People who have been surfing the Internet for a long time may have dozens of avatars that they’ve created over the years, but more often than not, they say that the first avatar you create is the most like yourself. It’s also common for people to create an avatar who is the opposite of them, a virtual alter ego¹. Either way, when we create a character instinctually, it reveals enormous amounts about our sensitivities, personality and priorities. That is called avatar personality.

混迹网络许久的人们大概都会有过十几个头像，不过有人说，你选的第一个头像是最像你自己的。还有人喜欢用跟自己形象完全不同的头像，展现虚拟的另一个自己。不管怎么样，我们凭着直觉创建头像时，它就会反应出我们的敏感度、个性以及喜好。这就是“头像性格”。

A micro blog post that defines aura fields for different types of avatars has gone viral. It goes like this: A woman with a weak aura field will most likely have an avatar of a mighty² female, a woman with a strong aura field will use her own photo as avatar; a man with a strong aura field usually chooses comic figures as his avatar, while a weak man’s avatar often is a photo of himself.

一则鉴定微博头像气场的段子被疯狂转发：气场不强的女人，头像往往是个气场很强的洋妞；气场强大的女人，头像一般是真相；气场强大的男人，头像一般是动漫人物，气场不强的男人，头像是真相。