Do you judge people by their avatar?

[AlbinoThunder 42]

Really, judging someone by their avatars is just plain silly. Somewhere, probably in the dark recesses of my mind, I'd probably judge others by their posts/topics, and their bio page, but I'd at least look at their personalities on the forums and what not. Honestly, I just could care less what you use as your avatar.

 

 

...Unless their avatar was porn. Then...I dunno. I guess I wouldn't trust 'em.

[Diamond* 531]

Maybe even a little bit I do. But not in a bad way of course. If I see someone have a luna avatar, for example, I'd be like "WOW!! ANOTHER LUNA FAN!".. Yeah xD 

[Carimyp 16]

If I like someone's Avatar, I am a little bit more likely to Bro-hoof them. I do read their post too of course! But an amusing or cute avatar will make me happy!

[mehguy22 64]

I think that judging someone by their avatar is ridiculous.

Fortunately though, most people don't do that. Like me. 

Me, I don't judge. If an avatar is bad, I look away from the avatar and at the post, because the post says more than the avatar.

[Lunas Husband 2,777]

Not at all, I don't judge any pony for any reason at all, sure I see the picture and I think oh they must like this pony a lot or oh that's a cool OC, etc but never do I think, oh they have this picture up they must be mean or etc etc

[Jessper 735]

Well, sometimes it can't be helped, but unless the avatar is something particularly extreme or very cool, I try not to.

Hmm, unless people use their photo as an avatar, then I do judge, silently.

 

Generally tho, I just spend a second thinking "That's nice." / "How generic." / "Oh how splendidly ugly." and that's it.

 

Edited July 27, 2013 by Jessper

[Scrumpy 159]

No I don't judge people by their avatar, but it's odd how after judging the content of their posts their avatars take on a different context.

[Vay 175]

I tend to warm up to people with Applejack avatars more easily. I know it's bad but it's my bias! I don't really judge a person by their avatar so much as their post but I do appreciate awesome art in an avatar and I personally am very picky about the avatars I use myself.

[SUPERFOX5 385]

This is pretty much YouTube comments in a nutshell.

 

Whenever some troll on YT sees someone with a MLP icon for their account, they're immediately like, "ERHMAHGERD, GAY."

 

This is why I try to keep the same avatar on my YT channel.

 

BTW, nobody has judged me yet on avatars I use.

 

Also, I don't judge others no matter whatever the situation is.

Edited July 27, 2013 by SUPERFOX5

[Ihei 711]

I hate to admit it, but yes. Anypony with a blurry avatar, to me, I judge people by how long they've been on the Forums. So I can tell they've just joined. But I like everypony with a nice avatar; it expresses their personality.

[Haven Celestii 9,385]

I do to some extent. If its a horrible ponycreator or just straight up crap OC then yeah, I might not read their post, take what they say as I should, or just downright laugh at it and then move on while fully disregarding their post all together.

 

No, I'm not a horrible person for this~ lol

 

Other than that, I think thats all I really do when I see one's avatar.

[SCS 7,443]

I suppose I judge people by their avatars in a minimal sense. Someone's avatar is the first impression I get of a person on this site, in addition to their username, before I read their post. While I can get some ideas about who they are based on that first impression, I would certainly not make any conclusions based on it. An avatar is only one out of many ways a person represents themselves. We are all complex, multifaceted beings.

[MichaelxXxTrixie 433]

Yes you can judge a lot by an avatar, after-all it's suppose to  be sued to represent your online persona. So if you had a picture of a Warhammer 40k Dreadnought ripping Pinkie Pie in half I'd assume you don't like Bronies. If you had guns you like guns, if you had ponies you like ponies. 

[Deactivated 13]

I Normally don't judge people by there avatars but if they got a avatar that matches my interests then i will most likely add them or something.

[Valormos 262]

I dont judge others of there avatars some people may like fluttershy and use her and can a boy like me

other wise I dont judge others and respect every one on here

[Carbon Maestro 1,003]

Well if have a mare or female character in the logo, I may or may not assume you're a girl because a lot of boys do like female anime characters (See Homura, Fluttershy, etc).

 

It'd be really hard to make those assumptions.

[Taviscratch 453]

I would say that more often than not a person's avatar will actually give an accurate representation of their personality. For instance, a person pulling a stupid duck face will most likely be stupid. I know most people are all "don't judge a book by its cover" etc. but I've met enough people to know that first impressions are a lot more accurate than we might want to believe.

 

Take my avatar for example: it is an OC made on General Zoi's pony creator, there's no background and the OC is pulling a rather arrogantly smug expression. The fact that I have my personal OC instead of my favourite MLP character shows that I am either somewhat egotistic or that I cannot decide on my favourite character. The fact that I have not added a background or drawn my own OC shows that I am pretty dismissive of effort where effort is not due. My avatar is not important to me in the grand scheme of things. It could also show that I am rather lazy. Also, it shows that I do not care what other people think of me since I have not gone to great lengths to acquire a particularly awesome avatar. The expression was not a conscious decision at the time but it does reflect my arrogance and my occasional tendency to be a little condescending in arguments. Maybe I'm reading too much into my own avatar but there you go.

 

Most importantly is grammar and spelling, though. I will allow the odd mistake here and there (I've probably made some in this post) but repeated errors, especially from those who are apparently educated, are unforgivable. The worst for me is when people do not use punctuation (there entire post is one long sentence) and they repeatedly throw in the word "like" after every other word. It is annoying and makes you appear stupid. Anyone who posts in different coloured text (i.e. purple) appear, to me, to be immature and/or trying to be "special snowflakes".

Edited May 2, 2014 by Taviscratch

[Thrashy 2,799]

A little bit. Not on any major personal basis, mind you, but a member's avvy does, to some small degree, influence my thoughts on what kind of person they may be.

 

Hell, just take a look at my avvy. I'm sure a lot of you would come to the conclusion that I must be some cocky, sarcastic, possibly douchey wise-ass based on my avvy, right? And it's not like I'm actually that way, right?

 

...

 

Right. :comeatus:

Edited May 2, 2014 by The Thrashy One

[crazitaco 596]

Well, yeah, kinda.

Its not really something I consciously do though.

Avatars are the closest thing we've got to a face on the internet. They can actually say a lot about who you are.

Take mine for instance. I drew and colored it myself in my own sort of style. One can conclude that I probably like to draw. And that the way my avatar looks is important enough to me for me to take the time to draw it myself.

Its also based on my OC that was based on my username, interestingly enough. I guess that mean I see my OC as a sort of representation of myself in a way.

Edited May 2, 2014 by crazitaco

[Lightning Bliss 1,674]

Well the saying goes "Don't judge a book by its cover", don't judge an MLPF member by their avatar lol.

 

So no I don't, I don't like to assume a person when I first meet them, unless of course trusted friends informed me about them and to look out for certain quirks.

[the_smiling_horse 19]

no. I personally do not do that

[Larkybird~ 734]

Hmmm. I'm not sure really. I mean sometimes I do. Sometimes I don't. I mean crazitaco and everyone else who's said it are right, they can say a lot about someone. But I don't know...

[Static Electricity 729]

I always imagine like their avatar is speaking.

[Nine 707]

The only thing I've really noticed before in addition to a person's post is a short (like one line) signature. Sometimes people like to shoehorn something in there.

[Larkybird~ 734]

I always imagine like their avatar is speaking.

That'd be really weird if the avatar had more than one person or whatever in it. Like mine. But that does sound interesting. Do you imagine them speaking in a certain voice or...?