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Marc
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Marc asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 1 decade ago

Exclamation Point Avatars?

What is up with these exclamation point (!) avatars YA! people are using? Does anyone else think that they look extremely lame and foolish?? They are uncreative and ugly!!!

Update:

My question WAS NOT what the avatar is... My question was do you like it, or think it is lame? In regard to "Iffy's" 'answer' That response comes across as really snobbish, regarding the "507 user." reply. Obviously the response indicates lack of patience or understanding to get that my question was weather anyone else thought the new avatar is lame, not why it is there, or what it is. Before one provides an 'answer' that is a lame attempt to make oneself look knowledgeable, one might try actually reading (And comprehending...) the question!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    This is a new feature Yahoo! Answers has introduced. If you have no image and/or your Pulse Profile is set to 'hidden', you will have one of the 5 colors: teal, blue, green, orange and purple. Your color does not mean anything and you cannot change your color.

    http://yanswersblog.com/index.php/archives/2010/10...

  • They are the new default avatar. Y!A is in the process of switching the gray faces to the new avatars. If you don't want one, you need to create yourself an avatar.

    :o)

  • 4 years ago

    Why thank you! I desire we ought to have picked our very own hues nevertheless. i did no longer like the grey avatar faces the two with that stupid vapid smile. I lots favorite the silhouette we used to get, yet regrettably it became into purely male. They mandatory relatively to enable us to opt for a male or lady version of the silhouette. i'm satisfied being a ! for now nevertheless.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Default avatar for YA. 507th user to ask this question

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It's the new default that is replacing those gray smiley faces.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yahoo's choice, not theirs. They can change them if they want. Unless you have yours saved and posted as a JPG file, yours might turn into one eventually as well.

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