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Avatars! Let's get into it. (waveform.social)

submitted 2 years ago by Scientician@waveform.social to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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One thing I missed during the reddit era was user avatars. I always found it much easier to recognize posters this way. The lack of avatars next to a post made that whole era feel faceless. I'm glad avatars are included in profiles, and I think they should be brought back into the main UI.

I currently use Connect on Android, which puts a small (10x10px approx) avatar next to names. It would be cool to have an option to enlarge this, but it seems like a step forward.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I think the profile pictures are fine. They technically work the same. You can always make your own avatar somewhere and make it your pfp.

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Really? One thing I missed during the reddit era was no avatars. They weren't a thing until new reddit. Regular reddit never got them, and I liked it that way.

[–] Scientician@waveform.social 1 points 2 years ago

It would be cool if apps made showing avatars an option. I could see why someone wouldn't like them... I just remember pictures easier than names because I'm a little special, so they work for me.

That said, I'm not saying we should go crazy and do table breaking SA red text avatars.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago

Reddit's big fancy avatars were part of its monetisation efforts and I'm happy to go back to upload an image once I've dusted my old files off.

However, there are plenty of free avatar generators out there you can use if you want one.

[–] Pekka@feddit.nl 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Users that have a profile icon generally appear with that icon on the web UI. Of course it is not as easy as building your own Snoo on Reddit, but it works fine for me in both the web ui and MLem

[–] Scientician@waveform.social 3 points 2 years ago

I'm using the web ui now. I think it hits a good balance of not too big, not too small.

[–] kratoz29@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What about NFT avatars? /s

[–] Scientician@waveform.social 1 points 2 years ago

Only if they can power up on slurp juice.

[–] Knightfall@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm using Connect for Lemmy right now. I got the newest update from yesterday. I don't see anyones profile pics...

[–] Scientician@waveform.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not everyone has one. They're emoji sized by people's names. It may also be instance based... I'm not sure how it all works yet.

[–] Knightfall@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Instance based isn't something I knew would apply. I have an avatar setup which shows up desktop. But not here. If you have one, I don't see it either. Weird.

[–] Scientician@waveform.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Weird. Have you updated

Edit- I'm noticing they don't always show, and I'm not sure what the consistency is.

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