| Sure, MAL isn't Facebook, but I haven't come across 1 person who doesn't use an anime avatar. I was just interested whether it's just common understanding on MAL that people don't use their real faces or is there another reason for this? |
"Don't believe everything you read on the Internet" - Abraham Lincoln |
| I saw that's what everyone was doing so I just followed the herd nothing more than that. |
| Because people have something called privacy and this is the internet |
  Something that’s supposed to die and doesn’t… will eventually rot away , whether it’s a man or a nation |
| anime avatars are cool, sure, I don't have one but I would use something cool like a robot |
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Stephen_MK said: and also they're probably just kids, no one wants to hear the opinion of a kidPeople want to keep an anonymous image, so for that they don't use their real face. That, and the fact that many are probably just ugly. |
just a weeb wandering around.  |
| I never used an avatar lol. I seen tons of people who don't. You haven't been here long. |
| Hello, non anime avatar here. I prefer using my own quality handmade avatars. I remember a guy using a real face for an avatar. He claimed to be indian and the face looked indian but I don't know if it was his actual face or not. |
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Stephen_MK said: Weeb-R said: and also they're probably just kids, no one wants to hear the opinion of a kid The majority of MAL users are teens and young adults most probably. Kids and elderly people are a rare occurrence here, and if they are, they most certainly would stay away from the toxicity of the forums. And do not disregard any opinion because of one's age. An opinion is still an opinion. true that, my bad. But people will care less about the opinion of kids, but I guess it depends on the topic they're discussing in the first place. |
just a weeb wandering around. |
| Not everyone wants to show their face on a public anime website. But I have come across 2 or 3 people already who got their face (I assume it is their face) as their avatar. i personally would never do that. |
    ⸢ if you meet your god, tell him to leave me alone. ⸥ ベルセルク |
| People have privacy, no one really wants to show their face to a forum full of strangers, so instead, they can use this avatar to show things they enjoy. |
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| people who use anime avatars are fucking stupid lol |
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| why we need to have an avatar showing our faces for?? did u forget privacy exists, this is a public anime site full of strangers i only show my face to people online i truly trust and can rely on. other than that you aint seeing my face. plus i think its irrelvent to show our face on an anime site |
   ♥️ 𝓐𝓷𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽 ♥️ “𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵 𝓸𝓯 𝓻𝓸𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮, 𝓣𝓪𝓲𝓰𝓪, 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝓲𝓭.” – 𝓣𝓪𝓲𝓰𝓪 𝓐𝓲𝓼𝓪𝓴𝓪 |
| MAL would be so cursed if everyone used their irl faces instead of anime characters. |
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| Yeah, no thanks. I'd rather use a character I like than myself as a profile picture. There's also the fact of internet anonymity, not everyone is brave enough to show their face to random people online, that includes me and I know many others. We aren't here to show our looks, we're here to discuss our interests. |
Everyone could use some One Piece in their life. |
| This site is full of weirdos, that's the main reason |
| 한 번만 살지만 제대로 하면 한 번이면 충분해요 |
| Neither my avatar nor my profile pic are from anime. My avatar is concept art for a western cartoon and my profile pic is an original drawing by me. I've won this game even though I don't use my real face. |
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| Neither my profile pic or forum avatar are anime (or even real characters) Free use character creation tools for the win lol Reason I don't use my real face (or name) is solely down to privacy concerns |
My greatest contribution to this website:  |
| man i dont want shit for my face and my shit opinions |
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Monochrosanity said: MAL would be so cursed if everyone used their irl faces instead of anime characters. I know right? I mean nobody would want to see my bushy goatee and moustache. |
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| Everyone would be too blinded by my chiseled features. |
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| I don't want incels sliding into my inbox lmao. I already have Discord for that. |
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| Even I have a limit on how much sexual harassment I can take. Lol. |
  YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE |
| Cause I would be blind from seeing all those ugly faces |
 People with boobs > people with no boobs. My lemons > ur lemons Please just send to profile ^^ |
| It's an anime website, of course people are going to use anime avatars. |
| Imagine replacing Momo's perfect beautiful face with mine. FUCKING DISGUSTING! |
| I don't see any reason to use my photo as avatar here, especially considering i don't like taking selfies of myself. |
  I play BanG Dream! Girls Band Party Garupa EN ID: 10759829 Garupa JP ID: 36753163 |
| There's an unwritten rule in this site that members have to use a picture of an anime or manga character of the opposite sex. Unless you follow this rule you will be ostracized and not recognized as a true member. |
| “Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.” ― Saint Augustine |
| I use anime pfps since they are very cute and easy on the eyes. Besides that I value privacy online. |
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| Does my avatar count as a non-anime avatar? lol Anyway, my real face is too sacrilegious for this site's "innocent" eyes, no thanks. |
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