Why did you set an avatar for your profile? (lemmy.sdf.org)

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In comment sections or in community pages, it's mostly an ocean of default avatars. Why do you choose to stand out with a custom avatar on this semi-anonymous platform?

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

ImageAI had a fun post where you input your username as a prompt and see what comes of it. Tadaa, perfect profile picture

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

We should totally do that again. Fun for the people generating them with different LLMs, fun to see the crazy stuff that shows up, and some people wind up with an avatar that they like.

@[email protected]

I remember that "blank face" image being generated, too.

Also an interesting way to compare different LLMs, because you can see what they're spitting out for the same input.

EDIT: Found that thread:

https://sh.itjust.works/post/7955084

The intent wasn't originally to generate avatars, but some people did wind up using it as their avatar.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I remember that post! I had a lot of fun generating people's usernames :)

I guess we can always do another one?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Sure! Might stir up some activity over there. I wouldn't mind running my username again through whatever is free to see what images I get back this time

this post was submitted on 29 May 2025

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