Has anyone else every found it that whenever, you see someone else's avatar, it seems to you that it leaves a first impression of that persons personality or gender?

When I see someone with a female avatar, (5_LD_5 for example - sorry if I offend you at all during this), I get the immediate impression that that avatar is the actual person, the avatar gives me a first impression that 5_LD_5 is a female (and a fairly attractive one too). A male avatar on the other hand, makes me believe that the user is male.

In addition, if I came across a low-quality/pixelated avatar that looks absolutely disgusting, it gives me the impression of a disorganized person.

Of course, what the character's facial expression signifies seems to impact my judgement too, if the avatar is a FPS character, with a devilish 'I-will-shoot-if-needed' expression, I feel as if the person is actually like that.

Do any of you feel the same way about avatars? If so, are there any other reasons you believe may affect your first impression on users?

And what do you think of my avatar - first-impression-wise? :P (be honest)

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