# Avatars

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/590594>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 28, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/590594 "2011-07-28T05:25:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/590594/259 "2011-08-03T16:03:57Z")

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We see no great advantage to avatars and a number of downsides (among them, my skin will crawl), so have no plans to add them at present.

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