Lets say..you have a really cute avatar, i feel you're most likely eligable to get selected for a best answer than someone who is ugly. Its like you would prefer to give money to a man in a suit, than someone who looks rug-ged?
2007-02-27 10:34:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Excellent question. One of the better I have read today. The projected persona probably has an impact on the middle-of-the-road answers but when answers are abusive, insulting or racist I do not think the avitar matters as much as the content of the answer. I have had people ask me why I have Jesus as a pic and I really never saw it that way because I have long brown hair and a beard so I thought it fit. I worried about it a little but decided to keep it because my original choice was for the right reasons.
2007-02-27 11:15:37 · answer #1 · answered by Mon-chu' 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd have to say that the "cute"-ness of the avatar minimally affects their chance of getting the best answer.
Most people, when they ask a question, it is because they are interested in the answer, therefore, it is only logical that when they are reading the responses, they will be most focused on the answers that people have provided and less so on the avatar and how it looks. If the response is good, then their chance of getting the best answer will increase, if the response is bad, then all it'll get is a thumbs-down vote.
Of course, there are very different people out there. Some might very well choose the best answer based on what the avatar looks like.
2007-02-27 18:59:27 · answer #2 · answered by Simplex Spes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question.
A biased based premise but with one flaw.
People choose the avatars by which they will be known.
I can choose to be a man in a business suit or a stripper.
I chose an avatar that best reflected who I am.
If one chooses an avatar that is rough, ugly, somehow disconcerting to the eye or offensive, that speaks volumes about who that person really is, what he wants to say to the world, how he wants to be seen, much more so than if one could put one's own true reflection up as an avatar.
Good question. Inside out quesions are fun.
PS. I respond to the words, the meaning I perceive in the words and the spirit of the response. I asked a question and received about 30 answers. Only one answer reflected an understanding of the question I had asked. I believe it was answered by a blonde female avatar, not a likely best answerer when one considers the bias against blondes, eh?
2007-02-27 18:49:24 · answer #3 · answered by Liligirl 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. Of course it depends on the person who's rating. I used to have a pic on mine that got a little messed up when it was put on, it got kind of squished, and it looked like I had no nose!Yeah- it looked pretty bad when it was shrunk down. But I recently changed it to this one, and I still get about the same amount of best answers. So truthfully probably not, but I'm sure there ARE some people out there who are a little shallow to pick a best answer only based on looks.
2007-02-27 19:07:47 · answer #4 · answered by Lindsey H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
personally... I read the question and take my inventory of what spirit it is representing, [to the best of my discernment,] and answer if i choose, or, i might check the avatars reference, if i do not feel confidence i have understood the ask-er...
...i have hesitated answering on occasion, because the avatar sees intimidating or ugly or rude, but ...that's just me..
I am confident the answers to the questions i have asked were given in response to the interest in the topic,...not to gain prestige, or rise in notoriety..
..it seems unlikely to me that 'best answers'' are given in prejudicial influence to an avatar
2007-02-27 21:31:05 · answer #5 · answered by olddogwatchin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe so.
I tend to favor to answer things with avatars.
On cuteness?
No not really.
2007-02-27 18:54:29 · answer #6 · answered by Ohms 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋