Member photos (stop sniggering at the back, he means Avatars)

[Bagpuss777]

I came in after a very long absence to update my email and made some other changes. I noticed a woman's photo by my username. I have no idea who it is or how it got there. Then I noticed others have similar black and white pictures of what appears to be old movie characters. Is that right ? Can a user not change it ? Was this apparently random alloaction of photo intended to avoid users posting offensive pics or something ?

 

[Thekwango]

Uh oh.

 

[Tony Edwards]

This is going to be a long 983 posts run.

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

In.

 

[Tony Edwards]

I came in after a very long absence to update my email and made some other changes. I noticed a woman's photo by my username. I have no idea who it is or how it got there. Then I noticed others have similar black and white pictures of what appears to be old movie characters. Is that right ? Can a user not change it ? Was this apparently random alloaction of photo intended to avoid users posting offensive pics or something ?

Short answer is no.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

I am 12 what is this?

 

[explicit4u]

We're actually all cloned time travellers

 

[Rai200]

OP you should post a picture of yourself then the mods can create a custom avatar for you.

 

[Bagpuss777]

I could not find a control to upload a picture.

 

[Philtor]

Imgur

Imgur: The magic of the Internet

imgur.io

 

[Philtor]

You better be good looking. The mods have no time for uglies.

 

[iron_monkey]

In before Richard pic.

 

[Delta3D]

In before Richard pic.

Hello, I am new here. Bagpuss777 is my username.

I am a cat.

Apparently they're a cat so maybe not...

 

[Thekwango]

We're actually all cloned time travellers

How many times do you have to be told, that’s a bloody secret!!

 

[Bagpuss777]

I don't know what I want yet, but I just couldn't see where the control to change it is, if it exists.

 

[iron_monkey]

Apparently they're a cat so maybe not...

Well bagpuss does have a Willy mouse friend.

 

[Angilion]

I came in after a very long absence to update my email and made some other changes. I noticed a woman's photo by my username. I have no idea who it is or how it got there. Then I noticed others have similar black and white pictures of what appears to be old movie characters. Is that right ?

Yes.

Can a user not change it ?

No.

Was this apparently random alloaction of photo intended to avoid users posting offensive pics or something ?

It's not random. It's a selection of characters from films/TV about organised crime. Which one a poster has depends mainly on how many posts they've made, with a few special ones for mods and admins and suchlike. I've no idea what the initial reason for it was, but the reason for it now is that it's a custom.

I think you can turn avatars off if you don't want to see them.

 

[Bagpuss777]

Thank you.

 

[Bluecube]

I think you can turn avatars off if you don't want to see them.

You can. I’ve had avatars turned off for years

 

[Uther]

Just turn them off.