Do you regularly change your avatar on mylot?

@cpamanda (693)
United States
January 24, 2007 11:55am CST
I have not change mine and do not plan to do so. In all honesty, my friends who keep changing theirs make it hard for me to see their discussions easily. What do you think? If you do change yours, why?
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@apostrofy (661)
• Romania
24 Jan 07
definately avatars make u easier to watch on forums. u'r disscusions can easily be recognized and so are u'r responses. but people who change their avatars i think they do it because they get bored and they like dealing with new things. i'm a member for a month now and this is my second avatar
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@cpamanda (693)
• United States
24 Jan 07
So you are not worried your friends will not recognize you when you change your avatar?
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• Romania
25 Jan 07
never thought about that so far, but even though they wouldn't recognize me i still feel the need to change it from time to time. i don't change it very often but i do it sometimes.
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@cpamanda (693)
• United States
26 Jan 07
I understand. Thanks for checking back. I guess some poeple like change. I might change mine more often if I was not so busy all the time.
• Thailand
25 Jan 07
I have use this avatar since i joined mylot, i dont have a plan to change ti. Actually im using this same avatar in other communities i joined. Your right, an avatar is one easy way to track your friends discussions. An avatar is also used to represent a person in this virtual world maybe thats one of the reason why some pople change their avatar more often.
@cpamanda (693)
• United States
25 Jan 07
You have a great point. What other communities are you active with?
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• United States
25 Jan 07
No, I leave my avatar alone. It helps me to identify which responses are mine and if there is any feed back to a respnse that I have left. It is just easier for me to identfy my stuff.
@cpamanda (693)
• United States
25 Jan 07
Great, thanks for the reply. I find it is easier to leave my avatar the same as well.
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@ladygator (3465)
• United States
24 Jan 07
well i have not changed mine not sure when or if i will. But it is hard for me to see who is who.
@cpamanda (693)
• United States
24 Jan 07
I agree. That is why I am leaving mine the same all the time. Then my friends will recognize me.
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@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
24 Jan 07
very true. even i don't change mine. i only changed once when someone copied my avtaar..so i put up a original one. and since that day i havent changed. it relaly does make it diff to recognise friends if they keep changing. like when this guy copied my avtaar my friends kept replying to his discussions thinking it was me.. untill they noticed a constant decrease in quality of content.
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@cpamanda (693)
• United States
24 Jan 07
Great, thank you for reading the entire question before responding. Your reply makes perfect sense. I am sure that was annoying when someone copied you and your friends had you confused. We should all be original.
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• Philippines
25 Jan 07
I change it often, as when I feel like I wanted to post a new avatar. I think it is impotant that you keep your avatar so that your friends can regognize you but I can't help it, I keep on changing my Avatar.
@cpamanda (693)
• United States
25 Jan 07
Have any of your friends asked you about changing it? Have they mentioned having a hard time finding you
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
28 Jan 07
I change my avatar on a regular basis. It is simply a matter of choosing an avatar that I like and using it for a while, then deciding that I fancy a change and selecting a new one. I realise that many people use the avatar to attract their attention to a member that they know, but with the username being fixed and the option of friends where the new avatar appears in your list then I do not think that it should cause too much confusion.
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@cpamanda (693)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Thanks for the reply. You do make a good point. Now that we can look at our friend's discussions, that helps.
• United States
24 Jan 07
Not yet, but then again, I'm new here. I'm sure I'll get sick of that picture eventually.
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@ChewySpree (1832)
• United States
25 Jan 07
I have changed mine once, but I don't plan to change it again. At first I used my real picture, but then I had second thoughts and didn't want to use my own pic. So, now I use the picture of my little dog, Paco.
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@cpamanda (693)
• United States
26 Jan 07
Paco is adorable. I remember your other avatar and I had a hard time finding you at first. What kind of dog is Paco? I have a poodle pomeranian mix named Fuzzy and my Avatar is my rabbit Tigger.
• India
25 Jan 07
i don't change my avataar.i like my present one.its nice and its cool.like me.
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@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
27 Jan 07
I started with one and changed to the one I have now. I will probably stick with it since it's one I have used elsewhere to represent myself. Just one I like that kind of shows things I believe in or like.
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• Jamaica
27 Jan 07
So its safe to say you wont be changing your avatar anytime soon? I hope not.
@beyonce03 (2331)
• Canada
25 Jan 07
I reconize people from their avartar and I go to these discussion. I don,t think it's good to often change your avatar. Once a month can be good. I had the same avatar from the beginning (1month) and for the moment I'M not tire of it and I don't feel like change it :P
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@cpamanda (693)
• United States
26 Jan 07
Thanks for the reply. I agree with you. I like my bunny so I think I will leave mine alone. I am big on no change. :-)
@yoleis27 (557)
• Israel
24 Jan 07
I dont change it at all.. I really like this picture and only when i'll get tireded with it i'll change it.. Until then vincent Valentine sutes me well :)
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@mishang (498)
• Philippines
24 Jan 07
nope, i don't really change my avatar, because i already like what's my avatar right now. maybe, if i'd be changing that, it'll also be a shar-pei, because i really love those dogs, they're very very cute, and all you guys wont be having a hard time to recognize me because it'll be like almost the same avatar, same dog with just a new post. have a great day ahead!
@cpamanda (693)
• United States
24 Jan 07
Okay, I see. That is great thanks for replying. I guess if it is a similar avatar to the one you had before, it would be easy to find you again.
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@MySpot (2600)
• United States
21 Mar 07
I have changed mine a few times. I was using ones I made with photos and my PictureIt, adding 'MySpot' to them, so I'd be easily 'spotted'... then I switched to one I thought I'd be able to find easier for whenever I'm seeking a comment to my responses. Then, I found a couple pictures I liked a lot and thought represented who I was (my heart one, frog on a mushroom and fairy). Recently, I decided to make it even more personalized by using a photo of myself. Sorry if you keep getting lost on your bunny trail to find me ; )
@the_vicar (1477)
• United States
25 Feb 07
I have had the same one since I started here several months ago. I am too busy responding to discussions to take the time to change mine.
@angnima (772)
• Nepal
27 Jan 07
There is one possibility from my side. In future I may change it. The last AVATAR may be my own photo.
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@cuddleme01 (2725)
• Philippines
28 Jan 07
i dont plan of changing my avatar. i like it the way it is.
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@meoasis (720)
• Nepal
28 Jan 07
no i havent changed my avatar its the same from beginning and i havent thought of changing it
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@kevkentis (590)
• Jamaica
27 Jan 07
I have never changed my avatar since i first sign up its the same avatar i still use. I agree that it makes it kinda hard to find people who keep changing their avatar. I love my avatar and i dont think i will be changing it any time soon.
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