# Round avatars in topic list?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/round-avatars-in-topic-list/27098
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [2 Abril , 2015 07:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/round-avatars-in-topic-list/27098 "2015-04-02T07:16:18Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [2 Abril , 2015 17:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/round-avatars-in-topic-list/27098/15 "2015-04-02T17:59:20Z")

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> The idea of rounding assumes that the focal point of a user’s avatar is going to be at or near the center, when that may not be the case.

That’s a good point — I can’t think of a specific example at the moment (edit: duh, Facebook does it), but there are more than a few sites that allow you to zoom in and out and drag your avatar around to specify how it’s getting cropped. Guessing that takes a bit of work, but it would definitely be cool to have (it would even have utility on non-circle avatars).

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