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If you post comments, you'll have noticed you can now upload photos too. So please customise your profile and prettify Cif

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If you post comments, you'll have noticed you can now upload photos too. So please customise your profile and prettify Cif

Avatars. We've got 'em. And they've just got bigger.

And they've got better, too – in that, instead of being stuck with a basic head-and-shoulders symbol in a limited range of colours, you can now upload your own picture. Subject to the usual provisos of taste and decency.

I won't weary you with a rehearsal of the whys and wherefores, because they have already been laid out with admirable clarity by my colleague Meg Pickard (including the "how to" instructions).

The opinion has been expressed (he writes, with studied neutrality) that the avatars are large. Certainly, in their default grey icon form, they are … substantial. But – and here's the thing – if you upload a picture, then the scale looks right. It also gives commenters the same size "photo byline" as the article author. Because we at the Guardian believe in equality and democracy in all things, even avatars.

But, to avoid a sea of grey blobs, we do appeal to you, our users, to make use of this new functionality and edit your user profile by uploading a pic. Don't be shy. Express yourself.

And give us, of course, your feedback on this avatar revolution.

While I'm here, and speaking of feedback, I'd be interested to hear from you about our coverage of the party conference season this year. Good, bad, too much, too little, too obsessed with Latvians and Poles … ? If you feel tempted just to tell us we're crap, try at least to flesh that out with some specific critique of our crapness.

Thanks, and I'll try to be in the thread as much as possible later on.
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