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Q: Why male default avatar?

Why is the default avatar Male?  In fact, why is there not a generic female avatar available?

Posted on Apr 20, 2016 8:39 PM

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  • by ChitlinsCC,

    ChitlinsCC ChitlinsCC Apr 20, 2016 9:02 PM in response to barbaraok
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    Apr 20, 2016 9:02 PM in response to barbaraok

    it does seem like there should be an "anonymous" female in there somewhere, doesn't it? It wouldn't take much to make the default one "androgynous" - more like a "Pawn" chess piece? This one is pretty close to that > https://discussions.apple.com/avatar-display.jspa?avatarID=1182&file=av.png <

    THIS is the default JiveSoftware avatar > https://community.jivesoftware.com/people/guest/avatar/48.png <

  • by seventy one,

    seventy one seventy one Apr 21, 2016 1:10 AM in response to barbaraok
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    Apr 21, 2016 1:10 AM in response to barbaraok

    One could also ask why the default avatar needs to be generic at all.   Why not an envelope.

     

    ÇÇÇ, I quite like that Jive one.

  • by pinkstones,

    pinkstones pinkstones Apr 21, 2016 6:38 AM in response to barbaraok
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    Apr 21, 2016 6:38 AM in response to barbaraok

    barbaraok wrote:

     

    Why is the default avatar Male?  In fact, why is there not a generic female avatar available?

     

    Don't know.  If you don't like the default avatar you get when you sign up, just change it to something else.

  • by BobTheFisherman,

    BobTheFisherman BobTheFisherman Apr 21, 2016 7:59 AM in response to barbaraok
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    Apr 21, 2016 7:59 AM in response to barbaraok

    barbaraok wrote:

     

    Why is the default avatar Male?  In fact, why is there not a generic female avatar available?

    Where are you seeing the male avatar? If you are referring to the image with your post that looks like my wife, and she is no male believe me.. How are you determining that it is male? What are the distinguishing features in the image that tell you it is a male?

  • by Kilgore-Trout,

    Kilgore-Trout Kilgore-Trout Apr 21, 2016 8:01 AM in response to barbaraok
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    Apr 21, 2016 8:01 AM in response to barbaraok

    Is this seriously worth the energy? Its is just an avatar, which is easily changed.

  • by seventy one,

    seventy one seventy one Apr 21, 2016 8:05 AM in response to BobTheFisherman
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    Apr 21, 2016 8:05 AM in response to BobTheFisherman

    Wonderfiul response.   I hope your wife doesn't see this. 

  • by ChitlinsCC,

    ChitlinsCC ChitlinsCC Apr 21, 2016 8:42 AM in response to seventy one
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    Apr 21, 2016 8:42 AM in response to seventy one

    If you recall a while back, the Jive default replaced the AppleJive avatar for quite a long period... until somebody at Apple noticed that it had happened and changed it back!

     

    I did a little detective work back then and found that the default avatar is indeed in the array of choices on the change page - where it was the JiveDefault. When it changed back to AppleJiveDefault, it seems to have changed 'positions' in the array (?).


    I have also noticed that there are many fewer(NONE?) new user 'custom' avatars automatically created from the Profile Primary Photo these days. I am guessing that the default avatar switch-back and anomalous custom avatar FIX are not coincidental.

  • by Allan Jones,

    Allan Jones Allan Jones Apr 21, 2016 9:44 AM in response to seventy one
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    Apr 21, 2016 9:44 AM in response to seventy one

    seventy one wrote:

     

    One could also ask why the default avatar needs to be generic at all.   Why not an envelope.

     

    Or maybe this:

    Screen Shot 2016-04-21 at 9.36.51 AM.png

    Seriously, the current avatar is a dead-ringer for the head-on profile of a young lady in our area who is an accomplished guitar player and singer.

  • by seventy one,

    seventy one seventy one Apr 21, 2016 9:57 AM in response to Allan Jones
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    Apr 21, 2016 9:57 AM in response to Allan Jones

    More like a stick insect.    But isn't that how so many ladies look nowadays, with all this pressure on them to conform, size-wise.   I have to sympathise.

  • by ChitlinsCC,

    ChitlinsCC ChitlinsCC Apr 21, 2016 10:59 AM in response to Allan Jones
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    Apr 21, 2016 10:59 AM in response to Allan Jones

    Allan Jones wrote:

     

    seventy one wrote:

     

    One could also ask why the default avatar needs to be generic at all.   Why not an envelope.

     

    Or maybe this:

    Screen Shot 2016-04-21 at 9.36.51 AM.png

    Seriously, the current avatar is a dead-ringer for the head-on profile of a young lady in our area who is an accomplished guitar player and singer.

    That stick figure is CLEARLY male!!

    Female sticks have a DRESS on!

    Fem.png

    But you're right! Short hair and BuzzCuts on females are almost de rigueur at some point in their lives!

    CQ6J4FXWgAA4vMe.jpgsineaddd.jpgnatalie1.jpg

  • by Kilgore-Trout,

    Kilgore-Trout Kilgore-Trout Apr 21, 2016 11:08 AM in response to ChitlinsCC
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    Apr 21, 2016 11:08 AM in response to ChitlinsCC

    tumblr_static_emjl7dt3y6g488gs0scc484c4.png

  • by ChitlinsCC,

    ChitlinsCC ChitlinsCC Apr 21, 2016 11:33 AM in response to Kilgore-Trout
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    Apr 21, 2016 11:33 AM in response to Kilgore-Trout

    Not fair! Done for a movie!!

    gi-jane.jpg

  • by Kilgore-Trout,

    Kilgore-Trout Kilgore-Trout Apr 21, 2016 11:47 AM in response to ChitlinsCC
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    Apr 21, 2016 11:47 AM in response to ChitlinsCC

    Buzz cut is still buzz cut.

  • by Demo,

    Demo Demo Apr 21, 2016 11:55 AM in response to barbaraok
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    Apr 21, 2016 11:55 AM in response to barbaraok

    barbaraok wrote:

     

    Why is the default avatar Male?  In fact, why is there not a generic female avatar available?

    Are you sorry that you asked now?

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