I thought it might have been due to some problems with the re-enabling of avatars.
Seems like we're still in April Fools' mode.
The point is the avatars features don't even work well now, I'm sure we're on April 2rd right now.
Maybe it's because the attacks, hope Theymos will fix everything later.
The avatars' aren't meant to be what the user want it to be. It serves as an April Fools' prank to everyone in this forum who is eligible to put in avatars after all, so no point in telling that avatars don't work well, as it was intended to not work well. At least you see your own avatar, but the way others see you...