Avatars re-enabled

[Slark]

Sad that its only for higher rank members

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.

[frankenmint]

Great  

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

[jets567]

April Fools!

[Lorenzo]

incredibly is not an April's Fool
thank you

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.

[Welsh]

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.

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

 

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.

[(oYo)]

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.

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

 

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.

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

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

[Welsh]

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

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

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

[funtotry]

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

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

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

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.

[Gyfts]

Awesome.

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

[Btcvilla]

How long will this last?

[gentlemand]

How long will this last?

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

[funtotry]

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.

[snarlpill]

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.

[funtotry]

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.

[roslinpl]

Hey,

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



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.

[Superhitech]

incredibly is not an April's Fool
thank you

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

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.)

[dznuts85]

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?

[Lorenzo]

incredibly is not an April's Fool
thank you

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

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.)

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:



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

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.

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.

[Riley Nico]

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 funny

[Lauda]

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