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grumbler

Mandelbrot wrote: »

.... so were they trying to annoy existing users? ...

I think they just were trying to be novel, not to say eccentric...

grumbler

grumbler wrote: »

Can this be stopped at last?
Is it not obvious yet that this was a gross misjudgement to say it mildly?

This is a feedback from some other board were people get sick and tired of this recent 'improvement' :

PeacefulWaters wrote: »

The biggest problem I have with newbies is the godawful pictures MSE appear to make them choose to put next to their names.

grumbler

grumbler wrote: »

I think they just were trying to be novel, not to say eccentric...

Skype went round too

Is it an emerging annoying new fashion?

Mandelbrot

grumbler wrote: »

Skype went round too

As did some other places.

Is it an emerging annoying new fashion?

It was. I don't know whether it still has 'legs'.
I got the impression it might have been an attempt to get people to use their own faces - more useful info to sell on ...
That rather defeats the idea of calling it an 'avatar', though.