70Post

I figure this site decided to "assign" me an avatar for some stupid reason. WTH??? I don't want or need an avatar.

BangScreech4-4-2

Pretty cool, though.

oldcutlass

There must have been a software change, if you don't pick one it uses the first letter/number in your username. It's like this on many sites.

69CSHC

Absolutely badass. Especially as an unintentional default. 7 is in all likelihood the most special number in human history. Whether the perspective is luck, numerology, or personal beliefs...

Funkwagon455

Your OCD has definitely kicked in Patton! It’s “medication time”😂……Hey wait!!, why is my avatar an “F”!!!!!,G*#%#€*!!!!!!!🙄

fleming442

It could be the 1st character of your user name as default?

Vintage Chief

Agree. First "character". I just visited the Members List, mostly because I was interested in seeing if the Members List was populated with characters other than a letter or number.

Funkwagon455

Time to apply Dale Gribble aka “Rusty Shacklford” as my avatar….the Feds have breached the wall!😅

Vintage Chief

Interestingly, the ramification(s) of this change requires all CO members MUST have an Avatar. With just a squeaky bit of knowledge w/ coding, I'm curious what benefit may exist? I can't think of one. The more you load up cross-links in a DB, the the larger the DB grows & the greater amount of work required to "index" these links (e.g. CO member name + Avatar). I mean normally you'd employ a relational DB. Requiring an Avatar necessitates an object-oriented DB. Even if they employed both a relational DB + object-oriented DB they've essentially increased the complexity of DB management. Peculiar (to my little pea brain). Most likely "kiddies" playing in the CO playground.

70Post

Well OK....makes sense. But I would like it more if it was something like "7.....that's Double O Seven" (with a bit of a British accent)

Thanks for all the input.

VC455

There are many subscribers whose site name begins with 7. What is their automatic avatar? The first and second digits?

Probably not. There are many 70xxx names, and there are 70442xxx names as well.

Was this thought out very well? It's puzzling.

And, as Norm says, it complicates rather than simplifies administration of the site.

Vintage Chief

Sorta/Kinda supports my notion IB employs CO website as a kiddie's/developer's playground/testing environment.

Vintage Chief

Patton - Since (apparently) everyone must now have an Avatar - maybe your opportunity to get creative.

Olds64

Sh sh sha!