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Originally Posted by Ea
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I think, for me, avatars are reality online. It's the only visual cue I have to the identity of the person. In your case, the propellor hat says 'nerd', 'IT'. The monkey face is someone who's a bit unconventional, perhaps artistic, have wide mental horizons. Remeber you chose this exact picture over others - and you chose to have an avatar image in the first place.
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It is true, but there's also the factor that in some ways this avatar was chosen
for me. While I have elected to use it, it is also partially someone else's flattering (though others might not see it that way
) impression of me - an impression gained more from my behaviour here rather than from a self-referential previous avatar's influence. In the same way, your (flattering, to me) impression of me contains some aspects of accuracy, but I might also (actually, I'm almost certainly) biased by its complimentary aspects. As I mentioned, it's perhaps more how I
want to be perceived then how I actually
am. My reality (my "real face") is a lot duller than the avatar (and written word) I purvey.
Your point that I chose that avatar is a good overview...I'm not at all in disagreement with it...but I just wanted to point out that my choice was also influenced by others here, based on impression gained from my posts, and that is not insignificant. Sort of a chicken-and-egg scenario.
Cheers,
Marc