Folks,
For a long time we had been getting requests for user avatars (those little Pepes that you see next to some people's names). So far it has been ad hoc and limited to a few people only.
We have been working on an exciting new system that monitors the user activity and adds an Avatar to those who meet minimum criteria in terms of karma points and account age!
And guess, we have just rolled it out!
If you are one of the lucky ones, you might have just seen an Avatar next to your name. If so congratulations !
This is also our way of recognising contributions made by our long term users, and in future we plan to enhance this system to add special custom avatars to those veteran users who go above and beyond. We hope that this community keeps growing by leaps and bounds and continue doing the amazing work we have been doing as we get closer to the Great Awakening!
We are still working with many constraints, so please note that this system might change without notice, and please refrain from griefing mods regarding the Avatars!
Note: If anyone wants to change your avatar to a female one, please send me a DM with the message "requesting female avatar".
After going through some feedback, wanted to add a couple of things. Whether you have a Pepe or not, just remember that every one here is valued equally and everything you do - even the ones just lurking and learning - is to change the world and wake people up. I can't think of a single other community that can actually claim they are making the world a better place until Q came along.
If we could, we would love to give Pepes to every single one of you and let you choose which one you want. Unfortunately, we are working with great many limitations and have to be very careful with how many people we add or we end up slowing down the site for everyone.
Currently, the minimum requirements are 40K combined posts+comments karma, and > 6 months account age. This may change in future as we work on giving Pepes to more people. The process to get Pepe is automatic, but is processed once daily. If you are inactive for 2 months (no posts or comments), you might lose your Pepe. Don't let these minimums daunt you. The real fun is waking up one day and seeing a Pepe next to your name! This shouldn't distract us from doing our real job - changing the world.
Ooooh I hope I get one some day! I don’t post much but I read everything and soak up as much as I can from the dedicated posters here! I have so much more to learn and I appreciate you all for sharing your knowledge and research with us all. I am teaching my kids to research everything for themselves and don’t just trust anything they read without deep diving further. That’s one of the best things I’ve learned here! Thank you everyone!!! 🇺🇸🐸
If it were possible I would love to give a pepe to every single user here. Unfortunately, we dont have access to the platform backend. Some smart soul came up with this clever hack more than a year ago, but had to discontinue since it was using too much resources. Now we have cleaned up some space and started bringing it back. Sadly the space is still limited, hence the minimum requirements so we dont crash the system. I am still going to keep cleaning up and make more space so we can add more people.
Dont let the avatars discourage you and keep soaking up everything and sharing it with as many people as you can, thats the only thing that matters.