Avatar images on PurplePort should be Suitable for Work (SFW)
By Russ Freeman, written 1544012937
When we started PurplePort, we didn't mind which image you chose as your avatar as long as it was an image that was appropriate for your account type (e.g. if you are a photographer, you must have taken/made it).
Over time, we noticed that people often did not enable the Adult image safety filter, so we adapted our avatar policy so that adult-style images could not be used as avatars.
Similarly, visitors browsing PurplePort without toggling the image safety filters saw Image Filter Enabled placeholders instead of our members' beautiful avatars. To improve our visitors' experience of PurplePort (who may well become future creatives in our community), we altered our avatar policy again, this time so that avatars could only be Suitable for Work (SFW) images.
Our competitors already do this, so we are just aligning with them.
If your avatar is not a SFW image, find one of the fabulous SFW images in your portfolio (or upload a new one) and change your avatar. Until you do this, a temporary placeholder will be displayed to others instead. If you don't change your avatar soon, we'll automatically choose an image for you.
FAQs
My avatar is a NSFW image. What should I do?
You must change your avatar to an image that is Suitable for Work (SFW).
How do I change my avatar?
- View the image you want to use as your avatar
- Click Use as avatar (from the grey cog, top right)
My avatar is incorrectly marked as NSFW. How do I change it to SFW?
If you think your avatar image is Suitable for Work (SFW), you can change it to SFW:
- View the image and click Edit (top right)
- Scroll down to Image filter and choose Suitable for work
- Click Update image
What happens if I don't change my avatar to a SFW image?
If you do nothing, eventually, a computer program will automatically choose your avatar image.