Do you judge people by their avatar?

[DubWolf 18,411]

I dunno. Not all judging is bad ya know  ? It's a greatly drawn pic of my OC

Edited July 15 by DubWolf

[SparklingSwirls 21,521]

44 minutes ago, DubWolf said:

I dunno. Not all judging is bad ya know  ? It's a greatly drawn pic of my OC

I hope they judge you (positively) by your signature kinda forgot you still had that!

[Night Sky 848]

I don't judge people by their avatars. 

I take what I see onboard as an indicator, in certain cases, but I try not to read too much into them, if I know nothing else about that person.

You cannot know, just on the basis of what the avatar is, what that person's motivation for choosing it was.

That's not even forming a judgment, that's projecting a narrative onto an image. 

Generally speaking, it seems that that leads to misunderstandings more often than not.

I try, if anything, to be amused by avatars and if I have questions, I ask.

I always like looking at them, cause they're visual. 

But they serve as an invitation to have a conversation, so why would I skip that opportunity and go straight to a snap judgment?

 

Edited July 15 by Night Sky

[ExplosionMare 21,168]

I try not to since if it was really that bad, it would be taken down so quickly.

[Iforgotmybrain 6,913]

No. But I do picture every comment left as being said by someone’s avatar Your pfp might as well be you to me.

[Sparklefan1234 179,375]

Do you judge people by their avatar?

I try not to unless they don’t have an avatar because then I wonder if the user is real or not.

On 2020-04-16 at 8:08 PM, ExplosionMare said:

As with everything else, the picture usually leads into gender assumption (so if there is a female on an avatar I assume the person is a girl). It’s not always correct, but most of the time pony OCs are the same gender as the person.

*When someone mistakes me for a girl because I like female characters as my avatar*

  I always think of this SpongeBob quote. 😠

[Clawdeen 20,007]

57 minutes ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

Do you judge people by their avatar?

I try not to unless they don’t have an avatar because then I wonder if the user is real or not.

*When someone mistakes me for a girl because I like female characters as my avatar*

  I always think of this SpongeBob quote. 😠

They could be ghosts 

[Acinonyx 1,986]

Unless your avatar is a $900 commissioned piece of work don't even interact with me.  (Jk) 

[Raskolnikov 1,701]

20 hours ago, DubWolf said:

I dunno. Not all judging is bad ya know  ? It's a greatly drawn pic of my OC

Facts. Oh no, I may or may not like someone's avatar. Who gives a crap what I think? Your avatar is for you not for the rest of us, it has no effect on anyone's lives 

6 hours ago, Iforgotmybrain said:

But I do picture every comment left as being said by someone’s avatar Your pfp might as well be you to me.

Same.... which is why I thought you were a girl for a while sjfkafjsjf :x

[ExplosionMare 21,168]

On 2025-07-16 at 2:44 AM, Sparklefan1234 said:

Do you judge people by their avatar?

I try not to unless they don’t have an avatar because then I wonder if the user is real or not.

*When someone mistakes me for a girl because I like female characters as my avatar*

  I always think of this SpongeBob quote. 😠

Perfect GIF to describe this frustration, Sparkplug! ⚡️ 

*When someone thinks I'm male even though my user name has the word "Mare" in it, the unicorn in the avatar is female, and my profile is generally very feminine with the pinks and purples.

On 2025-07-16 at 8:19 AM, Acinonyx said:

Unless your avatar is a $900 commissioned piece of work don't even interact with me.  (Jk) 

That's rich coming from a PhotoShop Fluttershy 

[DubWolf 18,411]

2 hours ago, ExplosionMare said:

Perfect GIF to describe this frustration, Sparkplug! ⚡️ 

*When someone thinks I'm male even though my user name has the word "Mare" in it, the unicorn in the avatar is female, and my profile is generally very feminine with the pinks and purples.

That's rich coming from a PhotoShop Fluttershy 

You know your avatar has the shape of an ice cream cone . Her mane even has the dilly!

[Acinonyx 1,986]

4 hours ago, ExplosionMare said:

That's rich coming from a PhotoShop Fluttershy 

That's expensive PhotoShop Fluttershy to you.