to be honest I really dont bother with looking at the pictures, I have learned to just pass them by because many times my server doesnt load avatars, and pics over a certain amount of pixels. short version computer servers break down pictures and photos down into extremely small digital color blocks called pixels. each website and computer has their own capabilities of how many pixels they can load when loading photos, avatars, games, that kind of stuff. the computers I use are pretty old compared to those presently on the market. this means sometimes I dont get to see pictures, avatars on some websites I visit. they just appear on as a small white square with a red x in them. because of this unpredictability in whether or not the computer I happen to be using and the servers and internet access providers I happen to me using at that moment I have learned to pay more attention to someone texts in posts.

also though pics and graphics are fine they dont usually tell the whole story and can be misleading. on a website one time someone posted a pic of a little girl head down I thought wow thats one depressed person. when i posted based on the pic I discovered the person was praying, not depressed. I have learned that no matter what the pic its open to interpretation, the person may be posting a pic to me that looks like they are angry but in the end they might just be posting a pic because they happen to like that saying or that pic or are or are not what the pic is saying. many people forget to change their signatures and pics and then oh gosh thats not what I meant.

my point pics can lead into mis representations where as if Im reading the words I have a better chance of understanding where that person is at and why.

also sometimes graphics in a post can be triggering for others..

so I dont bother looking at the pics and I dont post pics, i rely more on the actual posts.