I would like to make a call to all sifters: don't change your avatar. Even if you've had it for months or even years and are sick of it. Just leave it be.

Now, before you scoff, hear me out. This might have something to do with the fact that I've got the memory of a 90-year-old Alzheimer's patient (particularly when it comes to names), but a lot of the time I'll remember people mostly from their avatar rather than their name. So sometimes it'll happen that I'll see a name that I know, but with a new avatar attached to it, and I'll start thinking, "Wait... Who is this guy again?" My memory is worse than average, but I can't be the only one with this problem. Can I?

So yeah. Don't change your avatar! And I'm only half-joking when I make this suggestion.