# I turned on avatars today. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 8, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255 "2018-08-08T00:29:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/21 "2018-08-08T01:29:20Z")
Yeah, I tried that with paint(changing the pixels) but when I typed 50 into one field, the other one automatically put in a number and I couldn’t change it so I resized it manually but I made it a little too small. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/22 "2018-08-08T01:29:45Z")
This is a test. This post is a test, specifically. OK, this post is a test post to see if my avatar shows up. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/23 "2018-08-08T01:30:40Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > Yeah, I tried that with paint(changing the pixels) but when I typed 50 into one field, the other one automatically put in a number and I couldn’t change it so I resized it manually but I made it a little too small. You could uncheck “maintain aspect ratio” but then your pic will be all stretched out. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/24 "2018-08-08T01:38:58Z")
Went for the obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/25 "2018-08-08T01:40:39Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Went for the obvious. Love it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/26 "2018-08-08T01:41:21Z")
Good move, thanks! Now about those smilies… 😉 **Specto,** your avvie pic is not square so you’re losing a lot of width in order to keep height at 50–might want to find a squarer pic so it fits the size constraints better. Or crop the pic closer to your chin so it’s more square, then resize. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/27 "2018-08-08T01:44:20Z")
Thanks Smartie! ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/28 "2018-08-08T01:45:11Z")
Thank you TubaDiva. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/29 "2018-08-08T01:48:15Z")
Awesome! Thank you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/30 "2018-08-08T01:53:26Z")
There goes the neighborhood. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/31 "2018-08-08T01:56:08Z")
Testing, 1, 2, 3… ETA: thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Latimera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/latimera/32/497_2.png) [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/32 "2018-08-08T01:58:34Z")
Cool! ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/33 "2018-08-08T02:00:20Z")
Cheers. I shall avatar up soon 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/34 "2018-08-08T02:16:45Z")
Not something I figure to use (I always liked Blackwolf better) (and lets see who guesses that obscure reference) but I can live with it. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/35 "2018-08-08T02:22:53Z")
I keep getting that you can’t have an image bigger than 50 x 50 pixels. Is that right? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/36 "2018-08-08T02:25:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I keep getting that you can’t have an image bigger than 50 x 50 pixels. Is that right? Yep. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/37 "2018-08-08T02:25:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I keep getting that you can’t have an image bigger than 50 x 50 pixels. Is that right? Yup. Pull whatever pic you want to use into any image manipulator, size the largest value to 50 and keep the aspect ratio and bob’s your uncle. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/38 "2018-08-08T02:33:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I keep getting that you can’t have an image bigger than 50 x 50 pixels. Is that right? I’m guessing it might either be until we get a board update, or just as a test to see how it works out? (Standard message board is usually 100 x 100) Either that or to appease the naysayers. But it’s a start, and around here, that’s really something! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/39 "2018-08-08T02:33:18Z")
Testing ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/40 "2018-08-08T02:33:36Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > Thanks Smartie! Looks like you got all your questions answered! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255.md?page=3)