Appropriateness is nothing compared to guarding against all the exploits and vulnerabilities in media files these days.Originally Posted by tashi
There are also other matters at hand to address, rather than spending one's day checking each new member's avatar to make sure it is appropiate for a family forum.I figured that was the primary reason for no custom avatars.
Perhaps a compromise could be that a user could upload an avatar if they have been registered for some predetermine amount of time coupled with a minimum of some predetermined number of posts: sort of a way to ensure that the person is a valid member of the community and likely trustworthy enough not to post a porn or exploit avatar. Plus, that way it would drastically cut down the number of avatars to be checked to a feasible amount. (Would be even easier if there were some kind of scanner that can check a pic for vulnerabilities.)
