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Digg Avatar Colour Is Important

Digg Avatar Colour Is Important — “Standing out does two things: Makes the item more memorable, and re-collectable at a later stage. Appeals to the human ‘instinct’ to ignore the mundane and monotonous (as that is ’safe’), and take notice of the buck of the trend (as that is ‘new’ and hasn’t been ‘evaluated’ for it’s ‘acceptance’, yet).”

I agree that the avatar color influences Digg users. From my own experience, those avatars with bright colors grab my attention. Who knows what really happens after attention grabbing.

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One Response to “Digg Avatar Colour Is Important”

  1. Matt Harwood Says:
    May 3rd, 2007 at 8:18 pm

    Hi John!

    Many, many thanks for the mention. Much appreciated - and glad you agree!

    I’ll try and write up my thoughts on the ‘post attention-grabbing’ process in the next day or two.

    Thanks once again, keep up the great work.

    Matt

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