# What's your opinion on the new Avatars on this board? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 9, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365 "2018-08-09T21:54:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/41 "2018-08-10T00:39:05Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Eh, they’re okay. I can turn 'em off if I get tired of them. So, it’s “no harm, no foul”. Yours have been interesting, to say the least.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/42 "2018-08-10T00:55:55Z")
I like them. I’m more visual than … wordy. It helps me associate names with people. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/43 "2018-08-10T00:57:10Z")
Hope their newly-allowed use won’t develop into a sticky wicket. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/44 "2018-08-10T01:00:14Z")
I like them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/45 "2018-08-10T01:07:27Z")
I thought the size was a little wimpy but I’m already used to it. If Tuba leaves them this way, I’m fine with it. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/46 "2018-08-10T01:14:50Z")
I keep it turned off. I will never know. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/47 "2018-08-10T01:20:17Z")
I dig it. It’s not too obtrusive IMHO, and easy to turn off if you don’t like it. I see most of us, including myself, have gone the literal route, but it’s pretty interesting to see the less obvious choices. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/48 "2018-08-10T01:23:15Z")
They suck. I turned them off immediately. Not that anyone cares about the lurkers. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/49 "2018-08-10T01:37:39Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > I like them. Signatures have always bugged me way more than avatars on message boards, though. My biggest peeve is actually those boards which permit a _larger_ pic to be pasted into said signature. Where every. single. post. of theirs has this identical huge pic taking up a significant fraction of their post, and my screen. I invariably block the pic in such circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/50 "2018-08-10T02:27:50Z")
I kind of like them. Adds a bit of flavor, and it’s entirely optional. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/51 "2018-08-10T02:49:09Z")
I think they’re fun and I’m really glad they’re not flashing or too big. I just noticed them about ten minutes ago though, so I don’t know if I’ve just been lucky so far. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/52 "2018-08-10T02:56:48Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I find them annoying and distracting. But it was easy enough for me to turn them off, so I can’t complain. Given all the comments from people who like them, I decided to add mine. But I’m still turning them off in my own view. ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/53 "2018-08-10T03:47:49Z")
I’m fine with them. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/54 "2018-08-10T04:39:03Z")
> [@UncaStuart](#): > > I’m fine with them. Me too. Hey, that’s the Royal Stewart tartan pattern, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/55 "2018-08-10T05:14:18Z")
I haven’t seen much in the way of text. Is that not how this works? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/56 "2018-08-10T05:16:47Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > I haven’t seen much in the way of text. Is that not how this works? 😃 I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/57 "2018-08-10T05:17:46Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yours have been interesting, to say the least.😉 What are you implying? ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/58 "2018-08-10T05:21:48Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > What are you implying? It relates to my profession. I can see what you might think I’m implying, but it has nothing to do with the board. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/59 "2018-08-10T05:24:51Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > It relates to my profession. I can see what you might think I’m implying, but it has nothing to do with the board. Ah… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365/60 "2018-08-10T05:28:50Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Ah… You make laugh. I think I have liked all yours so far.🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-new-avatars-on-this-board/819365.md?page=4)