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You know what's ironic?

Well, that's okay. Neither does Alanis Morisette.

No, wait. That's not what I meant. The ironic thing...

It's about userpics. I've never really gotten the point of them. My default pic is my avatar, my face on the net. And my face is... my face. I'm not going to put someone else's face there or something, you know? I guess my face does change sometimes based on my mood and what I'm saying. But that's a limited thing. For the most part, my face is my face and that's that.

But, slowly, I've been adding userpics to my LJ Basic account. I uploaded the 6th one... just a few months ago, it feels like. Maybe in November, actually. Still, not so long ago. More recently, I came up with a new one. Was momentarily confused when LJ told me I didn't have space for another. I looked through the ones I had and found one that I'd never really used very much and got rid of it. No problem.

And now... I've got a couple of Dreamwidth icons that I made. One that I have mixed feelings about, since it does have some negative tone to it and I like the idea of just cheering for the shiny thing without booing the older and somewhat tarnished thing (which, really, is still quite useful, and still connects me to the vast majority of my friends). The other one, though, is just pure shiny:

I've been thinking about adding it to my LJ, particularly for DW-related posts. Do just a bit more to promote the service, show my love, encourage friends to check it out, etc.

And here's where the irony comes in... I'm happy with my 6. (And I have used all 6 and don't want to confuse old posts by replacing the associated icon. What happens when you do that, anyway?) I don't really want to get rid of any of them. So I actually started wondering if maybe (for the first time for this journal) I should get some paid LJ time. Just so I could upload a DW icon.

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I have to admit that I never understood the fascination with icons, either...until not too long ago. They're fantastic.

lol, yeah. I had one for the longest time. Then gradually added another one or two. I think my number is spiking. And since I'll have a paid DW account, I suspect I'll end up getting more there. Already have 8, I think...

Lol! I can answer the question about replacing icons-- icons are identified in posts by their keywords. (This is a stupid solution, imo, since keywords are changeable and URLs are not, but that's the way it is.) When you change an icon's keywords, the post loses the ability to find that icon and it reverts to your default. So if you remove one of your icons and replace it with something else, the entries where the old one was will revert to your default.

As for userpics... I don't know. I haven't quite filled up my 100 yet, but I'm steadily inching upwards. I like having different ones for my different fandoms and moods, and slowly they add up.

Ah, gotcha. Thanks. :)

And yeah, I suspect my number on DW will grow. Already up to 8, I think.

Love the Beaker icon. :D