While this thread seems to have moved on to everyone sharing their new unique avatars, I wanted to add something to the earlier discussion about confusion between people with similar ones. I too found myself getting people confused when just using the avatars, and then it was pointed out that you can turn avatars off, as well as the signature lines, and do several other modifications to the look and layout of the board. If you are logged in, click on Profile up above, then choose Account Settings from the drop down list. Then click on Modify Profile on the new screen, and then choose Look and Layout from the drop down screen. I long ago turns off avatars and signatures, and I changed the time offset so that post times read in my time zone. There are probably other cool ways to modify your experience of the boards, but I found those 3 changes made reading the board much easier and enjoyable.