National Blog Posting Month

Photo or avatar?

I changed my photo on my blog Russian Mafia Babe to an avatar. Does anyone else use an avatar versus a real picture of yourself? Seems like all the current pics are only of the kids. My photo here at NaBlo is three years old, from my cousin's wedding, and he's not even married anymore. I haven't changed much (at least in my eyes), it just seemed like bad karma. If you get a chance, let me know which you like better.

Tags: avatar, photo, picture

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Permalink Reply by Heather Noah on November 14, 2007 at 9:52am: I personally don't prefer one over the other. I like to see what people look like, but then my photo here is of the back of my daughter's head!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Not Nigella on November 15, 2007 at 2:37pm: I like to see the person between the words, but I also think that if you use an avatar then eventually people picture you as that avatar. I know one blog I use to read used an image of Jimmy Falon as his avatar, and I swear everytime I read his blog I was picture Jimmy doing the things he spoke about. Lol.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mrs. Flinger on November 17, 2007 at 10:29pm: Great timing. I just changed a few of my avatar photos to actual photos. But I've used the same avatar for a few years now and she does kinda look like me... well, we have the same hair now. She's thinner, of course.

I like the question since I've been thinking this lately, too. Currently I'm using both.; ▶ Reply to This