In comment sections or in community pages, it’s mostly an ocean of default avatars. Why do you choose to stand out with a custom avatar on this semi-anonymous platform?
ImageAI had a fun post where you input your username as a prompt and see what comes of it. Tadaa, perfect profile picture
We should totally do that again. Fun for the people generating them with different LLMs, fun to see the crazy stuff that shows up, and some people wind up with an avatar that they like.
@Thelsim@sh.itjust.works
I remember that “blank face” image being generated, too.
Also an interesting way to compare different LLMs, because you can see what they’re spitting out for the same input.
EDIT: Found that thread:
https://sh.itjust.works/post/7955084
The intent wasn’t originally to generate avatars, but some people did wind up using it as their avatar.
I remember that post! I had a lot of fun generating people’s usernames :)
I guess we can always do another one?
Sure! Might stir up some activity over there. I wouldn’t mind running my username again through whatever is free to see what images I get back this time
It’s an ornithological avatar. I’m trying to raise mass awareness of a certain avian variety.
I like this place, plus it’s a small enough platform that I thought seeing my comments with a “blank” avi probably gets annoying after a while ¯\(ツ)/¯
It amused me.
I’m used to having an avatar of some kind. Plus I think it looks good.
I joined after Reddit’s API changes with that site’s willful negligence of its bot infestation on my mind. If the bar for “this account looks like a human” is raised by human users individualizing themselves more, then that requires more effort on bot makers to disguise their bots as people. Accounts look less bot-like with personalities, particularly those which are neither stereotypically normal nor a caricature of a few base traits. With my “The Son of Man” profile picture, as well as my profile description that is all three of esoteric, farcical, and personal, I wanted to be just the right amount of weird while also subtly (and perhaps subconsciously) commentating on the potentiality of Lemmy eventually falling victim to bot plagues as it grows. Despite all of this, I’ve since come across another user with the same profile picture (with a different level of zoom) who also happened to have the same cake day.
It woofs sadly
AI garbage drawings were pretty much brand new when I set up my account. So I figured, sure, a lemming astronaut would be fun. And I liked it so I kept it.
As a Reddit refugee (API debacle), I liked not having the same cheesy avatar as everyone else.
Same. There was a thread prompting users to generate AI images of their username, and I liked the result.
I liked the avatar. That’s about it.
I prefer posters with avatars, personally.
Which came first, your username or your avatar?
Username came first.
Baby Billy asks “Teenjus?”
I like spaceships…
No reason in particular, i like mad Tom O’bedlam and his god of cities from the invisibles comic based on the 17th century poem/song
We have avatars? 🤨
I use connect. When I pulled open the sideboard thing I saw a blank space for an avatar so I put in the one I use with this username. I only see it when I open the sideboard though so it’s for me, I guess.
Why not? The avatar feature is there to be used, and it’s not like I’m giving out my personal address.
I just thought it looked nice? I don’t feel like the little icon stands out. I honestly don’t notice icons to be fair.
