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Comment by DoreenMichele

Pay close attention to some of the provisos here. He recommends using a photo of your face as your avatar. In the next section, he talks about keeping DMs open and adds "if you are a cis white male" you are probably fine.

He seems to think this detail is irrelevant for choosing an avatar. It's not even mentioned in the section on avatars.

I'm a woman. A few months back I decided to not use my face for my avatar anywhere on the internet.

So if you aren't a cis white male, let me suggest you take all of his advice with a grain of salt. It may be of zero use to you.

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