I use an app that doesn’t show profile pictures by default.

I apply a user tag to anyone I want to recognize.

You can have a profile picture?!?

Because they are pointless and shouldn’t exist.

I don’t want random pictures being loaded when I just want to read articles, posts, and comments. This isn’t Facebook or Myspace. I’m not building a profile for people to look at. I’m reading and commenting.

They put extra burden on servers, apps, and mods. Someone has to be able to remove them if someone starts setting offensive pics like porn.

I never look at anyone else’s profile/picture. They aren’t shown anywhere obvious in Voyager app.

Why bother? Wtf would I even use?

I like not being particularly recognizable. Treat me like everyone else that you don’t know.

pfps are some newfangled hoopla

Because I’m not interested in having a profile picture and idk even what it would be

This is a place to be part of a crowd, not really about being recognized. I’m not here to make personal friends, nor a following.

I’m here for news and discussion. This doesn’t really require recognizability between threads

I’m thirty to forty years old, I don’t need this shit.

We did just fine in IRC with no accounts just handles. Recognize me or don’t!

I don’t care enough to have one.

Voyager doesn’t even show them

Voyager doesn’t show them, and I don’t really use the web version at all.

I’m not here to curate an online persona.

Why bother. I’m here to lurk, post an occasional comment, and enjoy. Not to make a reputation or become visible.

Haven’t even looked into how. I think Lemmy is federated with some other types of fediverse styles, too? The interface I’m on doesn’t emphasise individual user pfps. I can see pfps but they’re tiny circles on my phone that I only notice if they’re pointed out.