Square vs. Circular Avatars?

Do you prefer square or circular avatars?

  • Square

    Votes: 14 50.0%
  • Circular

    Votes: 5 17.9%
  • Don't care / either is fine

    Votes: 9 32.1%

  • Total voters
    28

Taluntain

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I've been going through various options and disabled the circular avatars for the moment. Truth be told, I'm not sure whether I prefer the new circular styling or the traditional rectangular look. So let's have a poll and see what people think.
 
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Square. Any avatar image someone uploads is going to be a square, so why not just see the whole thing.
 
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Yeah, circular avatars are a daft trend, imo. I suppose if everyone uses photos of their faces it looks alright, but for the vast majority of images we might use it's just a senseless nuisance.
 
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Don't really care as it's mostly a personal nitpick issue once again.

Seen plenty of those on the other thread. 🤭
 
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Circular. Square is just so 2021 :)
 
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If we are compromising, we could also go for an octagon. It still has sides and looks a bit circular :)
 
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Square was my vote. It's hip to be square. (lame reference to old pop song)
 
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Fine with either but voted circles if only because it helps break up all the lines and boxiness.
 
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Ah, you edited your post. I was just going to ask whether you kept your circle with an alpha channel. Given that this is an option, it seems better to let people fit a circle to a square, than a square to a circle.
 
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I like circular better but as Arhu pointed out everyone can decide on his/her own anyway.
 
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