StopTheManga Wants You To Use Real Avatars

by Scott Beale on August 20, 2008 · 3 comments

StopTheManga

So not everyone is exited about the FaceYourManga avatar craze that has been sweeping the tubes recently, especially on Twitter. A group of anti-FaceYourManga vigilantes have formed StopTheManga to reverse the “Mangagtar” trend and help convince people to use real photos as their avatars.

See Previously: FaceYourManga, Create Your Own Custom Avatar

Thanks to Ron Richards for the tip!

image via StopTheManga

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1 Dave August 20, 2008 at 3:42 pm

What I don't get is WHY they hate it.

They'll get my Avatar when they pry it from my cold dead twitter.

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2 zoeDisco August 21, 2008 at 10:20 am

i agree.

what's with people wanting to hate everything? they're cartoons…cartoons people! THIS, of all things in the world to put your efforts towards abolishing….THIS? cartoons?

nice happy funny cartoons that people enjoy making and sharing.

<sarcasm>yeah…i could see why you would want to put a stop to that.</sarcasm>

z

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3 prom2x March 11, 2009 at 4:30 am

i want to have my own manga

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