I’m trying to decide whether or not to have an image of myself on the sidebar of my blog. I’m guesstimating that 30% to 40% of the blogs I visit daily have themselves pictured. The old school designer in me has up until now thought that a logo was sufficient – but it got me to thinking. If I look at all the different social networks that I’m experimenting in, twitter to flickr to facebook and some of the client tools like tweetdeck – a logo is really not relevant as much as who I look like. I’ve thought about the pressure of the avatar before, but I think it’s worth considering again. Here’s the thing, I don’t think it matters as much what you look like just as long as you look interesting. With the constant flow of comments coming in from Tweetdeck, comments from people avatars seem real vs logos which feel like a bot is posting.

So how important do you think it is to have a face on the home page of a blog – are face pics the new logo?