The orange man isn't actually the symbol for WikiAnswers. He is the Answers.com Community Mascot and represents us, the users.
Created by famed illustrator, Leo Blanchette, the design is not a trademarked piece of the Answers.com brand. Leo works with Answers.com to create the images used around the site.
Ultimately the Orange Guy is just an inflated stick figure. The orange color is great at drawing attention and psychologically stimulates positive feelings. A leading color trend in web design. He's versatile, fun and represents a little piece of everyone that visits the site. People really enjoy running into him.
The plain and simple reason behind these kinds of images is to make the whole Q&A experience a little less formal and a bit more fun!
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If you connect your Facebook to your Answers account, your Facebook profile pic will replace the orange man.
Orange is a motif of WikiAnswers; this stems mainly from the Orange Guy, the WikiAnswers Community Mascot. However, depending on the primary contributions of a user, orange is not necessarily the most common color.
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The symbol for Orange in the NYSE is: ORAN.
Yes, if you are connected to Facebook your Facebook profile picture appears where the orange man currently is on your WikiAnswers profile. Currently there is no other way to create an avatar on WikiAnswers other than connecting your account to Facebook.
Leo Blanchette created the orange guy who is the "mascot" of WikiAnswers and many other sites. For more information about the orange guy look at the related link below.
The Orange Guy is the site's mascot. He helps add to the fun of the site. He also draws attention to the site, helps generate good will, and is a recognizable symbol.
If by "this company" you mean WikiAnswers, then yes in a way it does. WikiAnswers is owned by Answers Corporation which is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol ANSW.
WikiAnswers is owned by Answers.com (Answers Corp). You can purchase that stock (symbol ANSW).
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