# Avatars: Yay or Nay? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 14, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353 "2008-05-14T22:47:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/21 "2008-05-14T23:44:11Z")
What if we make avatars taste like Bacon Salt? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/22 "2008-05-15T00:39:14Z")
No ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/23 "2008-05-15T00:39:51Z")
Message board avatars? More likely [Captain Dunsels](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ultimate_Computer_(TOS_episode)#Plot) for weak egos. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/24 "2008-05-15T01:00:19Z")
How’s this for an avitar: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/25 "2008-05-15T01:04:08Z")
Ilkchh. I suppose if we could turn them off it would be okay, but I suspect for those who have them enabled only half of them would post a picture anyway (I know I wouldn’t). Besides, the hamsters are tired enough as it is. I absolutly don’t want to trade avatar priviliges for extra time-outs, thankyouverymuch. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/26 "2008-05-15T01:15:31Z")
I know I have a much easier time remembering people when I have a visual to hang on the name. I don’t even have a problem with animated .gifs, as long as they’re subdued (on the other mb I frequent one user has one that’s 8 or 9 cat related haikus. It’s cute.) On the other hand, it’ll eat up bandwidth and be one more thing for mods to keep track of. So, um, I have no preference. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/27 "2008-05-15T01:45:47Z")
Thats a negatory! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/28 "2008-05-15T01:52:22Z")
Thanks for asking, but no thank you. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/29 "2008-05-15T01:52:32Z")
Um, let me offer the end result of this poll: Many people here hate the idea of avatars. Many people here like the idea of avatars. Many people here couldn’t care less if we added them or not. There, that saves us the effort. How do I know the answer to this poll? Because we discuss/debate avatars in here about every, oh, two months or so. They’ve been batted around in at least two threads in here since the future changes intended by the new owners were posted. The debate always produces the results I just gave. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/30 "2008-05-15T01:53:27Z")
Another NO vote. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/31 "2008-05-15T02:28:56Z")
☹ Will anyone think of the poor hamsters? I don’t mind a small unanimated avatar. Use them on a couple of boards that I don’t go to much. I don’t quite understand the hatred. But if it means the board will perform even worse than it does now, then no. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/32 "2008-05-15T02:47:51Z")
Nay. I don’t believe I have ever seen avatars implemented well. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/33 "2008-05-15T03:04:26Z")
Avatars schmavatars. What we need are more smileys and giant image sigs to really spruce up this place. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/34 "2008-05-15T03:23:25Z")
Nay. Ugly and tacky. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/35 "2008-05-15T03:34:06Z")
No. Their absence keeps repels undesirables. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/36 "2008-05-15T03:58:41Z")
Nay. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/37 "2008-05-15T04:12:44Z")
Neigh \ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/38 "2008-05-15T04:18:34Z")
I vote NAY. Occasionally you see one that’s really neat, but the vast majority are eyesores that are cool only in the mind of the person subjecting the rest of us to it. No avatars is just one of the mnay little touches I like about this Board. ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/39 "2008-05-15T04:23:25Z")
Nay. I’m not for avatars, for all the reasons outlined above. It wouldn’t cause me to stop coming here, but I wouldn’t be a fan. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353/40 "2008-05-15T04:52:27Z")
No avatars for me, thank you. I just had a thought though. How about if you could have your user name appear in a different font and/or color? It would be easier to keep track of who is saying what in a thread but not be as distracting (and sometimes annoying) as avatars. What say ye? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-yay-or-nay/449353.md?page=3)