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I mean, it seems pretty easy to do. That way we could diffrenciate between users much easier and help it feel more like a community.

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because we have a name already and aren't looking to share any personal info.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (5 children)

You can put any pic you like. Doesn't have to include any personal info.

[–] Dasnap 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought it had to be a picture of your fingerprint?

[–] lostme 8 points 1 year ago

You have some really weird fingerprints

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Pic of your credit card and/or social security card only.

[–] Sheeple 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I found it's slightly less intuitive to add a pfp on Lemmy as compared to reddit. On reddit it's literally on the front screen while in Lemmy you have to go into the settings.

It isn't hard, but seeing that the average user here was previously a redditor, it's still enough of a difference

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm on a desktop browser and I just went to try to work out how to upload an avatar on reddit. I really struggled!

I found I could create a "snoovatar" easily enough. Found that option on both old reddit and new reddit.

I couldn't find the option to upload a profile image at all on old reddit, and on new reddit I finally found it in the user settings, basically the same place as lemmy has it.

Did I miss something? Or were you referring to the "snoovatar" thing?

[–] Sheeple 4 points 1 year ago

Oh. They might have changed it. Tbh I haven't changed my avatar on reddit for years lmao

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

But then I'd have to pick something that doesn't reveal anything about me, why should I make that effort?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I mean most people on the internet just pick a picture they like

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, I actually am this 16 yr old anime girl.

[–] JJROKCZ 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I didn’t want one on Reddit and I don’t want one here. This is a forum not a social media to me, my only identity here is an anonymous name, I don’t want feel represented by a drawing, don’t want to be famous on here, and don’t want my image on here

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OMG, it's local micro celebrity JJROKCZ! Can I have an autograph?

[–] JJROKCZ 4 points 1 year ago

Link your steam and I’ll sign it lol

[–] reversebananimals 10 points 1 year ago

Profile pics are dumb. I don't want you to recognize me, this is an anonymous form.

Interaction should be about what is being said, not who said it.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

I disabled them from the settings. Unnecessary clutter, names are enough to understand who you're talking with

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most people from reddit were not using avatars. Sometimes people had one from the avatar maker.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

And sometimes someone had a hexagon and got rightly dunked on.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because who cares? It's the content that matters, not how the profile looks of the person who posted it.

I didn't have one on reddit. I don't see the need to have one here. As someone else already mentioned, I barely pay attention to usernames, let alone profile pics. I care about what you're saying. Not what you or your profile look like.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh, ok. Yeah I completely get it.

Though I do just sometimes have those weird feelings, like with how so many people just look the same aside from the name, that I'm not really talking with other people. Yeah I know that's very silly and unusual but it's just kind of a weird feeling I have, like I'm speaking to a mass conglomerate or a bot instead of a normal, living person. I guess I just got so used to people having their own, detailed profile that someone not having it feel strange and unnatural, if that makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

... People have profile pictures?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

No thank you! Genuinely, I'm here for content and to drop the occasional comment. I come from a time of irc and php. Customization was nice, but I'm not here for it these days.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Usernames are enough.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I pay no attention to avatars, I barely pay any attention to usernames.

[–] HardlightCereal 8 points 1 year ago

When I joined reddit we didn't have no fancy schamncy pfps

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I never use a profile pic, regardless of the fediverse or anywhere else.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I tried to set a pfp but everytime i did it it was just a black square (maybe because i was using a png or smh)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Maybe you should try a different profile pic? Sometimes photos online can be wacky like that. It could also be in a bad format. I usually download photos and save them on my desktop. Usually this way it let's me set up profile pics.

Also, swag profile name. Terraria is the goat

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Alr ill try later when ill be on my pc.

Terraria W game

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

image uploads on blahaj were a bit buggy lately. i think they're working fine right now so you may want to try again.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Don't care about it

[–] AndreyAsimow 5 points 1 year ago

I made one with AI

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Don’t want one, I suppose.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m on kbin, and I haven’t been able to figure out how to set one, if it’s even possible at all.

[–] LexaMaridia 1 points 1 year ago

I'm on Memmy and I can't find the setting anywhere. It's driving me crazy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I added one because I like how it spices up the comment sections a bit.

[–] HomesliceAbe 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I use voyager and it straight up doesn't display any avatars. Other apps might not either. But don't take this to mean that I'd like to switch, this is far from a deal breaker for me.

The old Reddit interface also didn't display avatars, either, even once Reddit introduced them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

While I have a pfp I also have it so I don't see anyone's pfp unless ik on their profile, and at that point it doesn't matter. It just feels like clutter when I see It.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not like I hate having a profile pic, but I haven't bothered so far.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] guy 3 points 1 year ago

I didn't know what picture to use, so I didn't bother. My picture on other platforms is my face, but I'm not going to use that here.

[–] Nioxic 2 points 1 year ago

I didnt even know uou could

Ive never clicked into my profile

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

it's not really that necessary though, who cares

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the mouse is cute.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I was reminded by you just now to set mine, I use the same one everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It seems most people don't care. I just happened to have one from discord/steam/twitch which is the only reason it's on here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I prefer not judging or even recognizing people by appearance.

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