random question for userpic nuts

[eirias]

Hey, userpic nuts! What is the advantage of having a userpic that someone else has used? I get very confused seeing multiple users attached to the same image... it only comes up when reading big communities of strangers, pretty much, but still.

Comments

[supercarrot.livejournal.com]

because otherwise i wouldn't have this awesome icon. now you wouldn't want me to not be able to use this icon, now would you?


some people are just better at icon making than others. actually they're fantastic at making icons. they might even have a specific journal they keep just for their icons, and they update it regularly. it's a form of art. and some folks like to appreciate the art.

(also the gankers may not have the talent nor the program to make icons that express their feelings)

[eirias.livejournal.com]

I think I get it, a bit late :). I think of the icon primarily as a representation of oneself in some way, not as an expression of feeling. So to me, using someone else's icon seems to say something weird about identity, whereas to people who do it it's just an illustration for their writing, in some sense.

Thanks!