Standard Avatars

[nykfan4life]

Are a bad Idea, IMHO. I don't know if it's just me that thinks this way, but I associate users by their avatar, and remember them more by that then thier names. There are like 15 people with that gopher avatar and I always think they are the same person. It would make it a lot less confusing if we got rid of them. Just a suggestion.

[iacas]

  nykfan4life said:

Are a bad Idea, IMHO. I don't know if it's just me that thinks this way, but I associate users by their avatar, and remember them more by that then thier names. There are like 15 people with that gopher avatar and I always think they are the same person. It would make it a lot less confusing if we got rid of them. Just a suggestion.

People that post frequently (and are thus worth remembering) tend to change their avatars.

[Dent]

I always keep the same avatar, I dont really see what you have to remember peoples names for. and if we get rid of them, how are you going to remember people?

[Wisco-Kid]

Dent I would say your avatar is by far one of the more memorable ones on here.

[Big_M]

  nykfan4life said:

Are a bad Idea, IMHO. I don't know if it's just me that thinks this way, but I associate users by their avatar, and remember them more by that then thier names. There are like 15 people with that gopher avatar and I always think they are the same person. It would make it a lot less confusing if we got rid of them. Just a suggestion.

I agree... the standard ones are a bit confusing.

  iacas said:

People that post frequently (and are thus worth remembering) tend to change their avatars.

true... but not all

  Dent said:

I always keep the same avatar, I dont really see what you have to remember peoples names for. and if we get rid of them, how are you going to remember people?

yours isn't a standard one

.... he was only suggesting getting rid of the "standard" ones, not the unique ones. Dent... yours is very unique by the way... I'll never forget you.

[immts007]

While I agree with you, I hate when stuff like that is codified. To avoid seeming dictatorial on a board I run, I just don't make any avatars available - your are either known by your username alone or you find your own avatar.

But yeah, it is confusing - I agree.

[Dent]

Although its confusing, how hard is it to look at their name and remember it?


And thanks btw. Thats part of Tigers Contract with Nike (whenever posing for the camera he must do the "Nike Smile" haha.

[nykfan4life]

  iacas said:

People that post frequently (and are thus worth remembering) tend to change their avatars.

yeah, But there is at least one person who has that gopher who posts frequently(don't remember his name) who I mix up with all the people with 12-15 posts.

  Dent said:

I always keep the same avatar, I dont really see what you have to remember peoples names for. and if we get rid of them, how are you going to remember people?

Not get rid of them all together, Just get rid of the default ones: the range balls, the ashworth logo, the gopher. you know all the ones that are pre-loaded.

  Dent said:

Although its confusing, how hard is it to look at their name and remember it?

Not very hard, but when there are 30 names with a caddyshack gopher next to them it tends to get difficult

[Avid Golfer]

  nykfan4life said:

Just get rid of the default ones: the range balls, the ashworth logo, the gopher. you know all the ones that are pre-loaded.

The problem I see with that is that some people may be either lazy (not want to take the time to put up a specialized avatar), indecisive (not sure what avatar to use), or weak in computer skills (not knowledgeable in how to make or upload an avatar).

If we were taking a poll I'd vote for keeping the generic avatars.

[Shindig]

  nykfan4life said:

Are a bad Idea, IMHO. I don't know if it's just me that thinks this way, but I associate users by their avatar, and remember them more by that then thier names. There are like 15 people with that gopher avatar and I always think they are the same person. It would make it a lot less confusing if we got rid of them. Just a suggestion.

How about when people change their avatars? Is it the same confusion?

I'm not trying to be difficult, but I am thinking of changing my avatar and the confusion could cause me to keep this one (which I like; don't get me wrong). In fact, I have a handful I intend to make. Maybe I can donate my old ones as I retire them, or would that just cause people to associate others with me?

[CFunk]

I like this sweet Yoshi avatar that i scored from the picks. TIGHT!

[mikelz]

  nykfan4life said:

Are a bad Idea, IMHO. I don't know if it's just me that thinks this way, but I associate users by their avatar, and remember them more by that then thier names. There are like 15 people with that gopher avatar and I always think they are the same person. It would make it a lot less confusing if we got rid of them. Just a suggestion.

Yeah! Michael Richards deserves some press.

[lamebums]

I don't see what's so hard about reading the poster's name. I mean, avatars are cool and all, some of us who post more will probably change every so often. Either that or they pick a memorable one and stick with it. But still, the name's just as important, you know...

[crawf061]

  lamebums said:

I don't see what's so hard about reading the poster's name.

That is beside the point. The fact of the matter is that we associate people with visual references. We do it in real life and we also do it on the internet. Sure we can read the user names, but by the time we are reading the user name we have already noticed the avatar because that is how the human brain absorbs what it sees on the webpages. The pictures are noticed first followed by the text.

As for where I stand on this topic, I'm somewhat of a moderate. I feel like it is good to have some very basic standard avatars to choose from. However, I feel like Yoshi and the groundhog should not be available options. These avatars do not look like standard avatars, so it seems unique when there are actually many people that use them. Anyways, that is just my opinion. This is not a topic that I feel passionate about, but I am tired of the arguments about just being able to read the user name. That is like saying that phishing websites should never work because people should just look at the URL before they do anything on the site.

[iacas]

As a trial, standard avatars are now missing. Users can be encouraged to use their own. The only standard one we have now is the Sand Trap logo.

This is just a trial.

[The Rambler]

Express Yourself

[Wisco-Kid]

Because of this thread I changed mine. Watch out if Tiger loses or it snows again, I may just turn into the full-blown HULK.

[blue3715]

I go to avatars, and click "select your own". I then browse to the image and it fill sin the path. I click Save and the image file (and directory) simply blanks out.. what's going on?