How do I find the answer after the avatar change? See detail?

Use the search feature at the top of this page. Look on your own list of answered on your profile.

There is a difference between changing your avatar and changing your Fluther identity. All someone’s old Qs and As are searchable under the name regardless of the pic. I have seen threads where people change their avatars multiple times as part of the discussion.

And the search function upper right is somewhat useful.If you remember enough about the A you can probably find it. If that person is in your fluther you can also look at their Qs and As.

I change my avatar fairly often rotating among 4 I have uploaded to Fluther. Zenele changes his often and Coloma fairly often. Others less frequently or not at all.

It is much harder to find old Qs from when zenele was zenagain or when wundayatta was daloon. I think new identities are actually new accounts.

@YARNLADY @anartist
Yes of course! My brain was out to lunch.

@anartist is correct.

Personally, I don’t look too much at the avatars – I find them small, and being both colour-blind and visually impaired, I take little notice of them (and thanks to Andrew and team for making them bigger when looking at the profile – that’s a great improvement – used to be it stayed tiny both in question and in profile – now I can see it without magnifying).

I like words. I love nicknames and am always curious as to the many creative possiblities in determining your avatar’s nickname. I read them, try to read into them; play on words, pun or typo even. Why a certain number (birthday, just the 75th Kevin etcetera) and then together with what they have written over a period of time – I connect the words with the nickname – and then real name, if I know it.

I have changed my account several times, starting with Zen. It was a mini-protest against the whole gamification of the site – but mostly out of personal frustration – I found myself glancing to the feed too often to see if I’d “won” anything – starting counting my lurve, GA’s and GQ’s – instead of just writing and chatting – as I’d loved for so long.

I do understand now that it was an inevitable advancement for the site to attract newcomers – especially younger people – who treat pretty much everything as a game on the internet. I hadn’t known any other QA sites – besides wis.dm (which didn’t have an awards feature) – but have since seen that they all do – some even pay you for points in some way. I understand this now.

But at the time, upon not quite reaching the 10k then subsequent 5k’s – so as to avoid the lurve parties and awards inherent, I’d leave and start anew.

This, I fear, has become hypocritical as well. So I shall remain zenele – little zen – until I die – or catch up to Astrochuck – whichever comes first.

If you like my (approx. 500 by now) questions, look for the Picard avatar, or twin dolphins – with Zen in the name (Zen. NewZen, Zen_Again…)

:-)

@zenele Plus every time you change to a new account you can give out more lurve to your friends Congratulations on reaching 5K yet again.

^ true. But I GA and GQ pretty much everything – so I max out on people very quickly. I don’t discriminate and think about it too much, I’ll GA the poster above me, anyone who takes the time to answer my Q – etcetera. I GQ less often – only if it is “deserved.” I’ve also said many times that GQ should be a high lurve – as it’s damn difficult coming up with questions – but an answer – it could just be a smile and get 5 lurve. This is wrong I think.

:-)

@zenele I think the lurve for answers should be higher also. In my opinion it’s much easier to answer than it is to ask, but apparently we are in the minority.

@anartist Just to clarify, not all new identities are new accounts, too. It depends. :)

True – as @augustlan says there have been a few that simply changed their username only – but you can count them on one hand, right?