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Avatars are one of the most debated topics on Yahoo! Answers, with many of you asking “What are avatars?” and “How do I create my own?” In short, an avatar is the virtual character you can find next to many of the questions and answers found on Yahoo! Answers. It helps give other people a better idea of what you are about, and you can easily create one in a few simple steps.

If you don’t already have an avatar, you can get started directly from the Yahoo! Answers home page. Just click on “My Q&A” which will take you to your Profile. Then select “Edit my Info” and you will see a link to “Get my Yahoo! Avatar now!” From this page, you can choose from a great selection of faces, hairstyles, apparel, accessories and backgrounds to create a new avatar.

You can then not only share your avatar with everyone on Yahoo! Answers, but also on a variety of other Yahoo! services, such as Messenger and 360°. Moreover, you can download your virtual character onto your mobile phone, send it to your friends as a postcard, or export it to your blog.

To find out more about Yahoo! Avatars from other users, check out some of the questions on Yahoo! Answers:

Why do avatars look like cartoon characters?

How do I change my Avatar on Yahoo! Answers?

Yahoo! Avatars are absolutely free, and in constant evolution: every Tuesday you can find new cool items for your avatar to try on. What’s more, when you create an avatar you particularly like, you can submit it to us, and with a bit of luck we might choose yours as our featured avatar of the week. So the only unanswered question we can think of now is: What are you waiting for?

–Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers team