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.
- 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?
Summary of the change
- 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.
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.
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 purple placeholder avatar would stand in for your "Private" profile picture to people who you did not grant access.
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: