Well honestly I thought I didn't know what an Avatar was until I recalled back to a day my friend pulled up her Avatar on her computer. I thought it was really cool and looked just like a mini image of herself but I was not to interested in finding out what exactly this Avatar was all about!! I feel Avatar is really creative and fun but I don't think yahoo has done such a great job of letting it's users really know what Avatar is about and stands for. I know it's suppose to represent me when I'm sending an email or IM but what's the purpose and why should I use it? Maybe it's just me but sending emails and IM's are not at the top of my list as things to do so maybe Avatar is not marketed for me anyway. But for the people who enjoy creative, innovative technology and spending all day on yahoo this is perfect!!!
I feel yahoo should definitely advertise Avatar more to all ages. Maybe put a advertisement on yahoo homepage, or create an article about what Avatar is exactly and why we should use it. They could also do like a little sample trial where your able to create this Avatar without setting up an account but just playing around with the different features to get people interested in really creating one for themselves.
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great suggestion about the mini free trail...that's a good way to get people to try it out and then sign up.
Do you think if they were allowed, this would be a successful addition to Myspace/Facebook applications? Do you think members would use it?
I think that it is a great idea to put the yahoo Avatar on the Yahoo Homepage. This will make it easy and quick to access. Because at first when I tryed to find Avatar, I could not find the link for it.
I agree with you about writing an article and putting the avatar on the Yahoo homepage. Until our assignment I didn't even know they existed. I had heard about them, but who knew they had been around for awhile. I like the avatar idea for use with emails and IM, but now it has gotten crazy with the second life thing. Having a character represent you in an online world? I guess people like it since it's so huge.
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