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I have observed that some here change avatars, in some cases frequently.

Why would that be?

IF I found something suitable, and got it in place, it would rarely change.

I like to change mine depending on my moods.

Perhaps you have a very stable sense of self. Some people seem to use avatars as a revolving image displayer.

Why don't you have an avatar? Don't think you've ever had one. IF you found something suitable... what would that look like?

I started a thread about avatar usage here... join in!

http://www.wrongplanet.net/posts152324-start0.html

I change mine when it 'feels' right. Moods, or boredom. Feeling like my current 'face' doesn't represent my current 'self'.

I would never have changed mine until I recently learned about people using other people's photos for less than legitimate purposes.

Last edited by leejosepho on 20 Feb 2011, 1:18 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I'm just too lazy to change mine.

My avatars change with my moods.

I've had ten, and I've been a member for fourteen months. I get interested in different things, and sometimes change my avatar to reflect what I'm interested in. Now it's Camus (I have been interested in him for a couple of years), but it's been things like Doraemon, 神奈川沖浪裏, abstract art, The Beatles (once), and The Thinker.

I've been too lazy to change mine too. I also change it based on mood and I decided to put my son in there. I've been wanting to do it for a few weeks but never did because I felt it would make me sn attention whore. But since a few members here have had their kids in their avatar I don't see why not. It was based on my feelings. Proud to be a mother.

You should be proud to be a mother. Mothering is a proud profession.

Glad you did! That is one fine baby there, Mama!

But of course, he got that smile from you, eh?!

Last edited by leejosepho on 20 Feb 2011, 8:12 pm, edited 3 times in total.

Thanks for insights.

As to me -

I tend to emphasize stability and minimize mood swings which are uncomfortable for me. I know people who swing ten points up - ten points down several times a day [not counting lateral swings. I go up or down about two points, maybe every three days, and do back to the baseline within an hour.

I have avatared elsewhere - tried here and something went wrong - never got around to trying again.

If I did try and succeed, it would be one of three -

a picture of St Jerome - an ennea-5 language guy like me

OR

a rather strange picture off my 1970s International driving permit

OR

one of the pictures I posted in the thread that was collecting childhood pictures.

In another venue I changed once - I think from Jerome to the license.

I'm trying to get used to looking at my face so I'll be less negative about it.

I haven't been here that long, but on other online forums of which I'm a member I tend to choose one avatar (different for each one) and never change it. I prefer it when people don't, actually...since it gives me a quick way of recognizing who's making the post. I associate their posts with their avatar. Otherwise I have to read their username and then try to remember who they are.

I can't even see my avatar so there's no point to change it. I may change it when my hair style changes. But again, I can't even see the picture.

If your avatar is still set to display the picture you used to have, then the picture itself was somehow lost or deleted.

I know that one. Still not adjusted to leejosepho's ostrich.