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Allow configuration of organization (user?) profile pictures without gravatar

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Description

It's a really bad UX for organizations at least. They should be able to set a nice, cropped image as their org profile picture.

I could see maybe similar for teams? Or at least do a automated avatar with uniqueness for team icons.

And probably also the same for user profile avatars, this would allow us to ditch Gravatar and the external request. It makes sense only if we are already doing this for other models though, Gravatar technically works just not great.

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The issue does not name files, tests, or an implementation entry point. First clarify whether the scope covers organization, team, and user avatars, and how image cropping or generated icons should work. Done would mean an agreed avatar configuration that removes the unwanted Gravatar request without leaving the supported profile types undefined.

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Assessment

Tech stack
html
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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