Discussions
male bloggers - baby & sexy female avatars
Posted by timethief • 12/13/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: baby avatars, male bloggers, sexy babe female avatars.
There are a surprising number of male BC members who choose to have baby avatars or sexy babe female avatars.
I've never discovered a female blogger at BC, other than a mommy blogger, who was using a baby avatar. Have you?
I've never discovered a female blogger at BC, who was using sexy male avatar. Have you?
User Comments
-
I've run across a lot of men using female avatars. But only a few females who use a male.
Why its like that? I have no idea, but i would say that men like having boobs, and few chicks like having.. uhmm.. a penis.-
I've been told that the males using the female & baby avatars think they get more hits because of them. Well I'm a heterosexual female so I wouldn't be more inclined to hit on a sexy female avatar than I would on a male one. But hey - that's just me.
As for baby avatars, even though bloggernoob is my friend, I don't like them, so they have the opposite effect from what's intended on me.
-
-
I know that some of the baby avatars are for bloggers who are stay at home dads. That makes sense to me.
I have come across many sexy female avatars for marketing/money making blogs as well - it's a marketing ploy.
*shrug*-
I've never considered a baby avatar for stay at home dads. I suppose that is in some way logical. But to tell you the truth I think whether or not it's a stay at home mom or dad that's using a baby avatar that they are "odd".
But like you I've got to the stage that when I see a baby or sexy female avatar, I assume the blogger will be a male make money or marketing blogger.
-
-
I think that people are more keen on reading blogs by girls, sexy ones in particular. Marketing, that is.
Baby avatars by men, I think are either for the same reason as women use them - their own children, or they use a childhood photo of their own. In the later case I find it to be a message of poor self-esteem: "This is the last time I was cute in any woman's eye."
I would not use my child's photo online if I had one. I just find it an icky thought with all those weirdoes out there. Publishing someone's photos before they can give a permission to it goes against my personal morals for some reason.-
Exactly. If I had a kid I would never ever use my kid's photo online. Cyberspace is full of sicko predators. I don't groove to using someone's photo without permission, and my family members have made it clear to me that they don't want to see their pictures in my blog, or for me to write about them in it either. Cool with me.
I hadn't considered the poor self esteem thing before but now that you mention it ... yeah. -
I won't put my kid's photo online either.
Then again, I barely show my own face, so... -
I agree.. i have a son, and never in my life would i use his picture online.
-
I am wondering about this, I used my sons pictures on my blog, should I be worried and remove them? -
I don't think so. It's up to you. Your kids have their clothes on. Child sex predators look for images of unclothed children from infancy on up. They also want to locate preteens & teens for grooming, so revealing your location and identity becomes a factor, if you have a child who is online and not savvy to the ways of these sickos.
-
Thanks for your answer...I would never want to put my kids in danger. I never thought of the darkness that is possible in posting pictures.
-
-
I kind of have one of those types of avatars, what do you think of it... Do you think that I should change it, as if so... Why. I have a photo of me and my baby... That's what I blog about most...-
Your baby is so small I can't see her/him clearly in this image. As she/he grows it's up to you if you want to use a photo of the baby or not. Why not just use a photo of yourself or a clipart type avatar?
-
Newdad, personally I think the image is beautiful, and your blog is wonderful. Be proud and don't be afraid to share that with the world.
I don't understand what we are so paranoid about, do we hide our children when we take them to school, do we cover their precious faces when we go shopping or anywhere else in public?
I would be more concerned about a stranger 15 feet away from in the supermarket starring at my child them anyone sitting on their computer thousands of miles away. -
But if you see someone taking photos of your kid 15 meters away, you are aware of the possibility it ending up on a collection of sexy babies online somewhere. You can't have any control of that happening if you post a photo online on your website. Sure it won't hurt your child directly, but doesn't that thought erk you out at all?
-
Sure the thought erks me a great deal when I am forced to think about it.
But, I will not live my life in fear of the what if....
We are cautious with our children and would never put them in a potentially dangerous situation.
I can't control what some weirdo is doing with his camera without my knowledge 15 meters away from me, but I can control where my children are, who they are with, what they are doing online and educate them on the possible dangers around them.
Don't live in fear; be smarter than the criminals and teach yourself and your children what to be careful of. An image of yourself or your children shared on a website or forum is nothing to be fearful of.
As for men pretending to be a woman, come on now...
they aren't that hard to spot, ignore it.
EDIT: If I see that weirdo taking pictures of my child I can guarantee you 110% he will not get very far. -
I like newdad's photo and blog too...
Sylvia, for people like me, I have a different sort of paranoia.
What if someone decides they want to harm you, and collect information about you - and your children - online....and then decides to act?
For the same reason that I don't put out my personal info or pictures, I will not put out my child's. To me, it's less about someone using a picture without my knowledge - and more about people who will collect and use the information to act in real life. Stalkers do happen! -
Anok, believe me I do understand and respect your feelings about this, these same things can happen out there away from the computer just as easily.
That is really the only point I was trying to make, and that I personally speaking prefer not to be paranoid and live in fear. -
Anok & Sylvia
Being cautious about revealing your identity, your location, not to posting images of your kids online isn't being paranoid and living in fear. It's being sensible and it's teaching your kids to be self protective. But that whole conversational bent between the two of you is off topic for this thread. let's get back on topic please. -
Time, I am just sharing my honest opinions about this.
I don't think I was trying to be insulting in anyway to Anok or anyone else here just expressing my thoughts.
Time, would you be paranoid about having your child used in a television commercial or your child being used in a calender?
Have any of your children been on stage for their school talent show, do you know every single parent at that school taking pictures????
Sorry if you think my opinion "sucks", but you did open the thread and I assumed for the purpose of a discussion from every angle.... I guess I was wrong.
___________________________________________________
EDIT: You now that stinks Time!! Changing your original comment!! -
@sylvia
I posted 48 minutes ago and you posted 6 minutes later while I was still editing. If you want to start your own thread then please go for it. My focus in this thread is on avatar use by BC members as stated in the OP. -
Time, I think you may be out of line and I will save my comments for a private message to you.
-
@sylvia
I think that depicting parents, who want to be cautious about placing images of their children online as being paranoid and living in fear sucks! I edited and removed the sentence that said so to be polite.
Moving on ... my focus in this thread is on avatar use by BC members as stated in the OP.
If you two want to start your own thread then please go for it. -
Anok, believe me I do understand and respect your feelings about this, these same things can happen out there away from the computer just as easily.
Yes, yes they can and I take precautions in real life too. The difference, however is the access to readily available and well stored information of the internet. Where a person in real life may be able to collect information a bout me by actively staking and perhaps finding out just enough info - but also risks exposing themselves to getting caught, the internet provides a veritable font of information to be accessed from your living room.
There is a very real difference between paranoia and reasonable precautions.
Edit - sorry I just realized what TT and Sylvia were discussing.
My contribution to the thread creep is over *blush*
-
-
I don't think I have any problem with mine????-
Not that I can see? I can't even tell if you are a male or female
but I'm assuming the former ...
-
Yes your are right, I am the time travel brother of Alexander the Great
-
-
I've seen mommy bloggers with baby avatars and sexy male avatars.
Possibilities I think they(women bloggers) do this is:
1) They are proud of their baby's so they use their pics as avatars
2) They don't want their face displayed all over the net and get recognized.
3) They are major fans of those sexy males.
When it comes to male posting sexy female as their avatar:
1) They want to drive traffic to their sites.
2) They are major fans of these females
3) They're think pics not good enough to get noticed.
If they posted baby avatars:
1) They are proud of their kid
2) They're think pics not good enough to get noticed.-
@earthlinggorgeous
I've seen mommy bloggers with baby avatars and sexy male avatars.
Wow! I'm surprised you have seen mommy bloggers with sexy male avatars. I could see a connection if they were entertainment bloggers.
-
-
Thank you, timethief, for raising this issue; I was begining to think I was losing my mind.-
No you're not losing your mind. We have lots of men here boasting sexy female avatars ... lol
-
do you lose your car keys and glasses too? -
from time-to-time
-
-
i'm changing mine to yasmin diaz
-
You can't, we'd miss that darling lil face too much.
-
Nooo! Where would we be without our adorable guitar playing panda?!
-
-
But TT who is that sexy woman anyway?
-
wooah! yea I wondered about that as well!
Maybe the main aim is to drive traffic!! -
I use my own picture of myself for my avatar because I'm the kind of guy that just ooooozes forth the sexuality thing. I'm so gosh darned handsome, I can't stand myself sometimes.
-
Lol -
Hey, transvestites have rights too! -
what would you concider my avatar?? -
I use a photo of one of my son's simply because it cracks me up.
I'm not sure I understand the worry about freaks online seeing the photo. Am I to fear that they are going to hunt down my child and kidnap him?-
well given the right person and the right info, they could, even though we don't know where you got the photo from
-
-
This is rather like a disease and a misconception. I always use my original snap and my original name. I never hit anyone just because someone has am attractive profile picture. I hit on merit. I had chat with some female bloggers using sexy and explicit snaps they say the same thing. One changed her snap but again reverted to the same. This is disgusting. Almost all bloggers use recent viewers widget in their blogs. Many visit their blogs and feel disgusted seeing someone with a sexually explicit snap in their widgets.
Blog catalog should do something at least flag the sexy snaps.
Merit is the sole criteria for real hit otherwise the fluke zero second hit every one gets that is of no use.
Thanks.-
@sudam08
Just to be clear I'm not referring to the avatars I see on other sites that are depicting private parts of human beings.
Porno type avatars aren't allowed at BC and porno blogs aren't allowed here either. They are in breach of the Terms of Service so if you see them click report and Admin will take care of the situation.
Also note that if you block a BC member from your dashboard their avatar will NOT display in your Recent Visitor's widget.
IMO if you are a successful business person then you wouldn't be using a "sexy" avatar to lure customers. Your avatar represents you and your business. Using such an avatar detracts from your credibility. I wouldn't hire a coder, web developer or web designer, or other IT consultant, who is attempting to lure business by projecting a "sexy" image.
-
-
Interesting thread - I selected my avatar mainly to market my SEO and Online Marketing blog, I felt it would be more memorable for visitors.
I have only ever had one question regarding whether Im a male via a social networking site! (which totally surprised me as to why they would think I was male) - to be honest I think my blog and my writing style clearly says 100% Female. -
-
I find it difficult to imagine taking you seriously and trusting your judgement, if that avatar is supposed to represent you. -
@lbargers
How fascinating. You dropped a link that isn't relevant to this topic, just as your trashy avatar isn't relevant to who you are or to the work you do. Thanks for "coming out". We all need a good laugh in the morning. -
LOL--TT, I just love ya! -
OOPS! lbargers link dropped into this thread.
-
Understood Larry.
-
-
@Timethief thanks for the peice of advice. I was looking for such a thing. But i have my own protection. I at once delete those friends. Sometime ago in social networks i used to use snaps of my son but later i changed all those pictures and replaced them with that of mine. Sometime i love roses and use them in my profile. In myblog.com someone visited my profile with an explicit snap as profile picture. After some hours the site came into action and the profile photo vanished. Really a very good disc thread u have started.
Thanks-
@sudam08
Thanks for your contribution to the thread. I appreciate it.
-
-
I don't click on some ones avatar is its of a kid, so not sure what the ratio of male to female bloggers with kids in their avatars is. Not a huge kid fan. I haven't seen any/many sexy male avatars but would probably click on one if I did -
The only baby avatar I click on is bloggernoob's. When it comes to sexy female avatars I have found out that so many of the bloggers that use them were guys that I don't click them either unless it's to check to see if I'm right. I now automatically assume there is a male behind them because that's been my experience.
-
Hey wait a minute TT. I have a sexy female avatar! I hope you didn't think I am really a male. hehehe
Sorry I had to do it -
lol ... no apology required
-
-
i dont visit people's blog seeing their avatars... so... -
I tend not to trust guys who use a sexy woman avatar, though since such photos have little appeal for me I don't run into them all that much. I don't have strong feelings about guys using baby pics, but again they don't appeal to me so it's not really an issue from my perspective.-
I think it's both creepy and opportunistic for males to use sexy female avatars. In the case of mommy or daddy bloggers using baby avatars I don't feel creeped out by it. But when I'm looking at the profile page of a young man who is not married and who does not have children, and who is all about making money blogging, then I wonder why they would choose a baby image if it's not for the reasons that earthlingorgeous provided above.
-
Speaking of avatars, I've wondered for ages what is actually going on in your avatar, Libdrone...is that a bar code or scanner or something?
Or a shopping bag....a lunch bag?
LOL! -
@anok
Read my blog, darnit! In the much larger image on the blog it is clearly the Thin Red Line of the scanner passing over a Pierce County Library System barcode -
Oh! Heh
Nice blog *cough* I guess I shoulda read it before this point, huh?
-
-
I like a sexy woman avatar as much as the next hetero guy... but, come on, can't we have something a little more original like... say, a cartoon pig avatar?
Not that I'm biased.-
You avatar is cute and it's also your own creation.
-
-
There are a lot of men who secretly wish to be women. In fact, it's so common that they have given it a name, "Metro-sexuals".
Also, who DOESN'T wish they were younger. Baby may be pushing it but still.-
Hey I figured that getting younger would be better. Thinking that once I hit 45 I am going to start going back in years. By the time I hit 89 I will be 1 and will then need to use a baby avatar
-
Yes but if you get below 18 you are no longer legal and it's a lot less fun. Ask any teenager how miserable it is.
-
lol
-
Yes an excellent point. I guess being 89 and beating people with my cane from my rocking chair would be more fun
-
Not to mention PowerChair racing. That's fun, too! -
Ya know that sounds like fun!!
-
-
I've noticed this too, and I agree with what earthlingorgeous said about the men who post with sexy female avatars,
1) They want to drive traffic to their sites.
2) They are major fans of these females
3) They're think pics not good enough to get noticed.
I really believe they do it to try and drive traffic to their sites. Men love to ogle sexy women, and so they attract other men to their blogs to get more traffic.-
I think earthlingorgeous nailed it too. I wonder how many woman are turned off by sexy female avatars and who don't click as opposed to the men who do?
-
-
BC just wouldn't allow any other pics to upload so I tried a picture of my cat and it worked. So according to my avatar, I'm a cat lusting after a rubber crocodile. Who does that attract to my blog?-
No particularly but your sense of humor is compelling.
-
-
I think avatars featuring pasty-faced white guys pushing 50 are the very best indeed.-
Say what? You look tanned to me. lol
-
-
I specifically don't put photos of me or my family in my blog or anywhere online -- I even don't like using supposedly secure online photo ordering stuff.
I've noticed all the sexy female photo-avatars, and they do get my attention at first. (It's a guy thing.) I don't click through on them because I'm web-savvy enough to know that they probably don't represent the real person.
I've also noticed the baby photo-avatars, but they don't grab my attention. (It's a guy thing.) Baby pictures just don't entice me to click through because, well, babies other than my own just don't do anything for me.
From what I've seen, the vast majority of web avatars just suck; male, female, baby, animal, icon, cartoon, whatever. (I include my own avatar in this suckatude.)
Bullgrit
www.totalbullgrit.com-
Well I don't think your avatar sucks and I hope you don't think mine does either.
-
-
Hey, mine's not sexy!-
It lacks cleavage .. lol
-
Renal failure is not exactly that a sexy disease...
-
-
I've decided to stick with the sexy male avatar. LOL -
I'm glad because I find it appealing ... lol
-
-
lol I try not to hide behind a avatar-
Cool choice
-
-
you mean all those Japanese models aren't really bloggers as well? I'm shocked. Utterly shocked.
Of course, I hide behind a horse, but we already knew I was weird. -
Shocking isn't it? Not that I think those that have cat avatars
are actually cats using keyboards or horses texting either
-
-
I am not attracted to sexy female avatars. If all men used avatars of gael garcia bernal, however, they just might stand a chance of driving my traffic to their blog... and babies are annoying.-
I went to the net to find an image and I must say that you have excellent taste.
www.imdb.com/media/rm109878528/nm0305558 -
yes, yes i do.
he is very pretty. I like to look at him. If someone created a gael garcia bernal blog, I'd be a frequent visitor. He is my one (and ahalf) hollywood crush that I allow myself.
Seriously... over half the people in the world are women... why do bloggers think I'm more interested in checking out female avatars? Women, like me, prefer good looking men. And once again... babies are annoying... in my strong opinion... if you want to scare me away from a blog... put a baby pic up. -
Seriously... over half the people in the world are women... why do bloggers think I'm more interested in checking out female avatars? Women, like me, prefer good looking men.
No kidding!
-
-
Damn I love sexy men too and full lips so there. And I am definitely not transvestite as someone once asked.:-) -
What about my sexy avatar?
And I think You too are hiding under sweet sixteen avatar-
Your avatar looks rather sneaky.
-
That's the difference of the avatar
-
I agree webby's avatar it has a "sneaky" and "sly" look it it.
-
It looks like a STONED Wal-Mart Party Guy.
-
-
Well, TT. My avatar is a starving bird waiting to snap its spine doing a large fart during sunset... This is the reflection of current bird life in Australia at the moment...
I am not that keen in having baby pictures for avatar. They are noisy, shit a lot and vulnerable for injuries. I think I prefer to photograph them and trick them to smile rather than to stick it in my profile
Sexy avatars are never sexy at all. They denote pornography.-
I have checked out so many with the same results that now assume all sexy female avatars and/or baby avatars are shields that young males India and Asia like to hide behind ... lol
-
The point is that it's a sexy bird in a provocative position. It's totally turning me on. I have to click it. -
@TT, that sounds like a sensitive information to disclose
@CS, the bird does not seem that sexy comparing to your puppy. It brings out sadism in people
-
-
-
Well I'm using a male avatar...... and I'm male. -
I'm a hat.
So take that.
I'm easy to put on
And take off
I highly doubt anyone is doing anything kinky with my hat.
LOL!-
you never know. Once people find their special pleasure.
-
-
to impress girls i guess. -
Heh, a slight non-sequitur, but speaking of people collecting info and pictures online... Did anybody read about this about a month ago? www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31214408/
Seems like an excellent reason to only put small and low-resolution pictures of yourself or your kids online...
I choose to use a picture of myself pretty much everywhere online, but then again I'm a musician, so my face is kind of like a brand that I hope people will some day recognize and associate to my music. Using a sexy lady as my image might attract a certain kind of traffic, but since it would most likely be for completely wrong reasons, it somehow doesn't seem interesting to even try... -
Well, that family is famous in Prague!
-
-
Thanks for opening up this topic tt. Gone are the days when it is 'cute' to show pictures of ourselves and our family members. i think it is also frustrating for some people to get a 'read' on the other person when you don't know who that is on the other end. -
female more good looking, so it could increase a traffic i guess?!
Add Your Comment
Login to leave a message.
