I like the idea behind them, but unfortunately, my clinging to my avatar and signature as part of what makes my online presentation, well, 'me'... it sort of discourages me from participating.
Be our rock in these trying times!
I'm okay with it. I used to never change my stuff, but I've gotten more comfortable with the idea (I litearlly have folder{s} with my different avatars/sigs).
er. little note. I do enjoy having some indicator of who the person is. I used to, when I did change my avatar/sig combo, try to keep to a certain theme, while retaining what I used. For example for the longest time I had an avatar that said "Hi?". Then one month for Halloween I believe, I changed it to a 007 theme, but still kept the word "Hi" in it so it was similiar.
Branding! I actually find branding really interesting. We should all work on our own brands.
Also Nascar should totally do matching themes with me :3