Lemmy is growing and they are coming

You guys have profile pictures?

Only Flying Squid and Margot Robbie have profile pictures and I refuse to acknowledge anyone else's.
- What about ThePicardManeuver?!
Hey, I have a profile picture now. :)
- Didn't knew it was thing, now I have one too :D
- Welcome to the club, bud 👍
- Nice!
Yes (please look at mine I really want everyone to look at mine)
- Did you draw it? If so, that's neat
- Woomy
- Impressive!
- I checked it out! I have avatars disabled. Didn't even know they were a thing. I can confidently say; yours is the best avatar on Lemmy that I have ever seen! audience clapping
I can't even see that shit in voyager and happy for it
I forgot they were a thing because my app has them off lol
Yes, and Banners too, banners are the true way to measure a lemmy user.
- What I really need is a huge "signature" panel under every comment I make.

Do we really have profile pictures? I didn't know that

It's the main way I recognise regular posters
- That seems short sighted, for example the very popular voyager client doesn't show any profile pictures. I wasn't even aware those are a thing. I dont want one either though.
- And that's why I'll never add one.
It seems like a lot of ppl don't know that haha
- Well, they don’t show up in the app I use (except when I post or comment and I see mine).
Avatars and banners
I don’t see them on my client, but I remember I set one up on web when I first opened my account.
- Well, here's how yours looks on my client:
Ye
It's neat
yep, we do. Mine is of a doggie
Yep
I don't know about you but I do have a profile picture

Who tf wants to see profile pics

There are profile pics on Lemmy? Why would anyone want that?
- How do I set one in Voyager?
I've been using them a lot and I will say that it makes Identifying people way easier. I notice "regulars" now way more than before because of their unique pp. Whether that's a good thing or not I've no idea.
- I don’t mind identifying people based on their unique pp but I find that quite NSFW
I find over half the people that do it are unhinged, so it's a great way to weed out undesirables as I browse. I love the block function.
Thank you to all the blocked people who expressed their mental illness or skewed views of reality so thoroughly.
(Ps: they can still read my comments, but I can't see theirs, except as a reply that never shows up... it fills me with warmth)
- 100% of people who have one of those stupid anime avatars are insane.
It's a useful anti bot tool.
- No it's not
- Ah, I didn't realize we haven't reached the point with AI where they can download and upload images.
  Why the fuck are so many people scared of AI? Lol fucking idiots.

Damn! He's here?!? RichardRealName is my nemesis!

We must keep you two apart at all costs.
Also, I'm on your side. He sounds like a real dick.
Sus!!

Don't hate on 3 word names. We exist and our feelings are valid, damnit! 😭

Hey, I have some trouble reading this image with my humany eyes.
Can you help me read its content ?
- ::squints::
  "We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty..."
- Gerber lobotomies!
  Edit: oh wait I'm just Denvil here, thought I was still DenvilTheAwesome, my Reddit username ._.
- stop spam read books
Oh damn, that was not my intention
- It's okay... sniff We're used to it...
Phew, I have a 2 word username. I'm safe!

Don't forget RandomNonsenseWords2404

Oh yeah, those are big words coming from such an obvious banana.
I'm tired of all these fruitman accounts.
- This is an anti-fruitman account, good sir. I demand you desist with those slurs against my good name.
But only the early gang can have the cool nicks
- Are you telling me AcFgGeRHo2RtG2F765YRhj isn't a cool username?
Names with numbers in them are such obvious bots.
- Especially when they appear in chronological order

ReallyValidName

OP, your nick is literally Rolfmasterbigpimp

I don't see any Problem 🥸
- Personally would've preferred RolfMasterBigPimp

TIL about profile pics lmao

Currently there doesn't seem to be any mechanisms preventing me from spinning up an instance with 10k votes to downvote a post. The bots will come eventually

Has Lemmy finally made it? We are big time now?

Not quite yet, but yeah, probably gonna be "big time" soon if I had to guess. Reddit is inaccessible through a VPN (while logged out) now, so it's basically dead at this point.
- That’s what everyone said nine months ago when they blocked API access, and all third party phone apps stopped working.
  They still seem to be doing fine over there.

Pfp? Well I missed a memo. Seem to be fine without one though since I didn’t even know that was a thing.

Same. I only browse on mobile, and it doesn't show pfps.

I am a rueal heuman trush me.

Rural juror?
- Rrrjrrr

Making me realize I never set up a profile

I never set up a profile in 7 or 8 years on reddit, I'll be damned if I start now.

Shit I need to make a profile pic now

Fuck that. Never needed one on reddit, won't get one here. Why? I don't expect or particularly want people to interact with my profile.

I feel attacked.

Sad fact of online life.

Not at all a recent phenomenon.

Why am I associated with only one of these things?

We don’t got no pictures. I guess I need to dig out my Spock in drag pic.
I didn’t even know you could have a profile pic. I’ve never seen one on here.
- You totally can. Mine is a penguin.
  Lemmy being what it is, visibility probably depends on a thousand tweaky little factors like which instance you're on, which instance you're looking at, and what client you're using.

You really don't like immigrants