text: does putting my real image in yahoo answers assists in receiving more serious answers?   well, it makes you real. i think we all want people on here to realize we are "real." i find that some people on here will just dash off anything feeling that the person on the other side is just a font without feelings. you remind us that there is a face to match the words. questions like this are also serious enough to make us stop and think. that helps a great deal as well. we all need to approach every question realizing that no matter how odd it is, someone with a heart wrote it. we have to use tact......we have to treat all just like we would if we were all socializing at a party and discussing issues together. yes, the avatars are 'cutsy' instead of true depictions of us. but its provided for all the various reasons we need to use them. i appreciate your candid nature, your openess and your recognition that people do treat it a bit differently. thank you for making us think with this question.