Why do we only see our face in the yahoo avatar...?

Question

but have to pick backgrounds etc...

Answer 1

Because it would probably be too hard to fit the whole avatar with the background and extras.  Just an opinion, though...

Answer 2

because of the minimal space between the questions and avatars, the AV's are restricted to thumbnail size..would of been cool to show the whole body..but you can see the whole thing on Y!mail page