I warmly recommend adding a picture to your account. Doing so allows the rest of us to recognize you from all the other accounts, when you comment on something.
It feels a bit strange talking to a long line of grey elephant logos. 🙂
@randahl Just a heads up that a lot of my Blind and DeafBlind friends don't use profile pictures at all, or use photos of things they enjoy instead. This is because visual appearance is understandably beside the point for them and of course many have their own reasons. Just be aware that if you see this in your mentions a lot, you Might just be attracting marginalized folks to your feed, which is cool. Also some bots. ;)
@VaylLarkinPoet that is a VERY good point. I have also previously mentioned, that I fully understand how people in specific occupations could have well-founded reasons for not showing their faces — I know several school teachers, doctors, and policemen who simply have to have some level of anonymity, or their social media content would be scrutinised by the wrong people.
What I like about portraits is, I think they help build trust. For instance, I feel certain you are who you claim to be.
@randahl i did, just not of my face. I'm really good looking but preferred my wit to attract followers instead of my stunning, chiseled countenance. @LynnU
@weezmgk that is certainly better than the elephant icon.
Although I will say, for people like me who follow thousands of accounts, it is a lot easier to keep track of all the conversations, when they have real faces.
As you know, 300,000 years of evolution made us extremely good at keeping track of human faces.
@randahl You may now thank me for improving your versatility in conversation recognition unfettered by facial recognition, which in the end is a bit ableist and excludes prosopagnosia challenged conversants