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An update about your Default Profile Picture

Please review the upcoming website change about our Default Profile Picture policy

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.

If your profile picture is already set to "Public" visibility: no action is needed from you at this time. However, you may be asked to respond to this consent form in the future if you set a non-public photo to be your default profile picture.


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:

Before:
{{if eq .CurrentUser.ProfilePhoto.Visibility "friends"}} {{else if eq .CurrentUser.ProfilePhoto.Visibility "private"}} {{else if .CurrentUser.ProfilePhoto.ID}} {{else}} {{end}}

{{.CurrentUser.NameOrUsername}}

{{.CurrentUser.Username}}

After:
{{if .CurrentUser.ProfilePhoto.ID}} {{else}} {{end}}

{{.CurrentUser.NameOrUsername}}

{{.CurrentUser.Username}}

{{if and (.CurrentUser.ProfilePhoto.ID) (eq .CurrentUser.ProfilePhoto.Visibility "public")}}
Notice: your default profile picture is already set to 'Public' visibility, so this change in site policy will not affect you.
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Your full-size profile picture can still remain private

This change in website policy only applies to the square cropped Avatar image of your profile picture -- the image shown on the top of your profile page and next to your name on the chat room, forums, and other places around the {{PrettyTitle}} website.

Your full size default profile photo can still be kept on "Friends-only" or "Private" visibility. So, for example: if your default profile photo is a full-body nude picture that includes your face, you could crop your Avatar to show only your face (visible to everybody) but you can leave the full-size photo on Private if you don't want everybody to see it.


If your profile picture is currently "Private" or "Friends-only," we will not automatically reveal your Avatar to everybody without your consent. We know that for some of you, the ability to hide your face picture from other members on the site is very important.

While the new policy will go into effect on {{.PublicAvatarEnforcementDate.Format "January 2, 2006"}}, you may accept the updated policy early by clicking on the checkbox below. After {{.PublicAvatarEnforcementDate.Format "January 2"}}, if you have not yet accepted the new policy, you will be shown this page any time you access the "Certification Required" areas of the website (such as the chat room, forums, gallery and member directory). All members who have a non-public profile picture will need to accept this change after that date to continue using the website.

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After accepting this change: if your default profile picture is currently non-public, the square cropped avatar image will become visible for everybody.


What if I disagree with this change?

After {{.PublicAvatarEnforcementDate.Format "January 2, 2006"}}, when this change in website policy goes live, members who have a non-public default profile picture and have not consented to the above update will no longer have access to the "Certification Required" areas of the website.

That is: the Chat Room, Forums, Site Gallery, and Member Directory will no longer be accessible to you from that time. When visiting any of those areas of the website, you will be redirected to this consent page which you will need to agree to before you can continue using the website.

You will still have access to your Friends list, Messages, profile pages and your account settings so that you can make arrangements with your friends to connect on a different platform. If this change in site policy is simply incompatible with you, then we would ask that you delete your {{PrettyTitle}} account.

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