On: Why did Usenet fail?

[edent]

Yes - and I find it rather tedious. Why do you think that every other major SN has avatar images? It's because most users find it a better experience.

I also have my own CSS for HN which makes it much more pleasant (for me) and I I've started using https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30668137

[johannes1234321 → edent]

The nice thing about Usenet: It's an open stadard and clients could show avatars.

For one simple generic blobs generated based on the sender's address, using some service like gravatar or X-Face header.

[mr_mitm → edent]

You could have your Usenet client to the same thing. Generate some sort of image out of the email address.