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Avatars in Forums

Due to the now frequent use of avatars on Internet forums, it is currently unknown as to which Internet forum was the first to use such an avatar representation system. All avatars used on Internet forums serve the purpose of representing a user and his/her actions, personalizing their additions to the forum, and may represent different parts of their persona or social status in the forum. The traditional avatar system used on most Internet forums is a small square shaped area close to the user's forum post, where the avatar is placed. Such an avatar system is varied as to how a style of avatars may be used. One type of such an avatar system is where the user designs their own avatar on their personal computer before uploading it to the forum for use. With the release of this system has come many avatar providing websites where you may choose a pre-prepared avatar to upload to that forum. Other forums may allow the user to select an avatar that has already been created by the webmaster(s) of the forum or website of which the forum has been connected to. While such avatar options are available to all members of the forum involved, some forums using this system allow the user to use more exclusive avatars by performing a specific action, usually conducted on the website that the forum is connected to. Other avatar systems exist in different styles of forums, such as using a pixelized representation of a person or creature that can then be customized to the user's wishes. However, some forums have not yet adopted an avatar system, and continue to use merely the user's chosen public name to represent them.