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Title: Cannot add Avatar to account...
Post by: opentoe on November 17, 2013, 07:07:04 PM
What's up here? I can't add an avatar to my account. Even one of the lame canned ones.


Title: Re: Cannot add Avatar to account...
Post by: Lord F(r)og on November 17, 2013, 07:16:52 PM
disabled, due to hack

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=306878.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=306878.0)


Title: Re: Cannot add Avatar to account...
Post by: lnternet on November 20, 2013, 01:33:35 AM
says hack is likely not possible through upload feature in the link?!

and I can still input URLs, but I can't


Title: Re: Cannot add Avatar to account...
Post by: DrahogErusiel on November 20, 2013, 02:56:32 AM
i cant upload use a url or stock avatar  ???


Title: Re: Cannot add Avatar to account...
Post by: binaryFate on November 20, 2013, 03:00:38 AM
i cant upload use a url or stock avatar  ???

The avatar changes is completely disabled as far as I know, but the interface doesn't tell you so. You upload, or choose a picture, whatever, then it just has no effect. Pretty lame...
6000BTC are kept from donations, suposedly to improve the forum. Shame....


Title: Re: Cannot add Avatar to account...
Post by: lnternet on November 21, 2013, 06:33:44 PM
This really needs to addressed. Just put a text next to the option and say disabled. People are wasting hours trying to get their avatar up by the hundreds.


Title: Re: Cannot add Avatar to account...
Post by: DrahogErusiel on November 21, 2013, 07:28:59 PM
This really needs to addressed. Just put a text next to the option and say disabled. People are wasting hours trying to get their avatar up by the hundreds.

smart enough to use bitcoin not smart enough to realize when something just does not work. i hope this is not true


Title: Re: Cannot add Avatar to account...
Post by: binaryFate on November 21, 2013, 07:56:07 PM
This really needs to addressed. Just put a text next to the option and say disabled. People are wasting hours trying to get their avatar up by the hundreds.

smart enough to use bitcoin not smart enough to realize when something just does not work. i hope this is not true

Pretty sure everybody's trying at least twice, for instance once with upload once with url. That's precisely 2 wasted trials. Then you think "maybe my picture is too large?" and you try again with a reduce one, etc. Multiply by number of users... that's hours wasted for humanity, it doesn't have anything to do with being smart/not smart.
However, changing the text so everybody knows it's pointless in advance, is the smart thing to do (or just the normal, logical one).


Title: Re: Cannot add Avatar to account...
Post by: lnternet on November 21, 2013, 08:46:17 PM
Thanks for pointing out the obvious Fate


Title: Re: Cannot add Avatar to account...
Post by: biteasy on November 22, 2013, 07:52:13 AM
..and I was wondering why I can't change my avatar. Thanks for pointing this out.


Title: Re: Cannot add Avatar to account...
Post by: Lord F(r)og on November 22, 2013, 07:09:57 PM
Someone stressed should do a sticky about it. I mean, obviously there is demand. Did I say demand? I mean Bitcoin, sorry.


Title: Re: Cannot add Avatar to account...
Post by: I_bitcoin on November 23, 2013, 04:43:17 PM
haha, now I see all the posts.   This is what I get.    I tried about 8 times before I posted in a thread then saw this post.    Wasted about an hour.

It should be stickied or etc...   This does increase traffic (not BW but potentially a significant number of SYNs).