Default user avatars

[B-Con]

This kind of situation occurs regularly: [img]http://i.imgur.com/OmUf1.png[/img] If you don't remember which avatars are defaults, you don't necessarily realize that there are two different people commenting after each other. Half the point of avatars to make users easily recognizable, and these defaults are actually counter-productive in that area. Ideally, I think there would either be so many avatars that re-use is rare, just one so that the default is obvious to everyone, or they would all be marked in such a way that it's obvious they're defaults. Anyone else bugged by this or am I being too picky?

[Zeph]

I agree, no fan of default avatars. People are usually able to find ones themselves. An avatar is meant to represent the user and is very useful for recognising users when reading the forum. When people use the same avatar, it just becomes messy. Erik has stated that he encourage everyone to find their own avatars, but as long as the default ones exist, this will happen. If we don't want the default ones to be used, I don't see the point with having them in the first place.

[iacas]

The current plan is to update the avatars to replace all of the default ones (for new users at least) with a single one - the "Sand Trap Man" - to really encourage people to choose new default avatars.

This hasn't happened yet.

There's only so much I can do about this. I've tried putting up notifications, but that doesn't change things much. The old site had default avatars, but people seemed to change them far, far, far more frequently (or, more often, simply opted not to have an avatar at first).

It's annoying, I agree. I get really tired of seeing the same 12 avatars.

I'm doing what I can on this, but progress is slow.

[B-Con]

The current plan is to update the avatars to replace all of the default ones (for new users at least) with a single one - the "Sand Trap Man"

Perfect. Thanks. :-)

[rebby]

The current plan is to update the avatars to replace all of the default ones (for new users at least) with a single one - the "Sand Trap Man" - to really encourage people to choose new default avatars.

This hasn't happened yet.

There's only so much I can do about this. I've tried putting up notifications, but that doesn't change things much. The old site had default avatars, but people seemed to change them far, far, far more frequently (or, more often, simply opted not to have an avatar at first).

It's annoying, I agree. I get really tired of seeing the same 12 avatars.

I'm doing what I can on this, but progress is slow.

This has been a minor annoyance for me as well. More of a temporary confusion than annoyance but you see what I'm getting at. Anyway, thanks for working on this one. Default avatars a tough one. I saw a thread earlier in the week where a member was talking about how useless his 4-iron was. At the same time, his avatar was the one above with the shallow focus on a 4-iron. Hmm??? LOL

[anotherday]

Wooo Hoo! I'm a celebrity!

Haha. I'll be honest.. I even got confused when looking at that post about which ones were mine or not. I think that the big push to change one's avatar (for me at least) was within the first few days of joining the forum. I didn't have any golf pictures that were mine to publish so I went with the interim default avatars and just never thought about an avatar again.

The thought process was: 1) Get an avatar, 2) Get a signature, 3) Get a handicap, 4) Learn how to play golf

In retrospect I really should have juggled those priorities around.

I'll do some digging for a different avatar. But only because I'm famous now and its what my adoring fans request of me.. (too much?)

[B-Con]

Wooo Hoo! I'm a celebrity!

Haha. I'll be honest.. I even got confused when looking at that post about which ones were mine or not. I think that the big push to change one's avatar (for me at least) was within the first few days of joining the forum. I didn't have any golf pictures that were mine to publish so I went with the interim default avatars and just never thought about an avatar again.

The thought process was: 1) Get an avatar, 2) Get a signature, 3) Get a handicap, 4) Learn how to play golf

In retrospect I really should have juggled those priorities around.

I'll do some digging for a different avatar. But only because I'm famous now and its what my adoring fans request of me.. (too much?)

Now you make my original post look silly. Everyone's going to think I'm a liar. :-D

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by anotherday

Wooo Hoo! I'm a celebrity!

Haha. I'll be honest.. I even got confused when looking at that post about which ones were mine or not. I think that the big push to change one's avatar (for me at least) was within the first few days of joining the forum. I didn't have any golf pictures that were mine to publish so I went with the interim default avatars and just never thought about an avatar again.

The thought process was: 1) Get an avatar, 2) Get a signature, 3) Get a handicap, 4) Learn how to play golf

In retrospect I really should have juggled those priorities around.

I'll do some digging for a different avatar. But only because I'm famous now and its what my adoring fans request of me.. (too much?)

How deep did you have to dig for that?

[anotherday]

As deep as the yellow B330-RX was in my bag. The head cover was on the club so I didn't have to dig at all for that.

Wait... was that a rhetorical question?

[inthehole]

Mine is the cutest golfer ever (she made it through Q school & just got her LPGA card ... WOOT !)

[iacas]

Just got word that as of tomorrow (or maybe the next day) this should be the default avatar for everyone new to the site:

http://thesandtrap.com/b/avatar.jpg

I've changed a few people's already (for the heck of it).

[iacas]

This is now in place.

[camper6]

Reading about avatars and default etc.

But how does one get an avatar?

Does it have to be a .gif or a .jpg or what?

Maybe some instructions on how to get one's own avatar would be beneficial?

[iacas]

Originally Posted by camper6

Reading about avatars and default etc.

But how does one get an avatar?

Does it have to be a .gif or a .jpg or what?

Maybe some instructions on how to get one's own avatar would be beneficial?

I think you figured it out, right?

[camper6]

Originally Posted by iacas

I think you figured it out, right?

Yes all you have to do is find an avatar and it can be a .jpg picture to your liking.    Save it on your desktop and then copy it in to your profile.

[shar1ford]

Ok, I am an old blonde, which is worse than a young blonde, and have no idea what an avatar is or how to get one. When you're through laughing, would you share your wisdom with this airhead and tell me how? HAHAHA thanks!

[Ernest Jones]

Just go into your profile, top right corner on desktop and look for upload avatar or change avatar.