Comments on: Visual Identity: Identicon http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/2007/02/visual-identity-identicon/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:44:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Henry Woodbury http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/2007/02/visual-identity-identicon/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Henry Woodbury Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:41:45 +0000 http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/?p=281#comment-35 Since most blogs require a name, the thing I find interesting about the identicon concept is that it can indicate if a commenter is using multiple identities. (It <i>indicates</i>, but doesn't <i>prove</i>, since multiple people may be using a fixed IP connection, or even the same computer.) I have to say, though, that the identicons on Park's blog look like snowflakes to me. Sure they're all different, but the differences don't stand out as much as the generic similarity. I saw the color differences more clearly than the pattern differences. Since most blogs require a name, the thing I find interesting about the identicon concept is that it can indicate if a commenter is using multiple identities. (It indicates, but doesn’t prove, since multiple people may be using a fixed IP connection, or even the same computer.)

I have to say, though, that the identicons on Park’s blog look like snowflakes to me. Sure they’re all different, but the differences don’t stand out as much as the generic similarity. I saw the color differences more clearly than the pattern differences.

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