GRAVATAR ARE DODGY

[Answerprancer]

I recently joined a forum and startlingly an image of mine appeared there that I hadn't uploaded, I was baffled and so were the admins of the forum for a while.

It turned that it came from Gravatar and fair enough, I hadn't taken the time to read the smallprint and learn that Gravatar make your images available to any Gravatar enabled site you may join in the future - with or without your consent (which you may have unwittingly made when you joined the site).

*BUT* it was a previously deleted image, I had deleted it long ago !
So I deleted ALL of the images that resided in my Gravatar account and set my profile to "hidden" as Gravatar refuse to delete accounts and that's the best they can offer.

The image still appears on that forum and Gravatar (so far) have refused to answer my complaints.

Be warned.

[jno]

weird... have you notified the Ed? (AB's Ed, I mean). Fortunately I only have one avatar, the photorealistic image you see to the left...

[Answerprancer]

Jno, I'll have a go. (That rhymes!)

[joko]

how do you delete gravatar then?

[Mamyalynne]

I suppose it is a warning we should all read the small print.

[jno]

the Ed won't want dodgy/banned avatars turning up here because Gravatar has lost control of them.

[Answerprancer]

Joko - *theoretically, you can delete your 'gravatars' and if you're still suspicious about the way the site runs, you can set your profile to "hidden".

*bear in mind, I had deleted one long ago but it still appeared on a Gravitar-enabled forum.

If by that you meant "how do I delete my account" ? (ie. close it totally) apparently - YOU CAN'T !

[wolf63]

I would read the small print if it were bigger - after 40 your eyes start to go .................


I am off to bed - appointment with the nurse later to get five stitches taken out of my arm. It hurts like he11 just now so there should be an improvement after the appointment. ;-)

[Answerprancer]

I'm going to upload Goatse to my gravatar acct and see what happens !
(Don't worry - I wont link it here Ed)

[Answerprancer]

I've just Goatse'd Gravatar :-)

[Answerprancer]

FúCK! It activated itself here !!! LMAO (did anyone see it before I de-activated my avatar ?)

[Mamyalynne]

Yes dreadful!!

[Answerprancer]

Sorry Mamya - an accident I assure you (I thought I'd disabled my avatar).
LOL nice one Trim.

[Answerprancer]

..sod's law - it must only have been visible for about 10 sec before I spat my wine and hastily fumbled my way to my profile !

[Mamyalynne]

You are OK, I blinked .