https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/jip5qu/announcing_reddits_new_avatar_builder/
created by venkman01 on 26/10/2020 at 22:44 UTC*
3770 upvotes, 235 top-level comments (showing 25)
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We are very excited to announce a new way to customize your appearance on Reddit! Through our improved Avatar Builder, you can create your own Avatar, complete with hair, jackets, jerseys, capes, and event themed gear. We're rolling this out right now, so check out your profile page! (click here for desktop[1], otherwise go to your profile on iOS / Android)
Creating your own Avatar has been part of Reddit since 2015 (see here[2]), when we built our first version of Avatar Builder. You all have told us how much you’ve loved it over the years, and unfortunately we haven’t had the time to do more with it until now.
We love when people express themselves on Reddit, and we're always looking for ways to make it easier to join and become part of communities. Before today, redditors had very few options to customize their Reddit profile picture; so we’re excited that our Avatar Builder will enable more self-expression.
The new Avatar builder on iOS (left) and saved to your profile (right)
We have invested in building out Coins[3], Awards[4] and Premium[5] (see our most recent posts here[6], here[7], and here[8]) to enhance user engagement and Reddit’s “Direct-User-Pay” efforts. With Avatars, there are a bunch of accessories that are free for anyone to use. You’ll also see that there are some special accessories that are exclusive to Reddit Premium[9] users, who already receive a number of benefits including monthly Reddit Coins, access to the exclusive r/lounge[10] community, premium only awards, and other perks. One of our main goals with Avatars is to make it an important and meaningful part of Reddit’s ecosystem and the evolving Premium program.
3: https://www.reddit.com/coins
4: https://www.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043034132
5: https://www.reddit.com/premium
6: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/hwn8zy/new_safety_features_for_awards/
7: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/iicyi1/testing_a_new_concept_with_select_subreddit/
8: https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/iz7nnb/award_karma/
9: http://www.reddit.com/premium
10: https://www.reddit.com/r/lounge/
Once you set your Avatar as your profile image, you will see it on your profile page and profile hovercards (coming soon: chat, RPAN and more).
On desktop, you will be able to customize your Avatar on your profile page and profile cards. On mobile, you can customize it by clicking on the top left where your profile picture is located then clicking on ‘Create an avatar’.
Your customized Avatar on your profile page (Desktop)
Profile Card surfacing of your Avatar (Desktop)
Our art team handcrafted a number of new accessories (like our Halloween pack, available now) and will continue to add more options for everyone - so stay tuned! If you have any accessories or items you’d like to see in the coming months, let us know below.
Comment by Watchful1 at 26/10/2020 at 22:50 UTC
95 upvotes, 3 direct replies
What happens if you have an avatar with premium features, then your premium ends?
Comment by MrRavenist at 26/10/2020 at 23:15 UTC
74 upvotes, 2 direct replies
You should add special cosmetics for the various trophies we get
Comment by Speedracer98 at 27/10/2020 at 06:52 UTC
35 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Please add the option to have wheelchairs or other assistive devices on the avatar!
Comment by King-Crudelis at 26/10/2020 at 22:55 UTC
34 upvotes, 4 direct replies
I randomly had this a few hours ago. At first I was a bit sceptical, but now i think it's a pretty good idea. I also think i made the first or one of the first posts mentioning this on all of reddit lol. Anyway i think it's a good system as long as it's optional
Comment by [deleted] at 27/10/2020 at 01:14 UTC
58 upvotes, 5 direct replies
Why is the Pride flag a premium accessory?? Uncool.
Comment by keeri_ at 27/10/2020 at 00:16 UTC
15 upvotes, 3 direct replies
would be cool to have a snoo on your profile page, that wouldn't replace your custom profile picture, so you *could* set it as your profile picture but only if you want to
Comment by _Archilyte_ at 26/10/2020 at 22:50 UTC
28 upvotes, 1 direct replies
what if we dont want to use these avatars? will we still be able to use custom pfps or we will be able to use only these in the future?
Comment by timawesomeness at 26/10/2020 at 22:54 UTC
38 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Very fancy. 100% the successor snoovatars deserved.
Comment by fortnitelol1234 at 26/10/2020 at 23:24 UTC
10 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I like this
Comment by A_Dank_Skull at 27/10/2020 at 00:02 UTC
10 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Would we be able to hide the create avatar button? It's obnoxiously large.
Comment by ekolis at 27/10/2020 at 01:42 UTC
9 upvotes, 2 direct replies
This might be controversial, but... can we please get our avatars to appear next to our usernames on our posts and comments? I swear you had that feature on the Android version a little while ago, but then it disappeared, and it never came to desktop...
Comment by I-say-ok-to-people at 26/10/2020 at 23:35 UTC
10 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Do you plan on adding more things that you can add to them or nah?
Comment by JoshieYoshie at 26/10/2020 at 22:50 UTC
6 upvotes, 2 direct replies
That’s really cool!
Will this be coming to iPads / Tablets as well? Because I’m only seeing people (who currently have it) on Phones. And I only use Reddit on my iPad.
Comment by PurpsTheDragon at 27/10/2020 at 00:10 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Any plans on animated avatars?
Comment by Davis_Schina at 27/10/2020 at 00:51 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I'm in love with this new feature! I like how the Snoos look, and the way I can customize them! Thank you for adding it.
Comment by NeedsMoreCake at 27/10/2020 at 09:00 UTC*
6 upvotes, 2 direct replies
A piece of cake in hand would be really nice. Please :(
Edit: There also seems to be some sort of bug, whenever you update the profile banner, the avatar switches from the usual centre position to become a normal avatar, as it you uploaded it from your own files.
Comment by Emmx2039 at 26/10/2020 at 22:47 UTC
15 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I really like this. Looks so cool!
Comment by [deleted] at 27/10/2020 at 06:05 UTC
12 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Another user has pointed out adding heterochromia[1]. Are there any plans for this?
Comment by Omnigreen at 27/10/2020 at 01:01 UTC*
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
That's way better than the useless abundance of awards.
Comment by Merkaartor at 27/10/2020 at 07:24 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Like it. But the pop-up card when you hover over the username is unnecessarily big.
Comment by Mr-Thursday at 26/10/2020 at 23:28 UTC*
9 upvotes, 3 direct replies
I'm sure some people will like it but personally I'd rather keep using my old profile picture.
Is there a way to turn off the huge "create an avatar" prompts and the blank avatar mannequin that's appeared in the sidebar of the Reddit app?
It's replaced the thumbnail of my profile pic in the sidebar and since I don't plan on making an avatar it's a bit of an eyesore.
Comment by InitiatePenguin at 26/10/2020 at 23:37 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
This actually somehow reminded me of Gaia Online.
Comment by RedditRodditRaddit at 27/10/2020 at 02:46 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
SNOOVATARRRRRRRRRSSS
Comment by spatarana at 27/10/2020 at 04:39 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Will it have community made parts?
Comment by Xenc at 27/10/2020 at 05:10 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
This is an awesome feature! Could there be a similar tool for creating subreddit Snoos in the future? 🥳
It’d be useful if pinch-to-zoom was disabled in the app. It’s easy to accidentally double tap and zoom in!
There’s a bug on iOS, where uploading a new banner causes the Snoovatar to change into cropped profile picture. You need to return to the Snoovatar editor and resave to get it back.
