Paisano indulges himself with thoughts about the unchanging faces of social networks. Here’s an excerpt:
The way we communicate on social sites like Twitter and Facebook has to evolve at some point when it comes to expressing ourselves beyond just plain text. I don’t mean merely by using video which has already begun with services such as Seesmic, 12secs and Utterli. I’m talking about allowing us to use visual aids similar to the way we can use emoticons when text messaging. You know, those little smiley faces we add at the end of IMs on GTalk?
He challenges the notion that a static icon to represent us should be the standard, and discusses some presently used alternatives on some networks.
What do you think? Smileys? Rotating picture? Mood based pictures?
Drop by Paisano’s blog and leave your thoughts.
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I'm a frequent avatar changer. At least on Twitter. I change it less often other places because there are so many. Twitter makes it easy enough.
For me, it's now new hats that mostly spark the change. Ha.
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