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I was moving around my twitter account this morning, looking at my timeline, my direct messages, my recent followers, and the people I follow. I started looking carefully at all the avatars and thinking about the people behind them. The image on the right is the profiles of the most recent seven twitter accounts I've chosen to follow. It's really interesting to see what people choose to use to represent them online. The simplest thing is a headshot and I suspect that's what the majority of people use when they are asked to upload a profile picture. That's what Kara Swisher chose (she's the top profile, my most recent follow). But even with the headshot, some people go for the funny picture, adding some character to their profile. Mike Doughty (second profile) has his head on the table and some sort of box between him and the camera. Stuart Ellman (fifth profile) is dressed as the court jester (probably a halloween pic). Both of those profiles tell us a bit more about those two. Some ch

Profile Pictures and Online Identity - AVC Search Submit Feb 4, 2009 Profile Pictures and Online Identity I was moving around my twitter account this morning, looking at my timeline, my direct messages, my recent followers, and the people I follow. I started looking carefully at all the avatars and thinking about the people behind them. The image on the right is the profiles of the most recent seven twitter accounts I've chosen to follow. It's really interesting to see what people choose to use to represent them online. The simplest thing is a headshot and I suspect that's what the majority of

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