This setting could not be available in the future if users abuse of it... Alwil servers could, in theory, be 'attacked' by a lot of requirements (but I think the number of updates will have to increase a lot until this occur
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You can see 'Settings' on my signature for more 'tweaks'.
About the avatar (or picture in profile), you can't upload. It must be on a website just to be linked... Ok, it could be in this forum and then you make a link to it