I look at the profiles of users I am interested in when I first get to know of them. I don’t often go back except to PM someone.

I usually go to someone’s profile to see if they’re on fluther and to PM them. i sometimes look to see if they list where they’re from if I don’t know already.

I rarely go to peoples profiles. If I do go, it’s to leave a PM.

I am like @marinelife. I usually only check someone’s profile when I first come across them. Now, I can “first” come across them multiple times due to my memory issues, but that’s not the point. There are two or three people whose profiles I check more often, but those are for reasons having little or nothing to do with fluther.

I rarely go…maybe should try more often.

The main reasons I’ll check is I want a better look at what the avatar they are using actually is, or to send a message. But some times I do take a look just to see what it says.

I do the same thing that @poisonedantidote does.

Often, and usually for one of a few reasons.

For one, I will check out a profile if they appear to be a hot woman in their avatar. It’s only natural ;-)

Secondly, I will look at someone’s profile if they say something unbelievably stupid or ignorant so I can try and diagnose the source of their idiocy.

Third, I will check out a profile if I suspect someone of spamming or abuse, so I can investigate their previous behaviors and figure out if I should drop the banhammer or not.

Fourth, I look a people’s profiles when they follow me.

Fifth, I do it randomly sometimes… for the lulz.

To pm and if someone posts a new avatar, I tend to check it out.

Frequently and just out of plain curiosity. I like to see if people represent themselves in a similar fashion to the way their answers represent them.
Sort of like the difference between a Resume self and a Performance Review.

I go to @Fiddle_Playing_Creole_Bastard‘s profile to look at his always-hawt avatars.

Very rarely, to send a PM or something in their question/answers piques my curiosity.

@rangerr, your current avatar is by far, my favorite picture of you. I seriously get all fluttery when I see it.

@Fiddle_Playing_Creole_Bastard and @rangerr
We can close these here curtains if y’all want a little privacy.

I never look for anything specific, I’m just curious as to what’s in there, mostly.

To get a closer look at their avatars, and to find out a little more about them, especially when I try to communicate with them in PM.

New users sometimes. Either because comments are totally great suggesting a science background for example and I’m curious which one it might be, or because comments are totally weird and it might turn out that this new user is a poet or a monk in Tibet.