How much do you judge someone based on their avatar?

If people use one's avatar and signature to determine how weird someone is, then I must seem like a total nutcase.

If anyone has any animu or manga character avatar that ain't from the 80s or 90s, then I have no reason to talk to that person.

I hardly ever look at avatars. I learn what peoples signatures are and just remember everything from there signature.

Originally Posted by Snow_Storm

If anyone has any animu or manga character avatar that ain't from the 80s or 90s, then I have no reason to talk to that person.

Ehh, who cares what you think, anyway? :P

I do that sub-conscious thing of imagining that someone looks like their avatar, too. Can't help it. Not so much the judging thing, though.

I don't....unless they don't have an avatar or if it's a picture of themself

Originally Posted by Snow_Storm

If anyone has any animu or manga character avatar that ain't from the 80s or 90s, then I have no reason to talk to that person.

Funny, I have this habit of not taking anything said by gorillas seriously. It seems to work out pretty well.

I do a bit of judging, mostly on the tone of the avatar, as others here have said they do.

And yeah, I tend to assume people look like their avatars. Of course, they never do, but I can't really help that.

I do the imagine people looking like their avatars too. Unless I've seen an actual picture of them and remember it.

I judge a person somewhat on their avatar. Usually just to guess what they like. They have a picture of a Jellyfish for an avatar? Maybe they like the ocean a lot? Maybe it relates to a peaceful nature?

Of course, I usually overthink it and they just picked it because they thought it looked cool.

Oh yeah, especially those who put anime in their avatars. I also assume that someone looks like their avatar, altough the thought that someone may think that I look like Frank Sinatra makes me chuckle.

I never assume someone looks like their avatar. However, I think you can tell alot about someones personality by looking at their avatar.

yes I completely judge somebody based on their personal avatar.

an avatar is like an open book of someones personality, it says everything you need to know.

Originally Posted by AXavierB

Yeah, I judge based on avatar and posting style. Even though it's unrealistic, I tend to subconsciously assume people look like their avatars too.

Heh, I do the same thing. For a while, I imagined you looking like that purple-haired guy from Pokémon. I still do, actually.

On a slightly related note, I do bear a slight resemblance to my avatar.

Anyway, I usually do judge people based on their avatars. If it's a light-hearted, humorous avatar, I assume that this person is of the funny, witty sort. If a person has a cool avatar, I assume that they're pretty cool. If their avatar is, well, stupid, I assume that they're stupid as well.

I also tend to use avatars as a means of identifying people. If a user has had a certain avatar for an extended period of time, I tend to use it to determine who that user is. If they change it, I'm thrown off, and I have no idea who they are for a while.

I usually asume the persons gender when I look at avitars, and if they are nice, or mean.

Nah I don't judge anyone by their avatars. I judge them by what they have to say.

Originally Posted by The Great Panda

On a slightly related note, I do bear a slight resemblance to my avatar.

Nifty.

Originally Posted by The Great Panda

I also tend to use avatars as a means of identifying people. If a user has had a certain avatar for an extended period of time, I tend to use it to determine who that user is. If they change it, I'm thrown off, and I have no idea who they are for a while.

Same, same.

I have blue hair.

Avitars are the easyest way to recognise someone on the boards, and half the time I don't know the usernames, just the avitars.

I always look at post content, avatars, signatures and in some cases, user names.

I don't judge members by their avatars, although I do find that some avatars can be very annoying. I hate the ones that are oversized to the point where it's pixelated, blurry, or too small to even quite get what's on it. ;P

The signatures, however, tend to make me think about what the member might be like.

Originally Posted by 13th

Avitars are the easyest way to recognise someone on the boards, and half the time I don't know the usernames, just the avitars.

Same for me man, I never remember the names only their avatar.

I don't judge people by their avatars. Except for people with sucky avatars. Then again, I don't really judge these ones either, I just think of them as newbies for some reason.

What I do, though, is rely on the avatars to recognize a person. A change of avatars by an active member leaves me confused for some days.

EDIT: I do hope people don't judge by avatars. I might seem really lame in comparison to anime characters.