The Nightmare That Are Avatars and The Dreaded Bio (feddit.uk)

submitted 2 years ago by Warped@feddit.uk to c/casualuk@feddit.uk

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Maybe this is just me, but in the short time I have been here, I have changed my avatar at least five times. I've only been here four days. I am like this on any social media platform. Then the bio, what the hell do you write? They always say something like create an honest description. But if I'm honest, nobody will dare associate with me, just like real life. Both my avatars and any form of bio are far from the real me, I mean some of it is representative of me. If you read between the lines, but mostly it's all rubbish. I hate the avatar and bio, and who ever invented them all those years ago, should be shot.

Am I the only one?

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[-] Zeus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

i just use them for fun things. i've never "written a short description of myself", just put something that makes you giggle

[-] tkc@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

I didn't know you could put gifs in your bio!

[-] Zeus@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

they're actually png's, but either should work - it's just markdown, so use ![alt text](image url). i use them as links as well, so they're [![alt text](image url)](link url), which is a bit verbose but it works

they're hosted off-site though, which may be why they work

[-] tkc@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Cheers. I also didn't know you could get animated PNGs. Every day's a school day.

[-] Zeus@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

they're not super official. they're easy to make and edit, designed by mozilla, usable almost everywhere, and the libpng still refuse to accept them as a real format; favouring .mng which works nowhere (even ffx dropped support), and is much larger. more (somewhat outdated) info here

(not my site)