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View submission: The NewToReddit Encyclopaedia Redditica v2
Everyone on Reddit has an avatar - a little picture representing our Reddit presence. The default one is a small coloured circle with a ghostly Snoo (Reddit’s little alien mascot) inside. There are several ways[1] to customise your profile with an avatar either of your own or a personalised Reddit Snoo[2].
1: https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043036152-How-do-I-update-my-avatar-image-
2: https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043035352-How-do-I-customize-and-style-my-avatar-
An attempt to publicise the new “Snoovatars” by giving them occasional red sparkles wasn’t well received[3] but an even more peculiar thing happened shortly after - instead of facing left as they had done since inception, users started to report that their snoos were suddenly facing right[4]. So far we haven’t been given any official reason behind that change but I believe it’s to make our comment Snoo icon face towards the username and comment. Although, I must say I was hoping it was gearing up for a new version of the old April Fools Day Event “Periwinkle/Orangered” only this time with “Lefties/Righties” but, alas, it wasn’t to be. I think Reddit missed a trick there.
3: https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/ozu8t3/did_i_win_something_or_is_reddit_just_trying_to/
4: https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/oyaxv1/why_my_avatar_facing_the_other_way/h7t07q1
When is an avatar no longer an avatar? When the word falls out of use in favour of PFP - a growing acronym in texting and social media meaning both Picture For Proof and Profile Pic.
Show off your snoovatar at r/snoovatars! As the word “avatar” has different associations, I would be remiss in not mentioning r/ATLA - a community specifically for the original animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, r/AvatarMemes or r/TheLastAirbender for all media in that franchise - see here for more[5]. Likewise r/Avatar for news, art, comments, insights and more on the beautiful and dangerous world of Pandora.
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