubt I always succeed.

[Xilurm]

Let me guess, you're asking this because you changed your avatar yesterday aren't you?

Well the first thing that I catch is the avatar then if I don't recognize it I look at the name.

I tend to change my avatar/sig every couple of years or so. But TBH I don't even know if people know me or even recognize me.

[Jaojin]

Not until I started reading the Mafia threads, now they have significant importance. Plus: quick identification. Though I usually associate avatar with name, sig helps to reconnect to a name if they change their avatar. If you change both in one motion then I'll probably have to rack my brain to recall. TBH though, I don't really know any of you and only have an idea of your "tone" based on your past history that I've read.

So there you go. I use avatars to quick associate with usernames so that I can determine your tone based on your history, and I use signatures as a backup for changing avatars.