- This page serves as a notification about an upcoming change to the {{PrettyTitle}} site - policy around the visibility of your square cropped Default Profile Picture - (which we will refer to as your "Avatar" for the purpose of this page). -
- -- Beginning on {{.PublicAvatarEnforcementDate.Format "January 2, 2006"}}, - all {{PrettyTitle}} members will be required to make their Avatar (the square cropped, - default profile picture which includes your face) visible to all members of the website. - After {{.PublicAvatarEnforcementDate.Format "January 2"}}, you will not be permitted to - use the chat room, forums, site gallery or other 'certification required' pages until you - have responded to this consent form by answering the prompt at the bottom of this page. -
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- - Summary of the change - -
- - What is being changed about our Avatars? - -
- - Your full-size profile picture can still remain private - -
- - Your consent is requested for this change - -
- - What if I disagree with this change? - -
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Summary of the change
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- - On the {{PrettyTitle}} website, all square cropped default profile pictures - will become visible to everybody on the site, instead of showing as a yellow or purple - placeholder image when your full-size profile picture was set to "Friends-only" or "Private" - visibility. - -
- - The full size profile photo on your gallery can remain as "Friends-only" or - "Private" if you want; but the square Avatar shown next to your name on most pages of the - website will be visible to all logged-in members. - -
- - The website policy that your Avatar must show your face will also be more - strictly enforced along with this change. We want to know that everybody on {{PrettyTitle}} - has a face that we can all see. - -
- - Your consent is required for this change. If your - profile picture is currently non-public, we will not begin showing it - to others on the website until you acknowledge and agree to this change in site policy. - -
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What is being changed about our Avatars?
- -- Previously, it was possible to set your Default Profile Picture on your gallery page as - "Private" or "Friends-only" visibility, and it would cause your square cropped Avatar - icon to show as a placeholder image to people who were not allowed to see the full-size copy - on your gallery. -
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- For example, if your profile picture was set to "Friends-only" then a
- yellow placeholder avatar
- would be shown in its place to people who are not on your Friends list, or a
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purple placeholder avatar
- would stand in for your "Private" profile picture to people who you did not grant access.
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- Going forward, the square cropped Avatar images will be moved to become - visible to everybody who is logged-in to the website. Here - is an example of how your profile card may look to people before, and after - this change: -
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