but maybe being awful was a good idea... that way maybe more people would upload an avatar because the default is ugly...
CannonGod
· 2 months ago
Seconded. The old brown 'wtf?' avatar served a necessary purpose - encouraging users to upload their own. Changing it was a poor decision.
Noah
· 2 months ago
I don't know that I'd say a poor decision, though I do agree it served a great purpose. The amount of people who upload a picture to avoid having that ugly thing on their page must be huge. Even so, maybe this will be good. Maybe people who didn't want to bother with uploading a picture stopped using the site, and perhaps those are the people they're trying to affect with this change. Just a random thought...
Haha, this is true. The new default avs are so pretty that when I saw the story about avatars getting accidentally replaced with the new ones it didn't seem like such a big deal.
Michael Hart
· 2 months ago
I actually quite liked the old one.
Luke, Reach Students
· 2 months ago
That avatar was a good quick way of spotting someone not to follow.
Joanne Glasspoole
· 2 months ago
The avatar does make a difference. To follow or not to follow -- if someone used the original Twitter avatar on their profile, they immediately were eliminated as someone I wanted to follow. I like the Twitter bird better.
tweetamar
· 2 months ago
I'll kinda miss it. It was pretty fugly.
Avik Nandy
· 2 months ago
Slow news day, eh?
Nielle
· 2 months ago
It's about time! SO much better!
Karen Bartleson
· 2 months ago
Was that ugly avatar supposed to be a face? I always thought it looked like a roll of film. Glad it's gone!
Ren
· 2 months ago
Aw, I actually kind of liked that silly old emoticon. But the new ones are quite nice.
Kriselle Laran
· 2 months ago
I like this title more than I care about the new avatar. :)
John Fredrickson
· 2 months ago
Hehe, you're description of the old default avatar is perfect.
unveiled
· 2 months ago
I agree with tweetamar, I will kinda miss it.
Sara
· 2 months ago
I love the new avatar. I kinda want to take away my headshot so I can have the new one instead.
Joanne Glasspoole
· 2 months ago
I was thinking the same thing :)
Kahlil Lechelt
· 2 months ago
How are those changes subtle? They basically made half a relaunch.
Brandon_Sheley
· 2 months ago
about time Twitter
Dwayne
· 2 months ago
Less-than-beautiful default user avatars are often that way by design – they encourage the user to upload their own.
dez
· 2 months ago
I'm going to miss ol buggy eyes
dees17
· 2 months ago
"Stare into its creepy blue eyes, and you might suddenly find your soul missing."
Good way to describe it! I hate that ugly avatar more than I hate Kayne West... wait... maybe not. But it seriously changes my mind about adding people with the default avatar. I didn't want that ugly thing to show up on my profile page!
Name
· 2 months ago
...I'll let you get back to Mashable in sec...But Twitter had the best Ugliest avatar on the web..
Bradj47
· 2 months ago
I really don't care.
Calvin
· 2 months ago
Didn't like the old one but I found it amusing.
davereinhardt
· 2 months ago
I'm seeing the new twitter avatar in different shades. Any idea if the colours are meaningful?
Claire Flanagan
· 2 months ago
Ok, I agree the new default avatars are much nicer. But why would Twitter wipe out an otherwise good photo avatar mid-day on me to the new default? #Fail
RAD Moose
· 2 months ago
I prefer the "o_O" one as you could tell spammers and other useless twitter accounts much faster than with the new "birdie."
If someone had "o_O" and they posted more than 100 tweets they almost always were spammers.
Sandeep Swaminathan
· 2 months ago
@RAD Moose I totally agree with you. In memory of the ol twitter buggy eyes I'm planning to get a @thinkgeek t-shirt :D
raghu21
· 2 months ago
Third party Twitter application developers can use the service of Tweetimag.es to make sure avatars display properly.
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that way maybe more people would upload an avatar because the default is ugly...
I remember seeing this a while back, with regards to an even uglier default: http://www.moreperfectmarket.com/2008/12/dick-c...
Good way to describe it! I hate that ugly avatar more than I hate Kayne West... wait... maybe not. But it seriously changes my mind about adding people with the default avatar. I didn't want that ugly thing to show up on my profile page!
If someone had "o_O" and they posted more than 100 tweets they almost always were spammers.
http://www.freecustomtwitter.com/avatars/avatar...