Retro Avatars are now Retroactively Available
Say goodbye to the “mystery man” default avatar in comments. Now they’ll be marked by a random pixelated identifier. And we’re not only doing it live, we’re doing it #retroactively. Check your old comments; you’ll see you now have a unique retro avatar if you haven’t already set one up via Gravatar.
Insects, robots, monsters, vehicles, and some… you don’t want to say. It’s a low-res Rorschach test! Feel free to whine about this change or let us know what some of the avatars remind you of.
September 4th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
checking my gravitar
September 4th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
The ONE thing this site was missing!
September 4th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Your avatar looks like a reindeer in football pads.
September 4th, 2012 at 1:38 pm
I feel slightly less anonymous. Bonus points to anyone who can ID my avatar, hint: it is from San Francisco.
September 4th, 2012 at 1:53 pm
Oh, boy let’s see what I get …
September 4th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Mine’s a cowboy about to double draw and pop a cap into your ass.
September 4th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
Ant wearing 3D glasses behind a shelf.
SJ Alex, yours is a koala who took on a big rig. Divasm’s looks like a blind puppy. (in Labor Day thread)
September 4th, 2012 at 4:45 pm
Test…
September 4th, 2012 at 6:55 pm
I wish Gravitar would let me change the rating on my icon. Alas.
September 4th, 2012 at 8:36 pm
Hmmmmm
Another mistakenly non-spam item sent to the spam queue. Sorry about that. –ed.
September 5th, 2012 at 11:12 am
How much is it worth?
September 5th, 2012 at 12:01 pm
i don’t like mine. who chose purple on green? where’s the customer service desk to get my refund!
September 5th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
the new avatar, even though i don’t like it, compels me to post more. your loss!
September 5th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Purple on green is the best!
September 5th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
It isn’t so bad. It looks like a rabbit with an underbite on acid.
September 5th, 2012 at 1:52 pm
If you don’t like your randomly chosen retro avatar, you have two ways to change it.
1. Create an account with Gravatar and link your email address to any danged avatar you want. Even one that isn’t purple on green.
2. Use a different email address when you comment here. The random avatar is created using the email field. This also prevents impersonation. The image won’t match because unless a prankster know you outside the site, they don’t know your email addy.
btw 3 different comments went to moderation this morning, so note additions.
September 5th, 2012 at 11:06 pm
Just checking the avatar