Avatars

The Problem with Blackout IRE

is that it’s starting to affect the usability of twitter.

Here we have three different friends; @cufa, @eamonleonard, @eirepreneur all using the same avatar. The instict when scanning twitter feeds is to assume that tweets from the same avatar are from the same person. Of course that’s not true when we’re supporting causes by using the same avatar, with some exceptions (@uberalex and @davidcoallier)…

The trends of supporting causes witha modified image are far more successful in my opinion. Santa Hats were the yuletide flavour, and now red noses are popping up. BBC employees @wossy and @stephenfry are leading the way…