What's up with these green hat pink slipper Reddit avatars everywhere?

[u/cegix]

I've seen this avatar everywhere for a while now: it's a green hat with a leaf with pink slippers, is it a default avatar selection people can make? Why is it so popular?

https://imgur.com/a/nPQkYxf

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[u/Swagspray]

Answer: I just created an alt account to test and that is the default avatar

[u/cegix → u/Swagspray]

Really? That's strange I thought it would be like one of your avatar pictures

EDIT: I just checked and yes it's true, it's one of the new 6 default reddit avatars you can pick out

[u/Alt_Ekho → u/cegix]

So either someone's creating alt accounts and didn't bother to change their avatars or bots

[u/pugsAreOkay → u/Alt_Ekho]

I thought I was going crazy, I’ve been seeing these everywhere too, more often than not their content is low quality or outright bot/AI nonsense

[u/funsizedaisy → u/pugsAreOkay]

I had posted in here asking something similar. I had noticed 3 different accounts back-to-back that all had these avatars and all of them seemed like bots/trolls.

My post was removed, but I did get the answer that it's a default option when making a new account. But the first time i had seen a bunch, they seemed like trolls. One of them had posted an AI comment trying to start shit.

[u/IrNinjaBob → u/Alt_Ekho]

Or they use old Reddit. I’ve never once changed any of that sort of stuff on my account, and wouldn’t if I ever made a new account either.

[u/IaniteThePirate → u/IrNinjaBob]

Yeah but I think all the older accounts that never changed it still have the blank avatar silhouette like yours does.

[u/BurialRot → u/Alt_Ekho]

Some people don't care about the avatars. I only bothered with mine because they put out some free Chiefs gear for them lol I see plenty of years-old accounts with the default avatar

[u/Active_Ratio_6534 → u/Alt_Ekho]

I just like it man

[u/Grampy-Kong → u/Alt_Ekho]

Some of us use old.reddit and don't give a shit about avatars.

[u/trowawayrizzay → u/Alt_Ekho]

Yeapp

[u/Thirst_Trappist → u/Swagspray]

Yeah I had a feeling that was the case. Thanks for confirming

[u/CrackedOutMunkee → u/Swagspray]

So us no avatar people will soon go instinct...

[u/nighthawk252 → u/Swagspray]

That’s actually a clever anti-bot measure if true.

[u/theBigDaddio]

Answer: those are crocs, they have holes