Does your avatar make people take you less seriously?

I have pondered on this question for some time. I know to most an avatar is nothing more than just a picture to use on a forum. Some have really creative avatars while other go for the bands they like.

But this is where my question lies: does the avatar, say a representation of the band you like, make others take your views / posts / threads less seriously? Say, if someone had an avatar of a \"thebandthatshallneverbementionedagain\" album but commented or started a thread about a band like Raven - would you be inclined to take that person's views less seriously because they're displaying their interest/likeness for a band that you don't care about?

No

I hope not, because the Buffy avatar doesn't exactly scream "mature".

I dont really give a smurf poo either way, I think avatars are cool because no matter what they show a little bit about what that particulars persons interests are that they may not talk about on the forums in threads for whatever reason....such as metalguys poops and monkey theme etc.

detuned wrote:

I hope not, because the Buffy avatar doesn't exactly scream "mature".

Neither do female anthropamorphic cartoon characters.

I think if someone had a nu-metal band avatar, they might be looked down on by the majority of members here.

I've had all kinds of weird avatars since I've been a member of this board, and few, if any, have been metal related -- a photo of myself at 18 with the caption "BAD ASS!", I've had Duck Dodgers, movie posters for "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" and "Jason Takes Manhattan," a picture of Lacey Chabert from the cover of MAXIM magazine, Ren and Stimpy, cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon, and those are just the ones I remember off the top of my head.

I don't know what it makes the other forum members think of me, other than perhaps "This guy can't make up his frickin mind."

I don't think there is an avatar that can be taken seriously. Can anyone guess what my current avatar is?

troublemagnet wrote:

I don't think there is an avatar that can be taken seriously. Can anyone guess what my current avatar is?

A member of Cobra, not sure which though. Maybe one of the various Viper troops.

I've never thought about that til now actually. However, I've already determined I don't really give a rat's ass.

But given the amount of people who either think I'm nuts or permanently burnt out, mine make alot of sense most of the time.

i barely pay attention to what people are saying, much less the picture that accompanies it.

We love you too MC!

If someone's avatar is a band I think is really bad (*cough* Dave Matthews band), I might have a hard time taking them seriously if they posted something negative about a band I really like.

But beyond that, I enjoy looking at people's avatars. As others have said, whether intentionally or not, avatars reveal a little bit about a poster's personality. Even the lack of an avatar says something IMO.

detuned wrote:

I hope not, because the Buffy avatar doesn't exactly scream "mature".

We've never taken you seriously anyways, Shawn.

Plus - I have the greatest avatar of anyone ever in the history of avatars.

UNCLE SAXON wrote:

detuned wrote:

I hope not, because the Buffy avatar doesn't exactly scream "mature".

We've never taken you seriously anyways, Shawn.

Plus - I have the greatest avatar of anyone ever in the history of avatars.

yeah "photobucket" adds are the cats meow

Yeah - that's weird timing. Kmorg must have messed with somoething. All the mods have the thingy missing there.

If mine makes anyone dizzy or nauseous, then my work here is done.

You can change it then, I hate your current av MG. It confuses me, not hard I admit.

How about endless cats?



Or Screaming Buseys?



Ooooo, nevermind. That one's making me dizzy.

Cats are always cool but i've wanted to smack Busey upside the head for years so that one makes me more then nauseous.

I expect all of my posts to be taken more seriously now that Liz Lemon is getting her groove on. SEXY!!

Stender wrote:

I dont really give a smurf poo either way, I think avatars are cool because no matter what they show a little bit about what that particulars persons interests are that they may not talk about on the forums in threads for whatever reason....such as metalguys poops and monkey theme etc.

Ditto.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

How about endless cats?



Or Screaming Buseys?



Ooooo, nevermind. That one's making me dizzy.

I like that endless cats one (naturally)

I don't think so. When I first joined the board I had my bands album cover but I ended up changing it after a while because I didn't want everyone thinking I was only hear to post crap about my band and leave in a few weeks haha. All of a sudden I just started changing them once in a while. Either of an album or whatever struck me as funny. I even throw one of myself up there once in a while. If people take me less seriously when I put myself up there then I can see why.

This reminds me, christmas is over time to change the avatar.

I change my avatar every week because variety is the spice of life. I used to do it every other week but I like doing a bunch of different ones. I used to do ones featuring my ugly mug but decided on doing stuff more pleasant to look at.