So... avatar images. And also a chance to test out how Hubzilla-to-Mastodon federated polling works.
When I first joined the cybre.space Mastodon instance in 2019 I resisted setting up a profile. This is kind of a thing with me when joining new platforms, and I'm not sure exactly why. I think it's partly nostalgia for AOL Instant Messenger, partly a feeling that social media really shouldn't be taken seriously, and partly a pushback against the whole Facebook-style real-names-or-else corporate communications culture. In any case, it happened.
When I migrated to social.coop, I set up a profile (as mandated by instance policies), but never got around to creating an avatar image that felt right for the account, so I continued with no avatar image. And now it kind of feels like... a thing. Like no-avatar-image is part of my identity.
Poll allows multiple responses, and has an expiration date in 100 days.
(post edited 2024-10-27 to add an "avatar images" tag/category)
So, with all of that in mind, if I were to decide to double-down on non-brand branding for avatar images, what do you think I should do?
Keep doing what you are doing (i.e. leave things with defaults)
0 Stimmen | 0%
Use a neutral colored square (black, white, or gray) as your avatar image
0 Stimmen | 0%
Use a transparent square as your avatar image
0 Stimmen | 0%
Use an image of the default Mastodon avatar image
0 Stimmen | 0%
Something else
0 Stimmen | 0%
You're a kitty!
3 Stimmen | 100%
3 Stimmen insgesamt
Umfrage endet
