How to Support Iranians on Twitter with a Green Avatar

Twitter users are utilizing green avatars to show support for Iranians fighting against the alleged election fraud in their country. By showing support this way, it allows anyone stumbling upon Twitter to see how the international community has come to rally behind their friends in Iran. Since green has become the color of the revolution, there are two simple ways to show your support by changing your avatar on Twitter.

The two ways to get a green avatar are simple: You can utilize an application by Arik Fraimovich or you can do it yourself. If you do it yourself, you simply want to add a green overlay to your avatar in image editing program, such as Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop. Once you have the overlay the shade of green you want, save it and reupload it to Twitter. You can swap it out as you like as you find a new picture you want to use once changed to green.

If you want to get a green avatar the easy way, you want to visit Fraimovich's web site. Once there, you want to click one of the two links entitle "click here to add green overlay," enter in your Twitter information and his web site does the work for you. It is just like using any other third party Twitter application that now maintains access to your account. Before you do this, ensure your Twitter password is not associated with any other password you use to keep other accounts safe in the event of a breach.

If you do not want to go to the trouble to make your avatar green, you can support Iranians by using one of the many avatar that have popped up around Twitter and the Internet. Simply save it to your desktop, upload it to your Twitter account and you can show your support this way. Make sure while you are it, you change your time zone to +3:30 and your location to either Tehran or Iran. This, too, helps Iranians stay safe while updating everyone on the situation in their country.