I sometimes forget that you know a lot more about me than I know about you. I mean, you know that I'm a hooker, that I had a possible nervous breakdown while sitting in my closet ... you even know what kind of toilet paper I use.
I meet people all the time who know me from my blog and during our conversation it's entirely possible they might bethinking "Hey. I wonder how Karen's yeast infection is doing."
Well, did you ever think that it might be nice for me to look at YOU for once and think, "Hey. I wonder how her itchy lady parts are doing.".
Let's make that happen today. Not the yeast infection, (that's a special spell I have reserved for people who park sideways and take up more than one parking spot at Ikea on a Saturday), but the recognizing you bit.
This is what 70% of you look like to me and everyone else who reads this blog.
Faceless blobs of air. Who are you people? I don't know. In my head and the heads of everyone else reading the comments on blogs you possibly looking something like this ...
So what are those little pictures and why doesn't your photo show up?
Those are called Avatars and they're put there by something called Gravatar. Which stands for Globally Recognized Avatar. Almost all blogs and websites are Gravatar enabled which means they are all ready, willing and able for your picture.
All you have to do is go to the Gravatar website and upload your photo. Then Gravatar basically attaches itself to you and whenever you comment on a blog, Gravatar follows you there and includes your photo.
How to get your photo to show up in blog comments.
- Go to the Gravatar website.
- Sign up.
- Create your profile which includes uploading your photo.
- Done! Now when you comment on any blog or website that is Gravatar enabled your photo will show up. Pretty much every website has Gravatar enabled on it by the way.
- You can change your profile picture whenever you want by going back to the Gravatar website and uploading a new photo.
In the profile section of the Gravatar website you can fill out your name, where you're from and a little bit about yourself.
Why would you do that? Well there's a little surprise to Gravatar that not everyone knows about. If you hover over someone's photo on any blog comment if they've filled out their profile, that information pops up! So you can tell the world a little bit about you and you can learn a little bit about your fellow commenters.
And don't worry if you're a little bit shy you can upload a photo of anything. Your dog, your cat, your kid. I prefer to see recent photos of the actual person but the choice is yours.
I've only used 3 different Avatars on this blog since starting it but I might switch it up soon.
O.K. now it's time for you to try to do it yourself!
I'll be here. Waiting. And itching.
To see your pictures. ;)
Lois Baron
idk where the photo is that I put on my Linkedin account or the one I put on my gmail, but I love this embroidery pattern so much it doesn't matter. It's how I want everyone to think of me :-)
Maryanne
Thank you for the post :) Testing...
Sandi Remedios
Thanks for the info Karen, hopefully this works.
Sandi Remedios
s'workin! Thanks Again!
Susan Claire
I went to the site, came back here, posted a comment, and it didn't show up! Let's see if this one does.
Karen
Yep. It's there. ~ karen!
Trisha
The only reason I have a picture is because many years ago you encouraged us to do this. I have years of picture comments to thank you for!
Karen
Now that I see your picture, I want you to get rid of it. I feel inadequate, lol. Great shot! ~ karen
Trisha
Ha! My current reality doesn't exactly look like that either. I'm currently covered in 8 layers of saw dust and my pants are threatening to go to my ankles. I'm much more glamorous on the internet!
Mindy
Are you trying to tell me that my twelve year old honeymoon photo will no longer suffice for proper ID?
I waver between wanting to choose something wildly inappropriate, and not wanting people to judge me. ;)
Karen
My vote is almost always for wildly inappropriate. ~ karen!
Jackie
Very east tutorial KAr
Karin in NC
So curious to see if this worked!
Karin in NC
It did! Thanks for teaching me something new!
Karen
Holy STINK! It worked, lol. That's a very impressive pose. ~ karen!
Magali
Great idea to encourage this seeing as how important the comment section on your blog is! It's a lot nicer to scroll through even for us readers so it must be really nice for you. I jumped on the gravatar wagon :)
Karen
I can't quite see ... is that marine life in your hands? ~ karen!
Magali
yes, it's a green sea urchin :D
Elaine
Thanks for the instructions, Karen! You always teach us SO much about anything and everything under the sun! Can I use a photo of Liz Taylor when she was in her prime? lol!
chris
That's my child, not me. If that were me, I'd have to be really talented to do this at 3-1/2!
Karen
Definitely exceptional, lol. ~ karen!
Jenifer
I did it!!! (I think...)
Thanks Karen!
Karen
You did indeed. You're welcome! ~ karen
Kimbydee
I think I did it! Thanks for reposting this. Don't know why I didn't do it the first time around!
Edith
Done! Thank you for reminding me where to change that outdated picture I had!
Karen
You'reeee welcome. ~ karen!
MelissaSue
I may not read your blog every day but when I do you crack me up. I always have to read it out loud to my coworkers during lunch. Thanks for making me laugh!
Karen
Thank you Melissa who loves photography, coffee and chocolate chip cookies. ~ karen!
Trish ORiordan
I did it dammit!
Karen
Yup! Good job dammit. ~ karen
Susan Claire
If I had known about this I would have done it a long time ago. I am SO tech stupid!
Karen
A LOT of people don't know this little trick Susan. Welcome to the world of photo comments. ~ karen!
Jen
Apparently we all do what we're told! :)
Karen
Good, lol. I like that. Now everyone buy me potato chips! Stat! ~ karen
KariMcD
Done!
Debbie from Illinois
Go Cubs Go! :-)
Karen
LOL. ~ karen!