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Elexa — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:54:34 -0000

Yes it is true if my friends changed faces every day, it would get confusing for me

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pamabbazia — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:46:15 -0000

Thanks for the tip about using a fake e-mail.

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peternorid — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:04:22 -0000

thanks for sharing this ^^

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Learning Selling — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:35:27 -0000

thanks for this!

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saville row tailors — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:07:42 -0000

It doesn't really bother me as you can never trust a photo anyway as it may well not even be the person it claims to be

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pat testing companies — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:38:04 -0000

Cool - I really should translate terms into English more often - thats a really good tip

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investment services — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:35:31 -0000

Thats going to lead to loads of spam email isn't it - thanks for this useful post

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BusbyTest — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:06:05 -0000

Thanks for this tip!!!

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Christian — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:36:48 -0000

Dave, this helps explain why I saw so many of these in the Nashvillosphere. Thanks! Here is a wall of about 20 Nashville area avatars on Twitter using Manga:

http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/node/61664

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Rodney McCarthy — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:03:32 -0000

Great post Dave!

Good tip about the screenshot as well.

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davedelaney — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:29:10 -0000

Thanks a million Chris. I appreciate the comment (and kind words).
This gets really tough when you're following hundreds of people. I've
actually just passed 1,000, so if you change your avatar I may even miss
your tweet.

Cheers

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davedelaney — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:28:08 -0000

You're totally right Connie. Yes, Chris is an exception in the case. Let's
just hope he refrains from this again: http://twitter.com/YankChrisBrogan:-)

Cheers.

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Craig Ritchie — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:56:02 -0000

Agreed. I look for key people's twitters based on their icons. I can't imagine the majority of people do it any other way. Do it on Facebook, sure, but with hundreds of posts in many different channels to follow, I want to be able to find YOU, whoever you are. Not the trendy what-would-happen-if manga or simpsons temporary avatar. Great post Dave.

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conniecrosby — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:54:46 -0000

Okay, okay, I have switched mine back. It was just a bit of fun and--for most people--only temporary. It was an interesting experiment really and did reveal to us the reasons for having the photos or other avatars and being consistent.

This is precisely why I begged LinkedIn for a long time to allow us to post our photos, because you meet someone at a conference or an important new business contact, and need both the face and the name to help remember them.

I quite like what Chris Brogan does--he often takes a new photo that day and posts it, so we can see how he is looking that particular day. It still looks like him and he is recognizable. I also reserve the right to periodically change my avatar for specific purposes--such as when I recently dramaticaly changed my hair and no longer looked like my photo, or when I did the "Blue Elvis" series of tweets on Twitter over a year ago.

It is interesting to see how important this has become.

Cheers,
Connie

P.S. I have this (different) avatar in the comments because Discus won't let me use my other avatar claiming it is too big a file. I have to figure out how to resize my avatar so I can change it! I'll be honest--it bugs me that I am still using the Twitter fail robot here. :-P

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davedelaney — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:18:08 -0000

Ha. Fair enough. There's always Twitter for finding each other at
conferences anyway, assuming it's up :-)

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SusanVillasLewis — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:02:49 -0000

Also a good point. But I'd never be able to find you at a conference based on your picture. :-) And the one I had before would have done you no good either. We would have been screwed making a connection anyway.

Actually, since I do have video up on the web as well, my concerns about my picture being out there are irrelevant. Fine. I just like the cartoon image. I see it as being kind of like my "logo" for my personal brand.

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davedelaney — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:55:08 -0000

That's a good point, if you're planning on changing it across all of your
networks. I understand that not everybody wants to show the world their
face, but I think as social media progresses and becomes more common we'll
want to include our own faces.

It's tough looking for online friends at conferences if all you know is an
avatar rather than a picture.

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davedelaney — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:49:11 -0000

Consistency is key. :-)

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davedelaney — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:49:10 -0000

That's a great point. We know what we're getting when we arrive at Google,
plus the page never changes just the icon. It's different when all we have
is out icon/avatar. Word.

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davedelaney — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:49:08 -0000

Ha! Yes, it's funny how we decide they look like us. I think it should be up
to other people to create your avatar. This way we can get a more honest
appearing version. For example, mine probably wouldn't have an extra chin or
two if someone else made it. :-)

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davedelaney — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:45:09 -0000

I agree, but "once in a while" is the best approach. I've been guilty of
doing this from time to time too:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemadethis/sets/...

Cheers Rex.

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davedelaney — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:45:07 -0000

That's a great call about the windows of the soul.

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SusanVillasLewis — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:44:30 -0000

I actually did one. But unlike most other people, managed to figure out how to make the background a different color, so it actually stands out from the crowd. I think it has more personality than my picture did, and makes me feel a little better about not having my actual face out there. And I changed it everywhere, posted notices so my contacts would realize I had changed and plan to keep it for a long time. Plus, it looks amazingly like me.

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Marc — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:40:50 -0000

It's a little different though. When I type in Google.com I know I'm are going there. If however I go to Twitter's website or open Twitterific and see posts from someone with some wild looking Japanese style cartoon, I might be inclined to wonder "Who the hell is that and how did they get into my time line" before a realize "Oh, that's @r". IMHO, that can sometimes disrupt the conversation.

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Rob Robinson — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:55:23 -0000

Nice Manga Dave there, Dave. I created my own Manga Me, but I decided against changing my avatar anywhere for the same reasons you mentioned. Consistency in branding, even personally on the Web, is important.