Pretty self-explanatory if you ask me.

I always figured people would put a lot of thought into the decision of what their Avatar is going to look like, now i'm getting the impression that i might have been wrong about that.

Why do i care? I have a problem remembering people. Online, i don't have the luxury of seeing their faces or hearing how they talk, so seeing a picture to identify them really helps a lot. Whenever i see someone changing their Nickname and/or Avatar, i need to get used to that change.
That might be a very special case, others might not have problems with remembering hundreds of people, but the question still remains.

Your Avatar says a lot about yourself, people get used to it, they identify you by seeing your Avatar, why would you change it regularly? I don't understand :(

So yeah, how often do you change your avatar?
And are there other reasons for it than "I didn't like the old one anymore"?

I changed my Avatar on all platforms 4-5 months ago, before that, i had the same avatar for around a year.

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On forums and such, I tend to change my avatar rather frequently, or even have a random one displayed with each page load (usually tied together by a common theme). On Steam, however, I've never changed my avatar since I selected it.

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Very rarely.

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every time i find funny picture online i just change it, no one seem to have issue remembering me cause my nickname is beyond easy to remember

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Once every week or two, probably.

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Always the same Avatar since im Online :)

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Never ever.

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+1

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I change it maybe once every six months?

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I like my avatar, and I'm sticking to it. It's kinda nice representation on me being not serious on the Internet. Just like that.

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In four year's I've had 3 avatars.

  1. Fry from Futurama.
  2. This one.
  3. Dr. Mouse (Simpsons parody).
  4. This one again (since House's ending).
    And I've never changes my nickname, so I think it's easy for my friends to remember who I am.
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I've always wanted to have a stable avatar, but since I'm terribly moody I always get bored in no time and feel the need to change it. However, I try to be balanced and avoid changing avatar every day - regarding Steam avatar in particular I always keep it longer, at least for several weeks.

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This.

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Whenever i feel like it.

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Never. There you go. Simple question, simple answer.

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I do it EXTREMLY rarely. (Talking about Forum avatars and whatnot)

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Since my cat passed months ago, I'm never changing it. Before then, I've probably changed it once every several months for no particular reason other than wanting change. Unless it's Backloggery; I change my theme every 3-4 months just to represent something enjoyable I'm playing at the time.

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Poor cat. :(

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Aw, sorry to hear about your cat ):

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When somebody steals mine...

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Never, plutonian will kill me. :(

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Not often. I just changed mine a couple days ago but before that it was the Duke of Flies for... well, I'm not sure how long, but quite a while.

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third time

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When I get bored of it. But that doesn't happen so often

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Rarely.

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Raito is awesome. Don't change it :D

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Mine doesn't change because mine looks like me already.

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Once, or maybe when I can get around to make nice transparency...

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Not too often, probably the same as you, 4-5 months.

I usually like the avatars I make...

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Once every 20 years

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I haven't changed it yet.

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Closed 12 years ago by Pafti.