I can’t even tell most of you people apart.

Have you ever considered maybe that's the point? Maybe people want to be judged for what they say instead of what image they had on hand when they signed up?

I uploaded a pic while playing with all the shiny features over here, but I was faceless on reddit for years after their introduction of profile pics, because I was there to have discussions, not build a profile. And the one I picked here? It tells you almost nothing about me unless you already know the character in the image, which only people who have a similar niche interest might.

This is like whining about women who don't wear makeup, because "If you have the option why not just snazzy it up with a ~~couple of images~~ tiny bit of eyeshadow. I think it’s shows a bit of personality." Sometimes the active decision not to bother with cosmetic features IS the personality you're looking for.

Oh no.. anyways

I'm doing it on purpose. It finally paid off. I've been targeting you this whole time.

It was at that point Striker realised anyone on a phone would not be using a mouse.

I don't feel that much for a site like this, but it sure bugs the fuck outta me when some dude on Grindr asks me for pics when they don't even have a profile pic. I have pics in mine already. If that's not enough, show me yours first.

I wouldn't go so far as to say it's mildly infuriating, but it does sadden me how few people take advantage of the bio section to tell everyone about themselves. But I am doubtful there are many others who even look at other people's profile other than to maybe scan their comments for a history of fuckery. I'm here for the users; most users are here for the content.

Edit: Oh, and as for standing out... Well. I'm sure you can figure out my thoughts on that.

"I have nothing to say, and I'm saying it." -John Cage

There’s profile pics?

What do you mean, "you people?"

I don't like seeing profile pics. It takes away some of the anomity and makes me judge a comment before I read it.

Voyager doesn’t even show them.

no

I honestly can't tell if most people (in this thread even) don't have profile pics or if I can't see them because kbin.social has some weird federation issues (like with votes).

But I also learned recently you can use a gif as a profile pic. I like my animated pic and it brings a little nostalgia bomb every time I see it.

Maybe we just don't care about a profile picture. Are you here to look at my picture or discuss topics?

If I wanted "jazz it up" I'd be hanging out on MySpace.

Is this just a way to get people to check out your banner? If so... cool banner.

Lots of gray box profiles on comments in this thread. Guess this really was a hot take.

My lemmy client doesn't even show pfps ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

In Kbin there's this userscript that change all default pfp to cockatoos

Can’t even figure out in Voyager where to set it.

I think it should be at least somewhat personal, so a bit more difficult to have something interesting I suppose. Especially with restrictions, at least on Kbin I think with the avatar it's 500x500 (but usually downscaled to 100x100) and for profile background it's 1500x500 (and then that gets zoomed in a tiny bit for whatever reason).

Also relevant to the linked SVG, I'd be more inclined to create something better if live-rendered SVGs were possible here (but you can't upload them and even the linked one doesn't get a thumbnail). For instance my avatar was made in inkscape (though I'm not good at using it and I'd prefer a polygon workflow, like this animated eye that I made using Godot).