Bitcoin Forum

It is now once again possible to upload an avatar to the forum. You must be a full member or above to upload an avatar. Go to this page (also linked in your "Forum Profile Information" settings):
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=avatar

You can only upload new avatars: you can't choose one from the server or use a link as you could before. (If you are currently using one of these types of avatars, the upload avatar page will say that you don't have an avatar.) Also, uploaded avatars are not resized: they are simply rejected if they are too large.

Can we have animated gifs?

No.

Sweet. In theory this should cut down on the number of scams when people create brand new impersonation accounts as it is difficult to impersonate an avatar without the ability to upload an avatar (as a brand new member)

Good one theymos!

Cool. I think it'll take some getting used to seeing people with avatars who didn't have them before. I'm not sure whether to have one or not now. I think it's a wise idea to limit then to Full Members too.


Hopefully, but some people can never be helped. Theymos also didn't have an avatar before so they could still impersonate him.

Great news! Honestly I first thought this was an April's fools joke :D

Thanks theymos, this is a fantastic news and I will add my avatar as soon as possible :).

Newbie please ;)

Doubt it'll happen. Too easy for newbs to abuse it by impersonating others. Besides, I think it's a nice additional perk to receive once you hit a Full Member status which doesn't take that long to achieve.

Good to see some fresh avatars on the forum. What is the reason though to limit avatar uploads to only full member and upwards? Why not add members?

Awesome, I can finally change my outdated avatar to something else :) Thanks for re-enabling this and hopefully it won't cause anymore issues like it did in the past.

Probably to minimise the possibility of abuse. You can achieve Member status in as little as 16 days whereas it's a bit longer for Full Member. And as mentioned above it's a nice perk to achieve with time. You're nearly a Full Member as well so not long to wait.

I don't think you can achieve member status in 16 days?

Yes I know but I'll still have to wait a week or two, which is painful. If avatars are disabled again, oh well...

Amazing thank you for re-enabled avatar, now I have an own avatar :D

Whoops, I meant Jnr. I doubt they will be disabled again unless another exploit is found which I'm sure Theymos has now taken care of.

Guys, your avatars look great!

Junior members still takes at least 42 days to make... 14*3 = 42

Awesome ! i got one too now ;D

Why is everybody's avatars bitcoin memes? Is theymos trolling us?  :D Eal's and Quickseller's are Spongebobs. I think we've been April fooled haha.


Nope. It takes 3 activity periods which can be achieved in 16 days if you time it right.

Hey I think theymos is trolling us

This is great news for many people, thanks.
If I was going to be stuck with the same one forever, mine is a decent choice.  :)

This is awesome!

I ain't touching mine though :P

I thought the same! lol

Now, I can finally have a avatar.  ;D

Nope! see i just got mine ;D

This is awesome news! :) Probably one of the most requested additions too.

Too bad we're not able to add animated images though, I'd love if avatar images had ranks similarly to signatures. But who's gonna code that? :P

I am sure its a joke but i still wanna try!

Did you upload an avatar of a crappy dollar sign because that's what it is?  :D

Avatars are trolls next to a user's posts. If you go to their profile you'll see what they chose.

I'm not sure if this serious or not, but you announce it in a wrong day where I can't trust anything.. :-\
Please be no tricks ;D

They are following my example. Just saying, the people you are talking about would feel more at home over there *points at wieney hut jr.*

If you view their profile page then you can see what they actually uploaded.

edit: I actually like the idea of having a randomized avatar shown when you post and then a 'real' one shown on your profile. It will make it more difficult to impersonate someone while adding a little bit of fun to avatars

Yeah I just saw Marco's post. I wonder if that was intentional or not? Regardless, good job, Theymos. I'm impressed. Successful troll is successful  ;D. I'm sure many others who don't read this thread will be fooled throughout the day :D.

Are you sure ? I have seen that your avatar is different than the actual (in this discussion):

https://i.imgur.com/t8BjFXg.jpg

I just changed my avatar to "happy april fools". So if you look at my post, you will see the avatar that theymos "picked" and then when you look at my profile you will see that it is my meme

I do not abuse, because I want to hope this happens for Newbies [only me] I will pay it, if you want :'(

I want to use this photo :-[
http://s4.postimg.org/3kgl00tul/10931139_1420279358285876_2244259161964874248_n.jpg

However, theymos can you add a couple of "predefined" avatar? Something related with bitcoin and cryptocurrency world? I think it would be interesting choose one of them instead of upload one.

It seems he changed his avatar repeatedly,

Mine is working, don't know what the others see..
Anyway, thanks Theymos!

Thanks Theymos, it's good to have the feature back!

So meme'd, very edgy, such dank.

BTW those new smileys are nice as well. http://www.thelotusforums.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/clap.gif

I would think this might have an effect on the price when reselling accounts. Accounts with avatars won't fetch as much. Probably a good thing. I'm not sure I'm too keen on the idea of account reselling

Did you mean accounts without avatars?

No. He is saying that the premium for having an avatar is going to go away.

It's awesome theymos...
Thanks a lot for allowing everyone again to put up their avatars, have been waiting since long time, I heard a lot about it but wasn't sure as if you guys were going to allow it but you did... Good work, keep it up guys... :)

I think you'll be wrong. Assuming avatars stay it will just make Full Members and above more valuable if anything.

The question is now what will happen once the April fools is over, will we get back to the previous situation or are the real, new avatars going to show up?

Thank you theymos, I just choosen my favorite avatar.  :)

That's a real pity :).

I see a Euro sign  ;D


You'll be able to on the 7th of July (assuming they don't get disabled after April Fool's).


Haha. This one along with the real one in your profile made me double lol.


We can only wait and find out but I can't see why not. It would be cruel not to let us have them  ;D

Oh, I see it now...
The images actually uploaded, but the others didn't really see it, we actually see the images from https://bitcointalk.org/useravatars/fool_x.jpg (replace x with number)

Why?? >:(
HE TRICK US!!

Is it possible to have animated gifs in the new forum? They tend to be more interesting than regular images and I've seen them on some forums.
Anyhow great work. I remember people complaining over the course of time, though it was not a issue for me since I already had one.

Such big Trickery  >:(
If we see the avatar where user commented it appears as a meme but if we visit their profile we can see their original Avatar

Really well played AprilFool's Theymos
You got us all
LOL

aH..VERY nice Theymos

I'm really waiting for it

And thanks for fooling us on April Mob ;D

I'm sure they will be possible but doubt they will be allowed. I think they were banned on this forum previously because they were becoming too flashy and distracting. I don't mind gif avatars personally but maybe an option to disable animated ones could be added for those that do.

Oh yes please, pretty please, if our admin overlords ever allow animated GIFs for avatars, then consider the disable option as well. It's not that I dislike animated GIFs per se, but I've never liked animated graphics mixed into textual content as it's a distraction to my eyes indeed.

Nope. Even if you were a Full Member you wouldn't be able to have that avatar currently. Read the rest of the thread or chonicsky's post above.

:)

If you especially dislike the avatar you were given, uploading a new avatar (or reuploading your current one) will give you a random new one. If anyone has any ideas for more "fool" avatars to add, post them here and I might add them later today.

The avatar feature will work properly after April 1.

So many unsuspecting victims  :D

Awesome to hear! Any restrictions or limits to avatars?

WOW! Finally the forum is going to have a different color again :P

Nice.

And when the rest of the new software will be released?

Tried serval times, this situation still happen.

Edit: Finally finally owns a avatar.

I think we need some Karpales, Ancient Aliens, Satoshi & DPR ones.

http://www.everyjoe.com/wp-content/gallery/dread-pirate-roberts/ross-ulbricht-photos-2.jpg
http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article9175461.ece/alternates/w620/Satoshi-Nakamoto-AP.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/hbNcA6l.jpg
http://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/59504992.jpg
http://btcartgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/5kh9j.jpg
https://i.imgflip.com/7ryyj.jpg https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dogegif1.gif

RIght click edit the pic and paint will open Resize it to 120x80 pixel and upload

Yeah had to work it out a bit, but now, finally, an avatar!! Really cool that everyone is equal on this forum again ;D

Yeah, avatar is big part of personalization, I can't change my username but at least I can change my avatar now. Also the account with avatar will go cheaper now.

i was waiting for this more than changing a simple avatar, too bad won't come true...

Scan my avatar with a QR code reader.


Great to see avatars on their way back, good work theymos.

I would have been completely lost without the subtitles ;D

Best news on this forum ever. I need to catch up the avativity.

yah-ya-ya-ya-yah, yah, yah-yah!!  ;D

Thanks Theymos. Finally I am able to have my avatar and feel peaceful and blessed. I don't plan to change it ever so I don't mind if it's disabled again  ;D


Now I realized that having so many colorful avatars are disturbing and so we may soon see a post "Disable all avatars" like we have "Disable all sig ad campaigns"  :D Just kidding  ;)

Thank you, this is first time i use avatar in this forum

Awesome! I just got one.

Avatars were disabled from the day I joined this forum and now I got the change of having one when I'm already a Hero Member :D

:) ah great the Avatars are re-enabled i just put an avatar in my profile hope peoples like it :)

Thanks to theymos by the way.

I think yes! ;D


edit: Fuuuuuu theymos :(
https://vid.me/YwJs

I edited my earlier post, check it please ::)

Only I'm seeing the gif avatar :'(

The one in your profile is actually animated, but not the Spongebob one everyone else can see isn't  :D

so animated gifs are allowed ?

We should probably wait until the April Fools' joke is over before we ask such serious questions.  :)

Wonderful news, many thanks!
I had to try it out, I thought it may be just an April 1st joke.

I guess most people do not realize what the joke is about.  :D
It took me a while to figure it without reading all pages of the thread, hilarious indeed.

Testing avatar..

thanks theymos, that is great to have avatar for my account :D

I tried uploading one earlier and it didn't allow me, it was below the file size limit as well. Anyone else get a message saying animated gifs are not allowed?

I also thought it as an April Fool's joke at first, but then I tried it out and it worked perfectly. This is the first time ever I am able to set an avatar  :P

Too bad we can't have animated avatars, but hopefully we'll be able to do it in new forum.

Wow! I saw devthedev's avatar when I logged in and checked PM and  :o :o

Then checked it out. Put one on me. 100kB and 120px*80px... and finally It worked!! :D :D
Then came here to see this thread. :D

Finally I've added my avatar  ;D, thanks again.

You need to trick the SMF to upload gif ;D
As you can see I've uploaded it successfully :) https://vid.me/YwJs

you don't have gif avatar that is normal avatar same like other 2 members above posted from you,
but thanks to theymos to get an avatar for me.

I think it's pretty funny how most people are still oblivious. Kudos to Theymos.

Did you click the link and watch the video I posted?
If you didn't shut up.

Also check here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=205338

what do you mean with trick the SMF to upload .gif files? Can you explain better? Thanks.

it was really amazing surprise for me to get an avatar for my account, thanks for re-enable. ;)

Normally SMF forum doesn't allow you to upload .gif extension files. (It may be changed now).
But if you rename the extension to .png you can upload it as animated gif. (It should be under or equal to 120x60 px)

Pretty cool great job, i dont know why this decision was made but its a good one and brings a bit more life into the forum.

Thought I was going crazy when I started seing all the new avatars today ;)

Oh thanks, I didn't know it... but I have read that theymos had said "no" when someone has asked if it was possible to add a .gif file as avatar. Maybe he didn't want ... I don't know.

Is this a joke?

maybe its for 1 day only, we'll soon find out tomorrow if they stay or not.

Great stuff! I'm glad it's back. This should spice things up around the forum again. 8)

I wonder how long it would take me to spam my way to full member so that I can change my avatar?

good ! thanx   :D
question : is it possible to increase the alowed size of avatars  to ie: 120 x 120 ?

I for one welcome the arrival of 3D avatars  :D

Oh!

So it does work.

Hard work getting an avatar down to that small size though to be fair.

I'm sure we'll get them soon enough, though you can disable avatars like signatures (though it probably won't stop people from complaining). I was wondering how long it would be before sig campaigns capitalise on this or people start renting/selling them individually:

I really want to use avatar, but I'm not a full member yet :'(

Avatar changed, thank you!

Why were avatars allowed again? Was the exploit fixed?

So, when this prank is over, will I get stuck with a random meme? or the one I uploaded. (check profile)


So, it will be the latter, right? :D :D

The one you uploaded.

Great :D

That was a clever one, btw ;)

Hello, guys, this is Voyager one, speaking from the edge of the solar system.

Nope, the exploit wasn't fixed... ::)

Come to think about it, it was in fact an odd question, since uploading does take place, the prank image isn't simply put there :D

GOD DAMN IT, EVERY TIME I FALL FOR IT.

http://cdn2.list25.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/licenseplate.gif

May be it was fixed, after all :)

All user avatars were uploaded surely: https://bitcointalk.org/useravatars/avatar_146601.jpg
And there is the other ones too: https://bitcointalk.org/useravatars/fool_4.png :)  (change to .jpg to view few others)

I doubt avatar renting will be as lucrative. The main reason for this is that you can't make it a clickable link like you can with signatures, it isn't really a proper ad. Also, I think people value their avatars more than their signatures.

Yes of course, I don't think it will start an "avatar campaign" http://nodownloadzoneforum.net/public/style_emoticons/default/Asd.gif. It will be really insane as concept.

I am now content with this forum.

I love insane concepts. ;)

But on the other hand, I hope, most of us won't be willing to change their awesome avatars for something else?  My quoted post was deleted by me before, btw.

Where's the clickable link on a Billboard or TV advert? It might not be as lucrative as a signature and link but an image is still very big exposure. If people pay for Personal Texts they'll certainly pay for avatars and for much more, but I agree people will be less likely to sell them, but if the price is right many probably won't have issue. I can see some campaigns requiring you to put it though.

Thanks for the great news! I thought we would be only able to see avatars in the next forum but happy to see that avatars have been re-enabled.

Theymos trolled everyone, avatars changing themselves. Login with an alternative account and see your original account  :D

now i get the joke, mine did change for a while to sean bean but now has gone back to original, someone be trolling yo!

Yeah https://i.imgur.com/Tyz7u1I.png

https://bitcointalk.org/useravatars/fool_10.jpg

I love this one. 10/10 would get trolled by theymos on April Fools day again.

Really? Take a screen-shot of my this post and post it here, I searched for like an hour to find a decent elegant looking avatar.

I can't make out the one you uploaded but your 'fool' one is spongebob:

https://bitcointalk.org/useravatars/fool_14.jpg

You want it, you got it :P
https://i.imgur.com/7k6gMiX.jpg

LOL That's not what I uploaded. I don't know now whether it's theymos or you guys messing with me.  :D

I would prefer no avatar than that one lmao.

Right click on your avatar and check the source and it'll give you the direct link to the spongebob one.

Then go here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=avatar  don't choose an avatar (from your pc) & click upload. In this way you will "lose" your current & desidered avatar.

Lol seriously I'm not messing with you ;D
For example, see my avatar? Compare with this one I uploaded, you can check it on my profile pages
You can check the real one on their profile pages

Right click, open image in new tab, now check image names. try for everyone  :D

It turns to this : https://bitcointalk.org/useravatars/fool_3.png

And the original of yours is this : https://bitcointalk.org/useravatars/avatar_369756.png



EDIT: Yeah, checked other's, it's like fool_5 .. 6 .. 7
LMAO

Brilliant! And I literally spent an hour maybe more googling like an idiot for an image for my avatar and was so happy LOL.

I truly hope gif avatars are never enabled. That tends to make forums an intolerable assault on the eyes within a very short space of time.

Thanks theymos, great work!
I was waiting for the new forum before avatars were re enabled, good to finally get one.
It's great seeing all the new avatars.

Is that a selfie?

daaang i thought that it was a bit suspicious when all the avatars were with words and stuff. however its a really goo troll

lol I tried logging out and I find my new avatar changed to this

https://bitcointalk.org/useravatars/fool_1.jpg

is it the same pic for everyone?

Yea, same

Yep. Same image, we all have a real and a fake one. Just open someone's profile to see their real avatar.

I can also confirm this.
I thought everyone's avatars were crap. I thought my avatar was cool, now I know how other people see me   >:(

https://i.imgur.com/r8mKsgD.png

Lol, that's exactly what I was thinking. I kept wondering why is everyone putting up such silly looking avatars and I thought maybe they're trying to be funny.

Here's another thread in Games & Rounds and I think this dude is also trying to make april fool. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1009215.0

Well played, Mr. forum admin, well played.  ;D

Hope feature stays around after April 1st!

So if you want to see how you look to other people, just log out of your account and then visit any of your posts.

 ::)

Wow. Everybody looks so classy today :P

lol I see a few miss-placed doge avatars here. some might not thing of it as "classy"  ;D

Why oh why? Tried changing my avatar just to be in with the trends, but then:


Already resized the picture to 100x80, still:


:(

Incredible! I thought for sure this was an April fools' joke!
Thank you theymos!

<edit> LOL! After reading some of the other comments I see now it may very well be.

I just signed out to see my avatar and it was indeed different from the one I uploaded.  ;D

I don't want to sell my avatar else people will start ignoring my PMs as well  :D I won't be able to even sell my gift cards or exchange money due to that. Selling my signature space is enough  :)

BTW, did Theymos actually play a prank? I don't like this man in my avatar. He looks awful  :'( :-\

http://s1.postimg.org/ygl4vlexb/Avatar.jpg

I want my "Mother Mary" avatar back.

it might be 100px height and 80px width.
happened to me when I uploaded mine.

Did you really upload a QR code or is it something different apart from what am I seeing right now? I see some doge memes and avatars here right now.  ;D  ;D  ;D

We should wait tomorrow and see if all the avatars will change or not (but I think it is only an april fool). Don't worry ;).

I'm seeing several funny memes on people's avatars. And it's kinda funny! Good one, theymos. Good one. :D

That's because you don't read topic before posting.

I edited my comment.

This is the image I uploaded for my avatar.
https://punditfromanotherplanet.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/two-coconuts2.png?w=350&h=200&crop=1

So, happy April fool's day everyone!

I was wondering why everyone has a same kind of avatar( pic with some words on it).

Like people have paid signatures, can they also now have paid avatars with advertise for a particular website?
Was just curious to know if the admins would allow it?
P.S : I wont support avatar ads, they will make the forum look disgusting.

And this is how theymos looks to me:

https://i.imgur.com/vCxbbpZ.png

Not really.
To me he doesn't have any avatar. That avatar is being used by you, sgk.
Am I missing something?
Edit: Okay. So you are celebrating April fools day?

How would they be any different than signatures?



Probably just counter-trolling/fooling  :D.

I read the topic, from page 1 to 5, before posting. Just my 2 cents.

Someone said once: "If rape is inevitable, you may as well enjoy it!"

 ;D  ;D  ;D

I think that was Stalin...

read the previous pages  ;)


I don't think so. Theymos and Badbear already expressed their hate toward the signature spams to the point of making some changes.

I think at a cert point, some users will start to sell their "avatar space" for some bitcoin and the payrate will be really good.

This is what theymos looks like to me:

http://s17.postimg.org/bpd0t2a73/wwqe.jpg

No avatar at all. :3

Let's see what would happen when the clock come to April 2rd(UTC).

Wow jesus I didn't think that this would actually be legit
Well played theymos, releasing a major feature on april fools day and its actually legitimate.

Cool! This proves a point that bitcoin users aren't really that serious as to what other people view us all along. We tend to be funny sometimes, to the extent that we end up fooling ourselves. :D Happy April Fools! :D

Just added my own avatar:

http://i60.tinypic.com/2ymaqsz.jpg
 ;)

^Not quite  :D.

Does anyone know what this one leads to: https://bitcointalk.org/useravatars/fool_5.png ?

Here's a couple prank avatars you may consider using for today, theymos.
http://media.coindesk.com/2014/03/37.jpghttp://bitcoinmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/61.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z4m4lnjxkY
Epic song! :D

Haha what a great April Fools prank. I'm hoping that custom avatars stick after today too, I really like mine and must have just missed the window when I signed up to when avatars were disabled.

Oh, is that you? Kid.

It will most likely stick around, but the avatars are randomized, so you can't really choose what you want to as an avatar as another user will view you differently as you can see for yourself.  ;D

Theymos has said :

I am trying to b a good sports but....  "CENSORED" I thought this was for reals  >:(

OK, I must've missed that part. Thanks for the heads up! I've been waiting to get an avatar for a long time, was kind of kicking myself for not setting one back in 2013 when I registered.

Why not for members?

I think you shouldn't get it!!
Watch my avatar why I said that!!!

anyway. will there be a rank restriction for using an avatar? at least it will prevent new member to imitate a trusted user's name and avatar.. just saying oops. never mind then

I actually half-hoped that people will have to pay a small fee to put on an avatar. but I guess it's fine as long as there's a rank restriction  ;D

So tomorrow our new avatars will be what we set them to today?

Not the Theymos prank one - in my case a Will Ferrell meme.

Please also note that 2nd April onwards all troll avatars will be hard-coded to your profile and changing avatars will be disabled again.
So all 'April Fool' avatars will stay permanently on your profile.

If you don't want this to happen, immediately remove your avatars before start of 2nd April GMT time!





This is a troll post

Nice joke  ;D. However what do you think guys ? Maybe someone will start to sell his avatar for btr, I suggest the staff to put a rule against this thing.

I'm glad they didn't give me a dogecoin one :D

it IS for real, dude. you can already change your avatar, it just that other people will see your avatar as a different avatar until tommorrow

yeeeeeeeees

Yes yes :) Indeed this is like Christmas time for us :D

I feel happy like a kid from his new toy :)

When I will find some time I will design an avatar for me :) I can also design avatar for anyone who will ask for it :)

Best regards.

Nice, I thought I would never be allowed an avatar having missed my chance back in the good old days.
Thanks Theymos

It should be getting nice and colourful around here pretty soon!

Yes.

Just saw this!

I think this is really fun as I was around back when I could have uploaded an avatar but I never did and then avatars were disabled which left me feeling like one of the noobs without an avatar when I was old enough to have been in the cool club :)

Joining the cool club post-haste :)

I updated my 'personal text' in celebration of having an avatar.  8)

Resize my image but it not in good quality at less i got the avatar :)

There will be some people who are not happy.
Valuation of accounts with avatars just plummeted to normal levels.  :)

i don't think there was ever that large of a preimum for accounts with avatars, maybe 10% at the most and less for higher ranked accounts. It has also been known for a while that avatars were going to come in the new forum so the preimum has been shrinking towards almost nothing.

wow, I just found an especially insulting avatar.. (ACCTseller's troll avatar)

https://bitcointalk.org/useravatars/fool_12.jpg

what the hell, man? I don't even use dollars

There's a bug, i upload one avatar and end up with another. View your profile from another account to see the difference (the main profile shows the correct avatar but that is not the case..)

https://i.imgur.com/MbTv1M4.png

https://i.imgur.com/46cfUas.png

I was getting a similar bug. Sometimes I see multiple people with the same avatar of a QR code or a Dollar sign. I think it happens on logging out and viewing the profiles

read the previous posts, it is intentional.
sorry for this, kinda feels I had to

your avatars will return to how it should be once the April Fools day have passed

what a stupid joke :) lost 5 minutes of my life troubleshooting!

How is this a stupid joke? Because you were fooled by it?  :D
This was the best time to return the avatars. Like I've said in a previous post, a lot of people will get confused and the pictures that are being generated are awesome.

lol yea. Mine is a favorite of the troll avatars because it is something that most people on here would probably never say nor believe in.

People are still confused or oblivious to it if you read some of the replies above. Just goes to show you what a great/clever joke it was. Most April's Fools are lame and cliche but this was very well and intelligently done. I think it could be dragged out much longer than just today and half the people would still be none-the-wiser months down the line especially those who don't have alt accounts.

Can I ask you one thing? Why didn't you put an avatar?

If theymos has made it so it was not possible to tell what someone's uploaded avatar was without being logged into their account then it probably would have gone on for a lot longer.

I think a lot of people are just spamming who are confused as they clearly have not read this thread and it has been explained several times that this is a very clever April fools joke.

So far I'm the only one who uses "animated" avatar ;D

Why don't you use animated one? :)

I hope after the joke my avatar will remain animated :)

You may check it here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=205338

great news, I have waiting for it... :D
even though don't allow animated pic... :)

Good news thanks you for the great work !

Great.

Now I only need recover my hacked account  ::)

Great job

Just uploaded mine

Not sure if real or just trolling with the new avatars :D

For the glory of Satoshi Nakamoto, thanks!

im happy today, thanks boss

YAYUHHHH!

wow... your "troll" avatar matches your cheery post a little too well.. pffftt   :-X

There is something wrong about the avatar, I found lots of shows the same ugly avatar which is not they upload .

Can we use .gif ?
First page said we can't...

Wtf, how was your avatar animated? I am pretty sure you can't upload gifs, although I haven't tried yet. You are indeed the only animated avatar I have seen

 ;D

https://i.imgur.com/Nc5lY4A.jpg


I think Theymos tricked us on April Mob :D and should be normal tomorrow perhaps



So glad that Profile Picture enable again.
One Q, What will happen if someone still insist using NSFW image ? The Image remove automatically ? Account ban  ;D ?

it's only for a day. tomorrow theymos use the one that they uploads. April Fools joke by theymos


well, that guy used a gif so yeah.. but I'm kind of worried tho since theymos said we can't use them.

I think it is a lot of fun to get to have your own personal avatar, it should make each person more unique. I think it is somewhat strange that so many people have spongebob avatars though. I wouldn't think that so many people who are into bitcoin would be into spongebob

I am seriously a TUBELIGHT  :-[. I read the above message over 5 times but I am still blank. I don't know whether theymos is going to disable the avatars on April 2nd or this post was serious that the feature will work tomorrow. I don't want to have my current avatar for the rest of my life. Should I remove my avatar?

Edit: I removed my avatar  :'( :'(

OMG someone has opened an "avatar campaign" https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1009525.0   I don't believe.

Lol. I didn't know so many people were into blazing houseplants either.

It seem from reading this thread that somehow people see their avatar differently if they use a secondary account. Why someone would want to use more then one account is beyond me.

I am using an avatar that represents my favorite football team. Does it show as a houseplant when you look at it?

This is you:
https://bitcointalk.org/useravatars/fool_2.jpg

Just read some posts of the thread. Avatars will work normally tomorrow.

LOL that looks nothing like me. Funny April fools joke

nothing but an avatar party now lmao.

Hello Sorry if its already asked, I dont want to go through last 12 pages, So
can any one please tell me Is the Avatar Sig campaign are allowed: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1009525.0
Is the Avatar changing is permanent?

Lol...   Reminds me of this picture:

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIT3ZC4CEAAlZTO.jpg:large

I wonder if mine shows as a Spongebob, child stoner, or meme?

Sign out and check your post. You will then see what we see.

this is yours
https://bitcointalk.org/useravatars/fool_5.png
figure out where it leads to and you can hear a nice song :p

I think it will not again the forum rules to "rent" our avatar, but I am not sure. A moderator (or maybe better an admin) should express his opinion about this "situation". I think the payrate will be very interesting.

Yes Im thinking the Same, Admin should have no issue regarding the Avatar sig campaign. Better will be explained by the admin or mod?

Always kept them disabled but I'll try them now.

Awesome, I just listened to the whole song again for nostalgia purposes...   simply beautiful.   :)

Nice song, didn't hear it for a long time.  :P

Link for the lazy people: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z4m4lnjxkY (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z4m4lnjxkY)  ;D

awesome, will upload avatar for sure  8)
Thanks @admin :P

EDIT: may i ask why other people seeing this : http://prntscr.com/6o8497
While i my avatar is this ? https://bitcointalk.org/useravatars/avatar_56833.png ?

Avatar enabled is time to fun on Bitcointalk!! :)

Fuuu x2 theymos :'(

My animated gif is deleted :'(

http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130408012130/glee/images/e/e9/Why-why-you-do-this-lolcats-p9rJzP.jpg

edit;

there're 2 users who use animated gifs as avatar ::)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=8389
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=89691

So I think theymos doesn't like the .gif files/avatars.

Great addition, thanks theymos! Happy April 1st everyone!

http://media.coindesk.com/2014/03/Extremely_Volatile_Bitcoin.jpg

Great stuff, thanks

Probably will just be looked down upon, but renting your avi...  You couldn't pay me enough to do it.  It's what people see you as, and that shouldn't be an advertisement. 

Thank you Theymos :D

I thought it was april's fool prank  ;D

Awesome! Was getting sick of seeing my old avatar  ;D Plus my current avatar is more fitting to my username

April Fool, bud. :P

Yeah, it is more fitting. :P

http://i.gyazo.com/848a6d80586cfc5d048a521c6525aded.png

I think it's hilarious :D

Atlast now we are able to put avatar.

Love to put avatar.

Oh yes you'll gonna love your avatar.  ;D  ;D  ;D

http://s14.postimg.org/h9qvju981/qwe.jpg

This is some good news ;D
I've got an Avatar now :O

and : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=85400

Always funny to see all different Avatars. ;D
Hope to be able to upload mine soon :)

Wait wait one second, I am seeing all the same photos in the other peoples avatars, all these bitcoin memes but in mine it is the same. Is there really an avatar feature being added, but today all avatars are replaced with some bitcoin photos? I don't get it

Yes it is an april fool :

Ahh ok, I thought everyone was just using the same photos until I realised that it was a joke. The feature is good though, an avatar adds a lot to the user, makes it much more distinguishable between users.

I thought it was an April fools joke. Is it only available today? :)

EDIT: I see now, glad I didn't change mine

Reposted from quoted text a few inches above:


\o/ ;D

Funny that you appear 5 posts after someone linked to your profile ;)

Only today (April Fools Day) are the avatars switched to the random joke/meme/Spongebob avatars. After today everybody's avatars will be switched back to the ones they have uploaded, and apparently from now on all members above "Full Member" status will be able to upload/change avatars at will.

Sweet! An animated gif! I believe that's the first and only one I've ever seen. 8)

Before you start spreading that as fact remember today is still April 1st and he said "after April 1st" he didnt say "starting April 2nd" so it very well could be memes for a while yet

He's had that from way back before the original avatar ban was implemented the two of you must have never crossed paths until now

Thanks for avatars. It sure is good option to have... again. Better later that never. Too bad we can't have animated pictures and I think I would be better if avatars would be available only for Senior members and above. This way you really will have to earn it.

No the fake avatars (the joke ones) are avaliable today but the new avatars will be avaliable after today is over. So its partially a joke.

Nice hooray for avatars being back!
How do I look? Did I get my good side?

You actually did very nice to have avatars back after today justn eed to rank up now

you look like this
https://bitcointalk.org/useravatars/fool_0.jpg

 ;D
don't worry tho, it's going to return to normal in less than two hours

http://assets.diylol.com/hfs/b9e/c6a/d1a/resized/farnsworth-meme-generator-good-news-everyone-dc3390.jpg


incredibly is not an April's Fool :)
thank you

I like how its when I was checking my PM's and see a weird looking pineapple that I realize this function is BACK!
About TIME You Fool XD (Apr 1 I see what you did there)
I mean out of habit I'm keeping mine lol but good for everyone else this deserves a party

Sad that its only for higher rank members :(

It's sad indeed but it's a good way to prevent impostors trying to scam.

My pineapple ;D? I think that I'm only the unique user who has a pineapple as avatar http://nodownloadzoneforum.net/public/style_emoticons/default/Asd.gif.

No. I think it is great that lower rank members do not have the ability to pick avatar. It should be a privilege to have one and not fundamental functionality. I am so used to have this forum without avatars that is almost a sad moment for me... People keep complaining about signatures - now they will probably start complaining about flashy avatars as well.

Great :P 

Now should I keep the one I have there currently because its easy to recognize the stuff I've written before?

April Fools!

It was an April's Fool. Try logging out of your account and you'll see that your avatar has changed.

On a more serious note, I shudder to think what the forums will look like if/when avatar campaigns start popping up... Bitmixer.io avatars anyone? LOL. ;D

Not entirely correct. It's partly a April fools, but after today. The avatar feature will work like normal as theymos said.

 

Ya, that's what he said... ON APRIL FOOLS' DAY!  ;D

In the end this could all just be an elaborate prank.  :P

That's true. I didn't think this was the case though. Hopefully he's not that brutal :D

Nah its not an elaborate prank, he just chose to launch it on april fools day so he could launch it with a joke (replacing all of our avatars with some funny ones from then).
It will resume normally tomorrow as theymos has said.

Awesome.

With avatars now, next thing to wait for is the new forum software. Forum's heading in the right direction   :D

How long will this last?

I believe it's a permanent add. Today's silliness was a fun way to reintroduce the idea.

Its probably permanent. They had it enabled a while ago but they turned it off, I still don;t know why though. And you are correct they probably released it today for some fun but it will get serious again tomorrow when april fools day is over.

I don't think they turned avatars off. It was the result of attacks/hacking attempts on the forum if I remember correctly.

Avatars were turned off due to something and yea I think it was some attacks. I don't know exactly but I seem to remember someone talking about doing malicious things with the upload button and somehow exploited something and therefore they disabled the function.

Hey,

I made an avatar if someone want to use it - feel free to use it :)

https://i.imgur.com/qAgGM2Q.png

It's re-done promo graph as you can see.

There is a little cypher inside "we 110110 bitcoin" instead of "we love bitcoin"  :)


Regards.

PS.
https://i.imgur.com/9iz8uTm.png

I've logged out of my account and my avatar hasn't changed.
Theymos has said that this will be a permanent implementation after April Fools's, so maybe it is after April Fools's day in theymos' timezone?

Thanks theymos for re-enabling avatars! Sorry if this has been asked before, (I don't want to read through all 16 pages) but why has this been re-implemented so suddenly? (I'm not complaining.)

cant find if this question is already asked, but if i put my avatar on, is there any chance that i could still change it or it will be permanent to my account?

Could be. I'm not sure where theymos lives but it's already April 2 in Europe, Asia, and Australasia. It's still April 1 in the United States though.

EDIT: I just checked your profile and it's still different. This is what I see:

http://s18.postimg.org/4cd7bu9dl/lake.png

When I click on your profile, I see a shower faucet which is the actual avatar you uploaded.


That's pretty much it. Basically someone uploaded a malicious file into the avatar directory and used it to hack the forums. This was the result:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKrOHAfMdxI

The ability to upload new avatars has been disabled since then.

Hahahaha ;D funny

It looks like the avatars have not returned to normal. Hasn't the 1st of April passed?

I think you and all the other users will be able to change again the forum avatar but I don't know when the "april fool aka prank" will stop.

I think they still working on it after the forum got DDoS'ed

Worked for me. Thanks.  ;D

Theymos April 1st is over, can you fix this? My avatar still shows the dollar sign while it should be something different. Are avatars now allowed or not?

Maybe it wasn't a automatic switch, and had to be done by theymos manually. But, he's probably got his hands full now dealing with the DDOS attack. Or, just a thought we are all idiots and fell for another elaborate april fools prank :D

Finally! :)

Be patient. Right now he's busy dealing with the recent DoS attack.

Well, there went my first option. Can I have Vod's avatar?  ::)

Sorry guys but these are your avatars (they're still the joke ones)


http://s21.postimg.org/5tirf862f/image.jpg (http://postimage.org/)



http://s10.postimg.org/4n3bnmpvd/image.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

When the profile avatar will be solved  ::) It show a Dollar sign or Euro what's thattt ! is it an April ... really want to
see it fixed .

Kind Of Respect ,
Bitcoin Boy .

avatars should stick around, really no reason for them to go away in the first place.

That's not what we're talking about. Do you not see the fat guy that is your avatar?
The avatars were supposed to go back to normal after April Fools, but the DDOS attack ruined it.

just relax, guys. I'm sure Theymos will fix it as soon as he log in.

Wtf our avatars are still the same? I thought theymos said they would be reset after april fools day (yesterday)

Maybe he has put a sort of "countdown" and it this countdown was stopped due the ddos attack (it is only my personal opinion).

That could be true, also maybe he was planning to change it at a certain time but then there was a ddos attack and he went to bed or something.

Keep calm and wait until @theymos clarify everything  ;)
If you don't like the icon that you have now (randomly selected) you can delete it, as easy as that.
We've been long time without icons. Problem?

Avatars going back to normal is the real April fools joke, you are stuck with meme avatars.

well then, I guess we'll be seeing a lot of Spongebob around..  ;D

..but seriously?

Is my profile a meme too? To me it looks like how I actually put it as, so how would I know what picture is replaced it.

Log of your forum account and take a look at some of your post and you will see your meme avatar.  ;)

Ahh ok so to yourself you still see your avatar, which is pretty much all I care about (I can easily find and identify my post while scrolling through)

Exactly, only you will see your avatar. All the other community will see an "april fool avatar"  ;D.

Please do not allow animated avatars in the future, I find them to be a big "LOOK AT ME" thing

it's already not allowed from the start. it's just something went wrong and user was able to upload .gif avatars, buy theymos already fixed it and removed the existing .gif avatars.

Yeah, I don't like the animated avatars,too.Because some people will put these flashy animated avatars!

Keep them deactivated (gifs in avatars).

So when will the others get to see my original avatar instead of the april fools one?

Awaiting information from theymos. Patience is a virtue.

Theymos said on 2. April, which is today. :)

no one knows when. I think theymos will fix it as soon as he goes online.

anyway just quit complaining, people. we never used avatars for a long time, few more hours of waiting wouldn't be a problem, right?  ;)

It was scheduled to be today but likely due to the ddos attack it might be a bit late.

Just remember guys it was still April 1st when he said everything would be normal afterwards.

If you're logged in, you're going to see the avatar that you uploaded, but... other users are going to see this one instead of yours:

https://i.imgur.com/AEMm1fe.png

We'll have to wait  ;)

well, now we know that removing and re-uploading the avatars will not work. tried it and I ended up with this insulting avatar instead  :(

It seems the avatar show normal if you look into someone's profile

for example quickseller's profile

https://i.imgur.com/9Tn8AFD.jpg




But when I clicked into his post, the image still shows meme image


https://i.imgur.com/I1CW0Bj.jpg

I'm glad I didn't touch mine  :D

Yes of course, this is the "april fool" it is normal that you are saying two different typology of avatar (also if you go to your PM inbox, you will see the real avatar of the other users).

Haha.

I got Will Ferrell.

Avatars are working normally now.

There are a small handful of people who had an animated avatar before this new system. I'm not going to remove those, but if they update their avatars then animation won't be possible.


That's what happened.

Finally! :D now this is great news. April's Fools prank was funny only for an hour or so hehe.

Yes, finally! Enjoy your avatar guys :D. This april fool is finished (I hope) it was not so "funny" but it is not important at the end. Thanks again theymos!

I have to admit I was actually fooled by it. I was a little annoyed by some of you "morons" to pick the same stupid avatar. I worst part is that upon rereading the whole thread today I could have known what was up yesterday.

Edit: Anyway, glad I was back in time to get fooled by theymos.

Yeahh It's working noww

Thank you theymos!!!

Excellent. Thanks Theymos. I hope now Mother Mary is visible in my Avatar  :)

Great! Finally we can see each other avatars ;D
Thanks a lot Theymos!!

Back to normal now, enjoy your new avatars! Its about time!

CCMF!!!1!

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Thanks for re-enabling them theymos!
After more than 1 year waiting, now it's easier to read and know who is the one that published the comment because you can easily identify their nick (thanks to the profile icon).  ;)

LMAO! Some people actually chose Bitcoin memes for their avatars! ;D :'( ;D

Awesome! It makes a few people more recognizable and tells us about their personality a bit more.  Nice one theymos!

This is sick I thought it was an April fools prank but it is real. Sweet

Wow OK I see that everyone got there avatar now. Thanks theymos, this feature may seem small but it is larger than you think (you can now distinguish yourself based on your avatar much easier)

Wait.......

Could it be?

it would be nice if you would allow newbies to have smaller avatars, a little 2x2 photo would be nice. would look great. but also i understand that its a way to define longer members than newer ones..

full member seems a long way to go... a loooong way to go

Yes!
http://media0.giphy.com/media/rl0FOxdz7CcxO/giphy.gif

We can all see your bitcoin orange wallpaper icon.
Recommendation: if you want, look for a high resolution bitcoin png logo and your icon it's going to be awesome and with higher quality ;)

No, you should be active here in the forum only for 120 days, it is not a lot of time  ::).

All of the old members or people who have accounts with avatars as collateral might be a little bit angry about this.

4 months to go then LOL.. the activity thing is complicated, i got it but still complicated

woot, looks like it's working properly now. thanks for your hard work (and joke), theymos.  :)


I don't think there's many of them. besides, account with an avatar is usually owned by an old and trusted member... I think

So buy a full member account and after you will be able to put the avatar to that account, it is not against the forum rules buy & sell the various accounts (remember to ask a signed message for the ownership prove and use always the escrow).

I signed up on August 1. So if you think about it, I waited 7 months to have an avatar, others might have waited way longer than me. 4 months will pass very fast and see it this way, you have 4 months to choose an avatar :D
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Thanks Theymos for allowing us to have avatars. :)

2pixels by 2pixels?!  This must have been an april fools joke, right?

Probably not angry about this, but probably a bit ticked off. Now accounts with avatars are going to be devalued, but avatars don't REALLY add much to the price, I have experienced this and didn't get much more than the average price without an avatar.

But when people need loans and put there accounts up as collateral having an avatar used to increase the value of the account. I think the biggest thing is going to be getting used to seeing accounts with avatars all over the place it used to be a rare thing.

It`s more funny now. I always wonder why Avatars were disabled for some time. I like this option. May be this will be opportunity for some smart people to offer avatars of choice :) for Bitcoins.

Someone uploaded something malicious as avatar and hacked the forum.

Result: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKrOHAfMdxI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKrOHAfMdxI)

avatars was first disabled after the site was hacked by someone back in 2013. if I'm not mistaken, the attacker was able to upload a script in the avatars directory, so theymos disabled until he could find a way to fix it, which he did

2x2 photo?

So four different colored pixels?

Oh great, it really works now.

Animated gifs would be nice.

Is animated avatar like Bruno accepted now ?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=24792

Nice to see these back time to go image searching  8)

My avatar doesnt show what it really is,  should i remove mine for now? Maybe ill just wait till theymos fix this.

AFAIK this is fixed. If you don't like your avatar try changing it.

Don't worry, the new forum should have avatars for everyone.

I think the reason why theymos disabled avatars for members and lower is that SMF is still SMF, and no matter how hard you try to fix it, there probably still is a vulnerability.
Members who have been here for a long time probably have no interest in hacking the forum.

It's so colorful now, with different avatars for everybody. It's great! Thanks theymos!

Damn it I wanted to be special

I do find your picture very special ;D Out of all the choices, you chose a nerd in the bassment, how's that for stereotyping ;)

You were for a really long time.  Now we're after you man.

I always identified you from your avatar, not user name. And I always will. So you ARE special.  :P

People will copy :(

Really good update. Thank you!

I was liking it when it's disabled. it was simple and clean.

This is great!  It can also reduce the amount of scams from account impersonation!  Everyone choose a unique picture. :)

You can disable them in your profile but you'll probably get used to them.

Or just copy someone

Been waiting for this feature to be turned back on since I first noticed it was disabled.

Thanks!

Now I am waiting for threads like: "Let's Disable Avatars, they are ugly", "Avatars are the cancer and are too flashy!", "This Forum was better without avatars!" "I am tired of stupid avatars and signatures, I quit!"
I am sure that in the future there will be many topics like that... Let's just wait. And that just will show that people are hating because they can and not because it is justified.

user can already disable avatars and signature in Profile - Look and Layout Preferences.

the people who complains are either an idiot or a jerk

It still cuts down on account impersonation. Monbux is talking about fake accounts that try and make their usernames look like a more trusted member. None of these accounts will ever make it to Full Member, so there is no fear of them being able to set an avatar.

Can I ask again if it is possible to upload a gif avatar? I have seen a few users have one  :-\.

I don't think that's possible. Are you sure you've seen gif avatars? I haven't spotted one myself. I tend to find them pretty hard to take if there's a page full of them flashing away at you.

Theymos has said that he will not allow gifs, (for now) but will keep them for old members who have uploaded a gif in the past. (Before the forum was hacked.)

If you want to see a user with a gif avatar, there is one here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=24792

Why do you ask same question over and over? It's not possible.

Calm, this is the first time that I ask this question. Don't worry I will stop to post here, and it is better to lock this thread and sticky it.

You have already acknowledged that the question has been asked before (by using "again" in the first of these posts).

Still, even if it's the first time you ask this question, or any other, chances are that someone has already asked it in the past, and it may have been answered already. Always search before asking questions.

—But I have this stupid 360 second limitation!

Use google "site:bitcointalk.org <your search terms>".

Avatars are working now well , Thank you theymos very much and the developer team for this hard work ,
Also i saw that they added this option to the new forum .

KiNd Of Respect ,
Bitcoin Boy .

I'm considering changing my avatar. I would really appreciate everyone's input. Thanks.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1011561.new#new

Use an avatar that pleases you.

Well, it would really please me if people didn't think my avatar looked like a pair of hairy nuts. :-\

I'm looking for a suitable replacement and have found a few contenders, but I'm curious and open to the possibility that someone else might find an even better image. Naturally I will settle on one that ultimately pleases me, but I think I'll have a better chance of finding one this way.

I don't care what people think about my avatar. That's the point, it's my avatar.

But some people do

If people were talking about your periwinkle seal avatar, you wouldn't find it tiresome telling them it's a pink Hello Kitty? I suppose we could just ignore them, but I would prefer to not have to do that.

That's like saying you don't care what onlookers think about your public nose-picking habit because it's your nose.

That comparison would only make sense if my avatar was as universally disgusting as nose-picking is. Which, honestly, I don't believe to be the case.

I missed the April-fool! :(

Thank you theymos for re-enabling. Hope all precautions have been made. It will be good to have an option to use an image from a link instead of uploading from computer as avatar.

Its a wise decision to limit risks, even though for most people these measures seem to be overdone.
Simply another point in the forum secured and posing less risk to get anything nasty.

Most of the account impersonators (or every single one, for all I know) create a new bitcointalk account with a very similar name.  But they won't be able to copy the picture, as for you must be Full Member and up! :)

theymos: when will you launch the new forum?

A few updates.

Even though we're all eager to see the forum come that is completely off-topic here.
I'm more interested in final rules for Avatars. We can't have people posting around with NFSW avatars and such.

Here are the rules if you were looking for them -

Thanks theymos!

And i think the avatar page should state that no animated gifs are allowed. I spent time to make one only to find the error message that i cant upload animated gifs. The website claims one can use GIF, PNG and JPEG. So a warning would be nice that animated gifs arent allowed, only normal gifs.

I guess PNG and JPEG arent able to animate something?

For example i tried to make the QR code even smaller. It works if you use interpolation but the smartphone has a hard time to read it. So that size is the minimum. But that means i cant write much and its not very good readable. A possibility to at least have 2 frames, maybe only working after a moderator approved, would help in these cases.

Maybe you can think about that theymos?

Thanks anyways... :)

Im happy to use them! This enables faster searching for posts (of mine) in a thread, because every avatar is unique.
Not such a great timing though, I really thaught it was an April fool... But then I realized that I could really do it.
However, THANKS theymos! Best admin ever!

This may have been answered already... If the new forum software doesn't support animations, will current animated avatars carry over to the new forum software as long as they are not changed?

https://i.imgur.com/GzqF63j.png

Just saw this:

https://i.imgur.com/knsWaXt.png

you were just un-special-ed  ;D

Personalised it! Because he wants to remove the possibility of put/upload an avatar. I will remove it lately, and put again the pineapple.

This is going to be an issue. I also identify many posters by their avatars. I really hope this won't get abused too much, but I can't see how it won't really.

Yes a real issue, but I don't still understand the purpose of this (his) thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=394583.0  and this is why I have put 'his' avatar but now I have change it (only a little test).

This is was the final version:

https://i.imgur.com/rWtOyya.png

I don't think it's an issue, people are going to copy avatars and there is no rule that stops them from doing this. But it is for the best to have a different avatar if you see someone already has it.

@redsnow, found 2 avatars for you. See if you like them:

https://i.imgur.com/Xt4Tepf.jpg https://i.imgur.com/b02SvtN.jpg

Exactly, I am copying the redsn0w's avatar but you are right every user should have a different (and personal) avatar only for differentiate. However thanks for the avatars, but I am fine with the actual one.

I think i am the only person who has THIS avatar on the forum.  ::)

Aren't you just begging for someone to change that by posting like this?

I've changed avatars as often as I change my underwear. (I'm on my fourth avatar now.) I do have a sort of theme thing going, so it shouldn't be so confusing.

You are the only one with THIS avatar but there are many other people who have the same kind of avatar like you do I.e avatars that showcase Japanese anime characters. They look all the same to me(almost same) and I really have a hard time in differentiating between them.

im gettign one now ;)

Oh joy!

I see what you did there and I would approve of a Mashiro invasion lol

Sounds like a good idea shouldn't be too hard to change the flavor text (mean instructions and just remove the GIF part)

I'm seeing a lot of the hobbit avatars from lord of the rings  :D

Really good to hear!

I can't believe I missed this. It's nice finally getting to upload an avatar. Thanks. :)

If you weren't here on 1st April, you completely missed all the fun:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1008863.msg10951301#msg10951301

Lol. That is funny. I do remember not being on the forum at that time, so I can see how I missed it. It would have been nice to get an email about the avatar functionality being brought back though. But I am just glad I noticed it now.

How to delete avatar?

Go here : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=avatar  and press 'upload' .

Just go here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=avatar

Click Upload and your avatar will be removed.

Thank you!

how must have on posts für upload avatar?

Not based on posts. Based on activity.

Must be Full Member for avatars.

Yah, hillarious that it was reenabled on april fool's day. Nevertheless, you were bound to notice avatars being back sooner or later.  The accounts on here went from only a special few having one, to nearly everyone having one.  A real explosion.

I have read this threads's first page and i am wondering that quickseller and hilariousandco appreciated that this would make hard for new fake accounts to copy the real accounts like identity , but i have seen many accounts which have only 1 or 2 posts and have avatar(Newbie). i am confused are they exploiting any bugs that is enabling them to upload avatars.
i found those accounts in digital goods one of the guy claiming it to be made in 2011 , dont know if it is true or not..just wanna inform you guys here.

it was possible for newbies to upload avatars before the 2013 hack. that why you see some newbies from 2011-2013 that already have avatars.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=60092
like this one

and yes, some accounts was made in 2011.

 Just wanna know this person :
Name:   YoonYeonghwa
Posts:   14
Activity:   14
Position:   Newbie
Date Registered:   June 15, 2012, 02:21:58 AM
Last Active:   June 24, 2015, 04:37:14 AM

My doubts : this person made his/her account in 2012 and his last seen/activity is 24th june 2015 and his post is only 14 , what the hell he is doing with the account , is it called account farming(NO OFFENSE TO THE PERSON MENTIONED)

no, it's called being very inactive.

farming accounts is something like making 1 (or 14 for some) post every two weeks without missing any of those two weeks. AFAIK nobody even sell bitcointalk accounts back in 2012.

People still buy these accounts?
I thought only scammers could use them for something.

some people use them for signature campaign, too. anyway, please refrain from bumping a thread with off-topic questions

Sorry, it enabled uploading my amazing avatar tho ;D
Must say it makes reading threads much easier :)

It must be no more than 120px wide, 80px tall, and 100 KiB in size. It must be a PNG, GIF*, or JPEG image.

*Animated GIF's are not allowed.

Thank you very much for the information.
Cheers! :)

Good idea.Now I wait to become full member to add a avatar.:)

Just found a newbie with avatar ???

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=47486

How is it possible?

that user was registered on 2011, 2+ years before the hack that forced theymos to disable the feature for almost 2 years happened. there was no rank restriction back then.

I made a post above explaining this.

Has this changed? I found a user (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=101872) who has an animated gif an as avatar.

I don't think so, but maybe someone figured out a way to get around it. Seen this guy offering a service to create them: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2548200.0

I believe it is related to animated png's, not gifs. At some point in time I remember making the determination in my head that animation had become allowed again but I believe it was just because I had seen some other users with one.
<- I have an original .gif though  ;)

You gonna get your avatar when you reach a Full Member rank so you are kind of right. Still a dream only. ;)

It's not a dream, but it's only for people who can read posts, and not bump out of date old threads. Stop posting annoying necro-bumps like this worthless one, and maybe you might get to use one.

You are absolutely right Monnt it is difficult to reach Full Member in 16 days of period for any newbie unless he is an expert in using bitcointalk as well as writing good content about the topic/subject - I have been trying my best to get few Merits to become a member which is still a dream for me as of now

Wish me good Luck and I am inspired by seeing your activity and merits - you must have done a great work to achieve more merits than the activity - A Big Cheers for you.

Would you please suggest a method I need to follow to get some merit please

All these days I have been writing about different coins on different server - As per my observation the people who does make their bitcointalk bounty (Coin owner) themselves  are new to bitcointalk and they are starting with newbie role though we write some contest on their bitcointalk topic there wasn't any appreciation for that in terms of Merits

Yes i agree apart from coin owners there are some Legendary/Members/FullMembers and Heros are there in those topics but they barely give merits to others - I am 100% not sure what they think.

Anyway this is just my observation on bitcointalk from last few months - felt like sharing with you Monnt

I would love this option of allowing users to have Avatar and good to protect it from being misused. As a members those who start Journey with bitcointalk should also have some Patience to get to those Ranks like FullMember.

LOL can you locate the reason for you that is holding you back from ranking up? 130 activity and yet no merit, still a Jr. Member.

Mate, No disrespect - have you checked the dates of those posts? It was on April 01, 2015. there were no merit requirements. Only activities I guess. So it was comparatively easy to rank up.

Just stop posting blindly on everything. Before posting anything do a little reading on the comments made, and notice when and why they made.

Clearly you have no idea what you are talking about. If I am not wrong then the use Monnt hasn't earn any single merit yet. All these merits are from the free airdrop.

@LoyceV: I have noticed for some users the merit data shows nothing. i.e: this http://loycevsbasement.privatedns.org/Merit/history/393987.html
Is there any specific reason? Thanks mate in advance.