# Would it bother you if avatars were allowed, but off by default?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 4, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-avatars-were-allowed-but-off-by-default/556045 "2010-10-04T20:20:23Z")\
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**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:** [October 5, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-avatars-were-allowed-but-off-by-default/556045/31 "2010-10-05T03:22:25Z")

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The ONLY caution I would give to people is don’t be too quick to associate the avatar with the name, as a lot of people (myself included) like to change their’s from time to time.

But I say, go avatars go.

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