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Originally Posted by GeoLib
This is the first time I've registered on a forum and took some time to think about a username. I feel quite shy and didn't really want to use my real name, but decided to use one which reflected what I am or have been (geographer and librarian). As for my avatar, I found it by chance and thought it was a perfect image of myself. I've been accused more than once of reading any kind of paper around me and not paying attention to anything else, so it just felt like myself.
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It's a very nice avatar. I've found taht even if I use another name or something made-up, I still have to feel it's 'me' in order to feel comfortable with it.
What I was originally thinking of when I started the thread, was that, like we all are influenced by our visual impression of people (AFAIK there's made enough studies that indicate we react differently to people who are taller than use (or shorter), beautiful vs. ugly, etc.), I found that I unconsciously thought differently about people with, for example, cute animal avatars vs. more serious looking images vs. humourous. It's a visual cue to their character. I don't exactly
want to form an opinion/react to people based on this, but I think it happens anyway.