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    I'm uncertain what you're asking. You have this tagged bug, but seem to be asking a support question - I'm not sure what question you're asking, though. Clarification is needed? Commented Nov 7, 2013 at 8:17
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    @Emrakul I havve not changed anything, so why did my avatar change? (I added some clarification). Commented Nov 7, 2013 at 9:50
  • Didn't you notice the big banner? Your question is duplicate of this one and the answer there is probably relevant in your case as well. Commented Nov 7, 2013 at 9:51
  • @ShaWizDowArd I see the banner pointing to a qestion which is not related to by problem at all and a moderator closing my question, which was obviously done without understanding the question itself. - The linked topic does not apply. I have my email address filled out in my profile which did not change. I also registered with a Google account so my email was present for SO from the time of registration. Commented Nov 7, 2013 at 9:54
  • In both cases the profile picture changed without you meaning to change it. In your case maybe the algorithm that calculates email hash was changed during the years you're registered, resulting in different hash and different identicon. Still, from what I understand your goal is to prevent such thing i.e. keep the profile picture consistent even in such cases, isn't it so? Commented Nov 7, 2013 at 10:00
  • @ShaWizDowArd Yes, the described solution would work in my case (luckily I have an account here for example with the old pic), but may people don't. - BUT I flagged this a bug, because it is a software bug which should be addressed by a dev. Also terrible UX: data changing whithout you changing anything, loosing information without being able to undo it. (Also... I'm adding a few info to the post.) Commented Nov 7, 2013 at 10:05
  • OK, still not convinced it's really different but will let a dev decide whether it's bug or not. @m0sa can you please reopen? (and as a dev state some official opinion? :)) Commented Nov 7, 2013 at 10:07
  • I just noticed the link with the md5 no longer gives the original either. The green one (first image in the question) is not the original one either. You can still see the original (purple, empty in the middle) as my profile pic at this time. - Looks like Gravatar is also changing something. Commented Aug 23, 2016 at 8:14
  • Identicons were changed again in 2023: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/389123/… Commented May 28, 2023 at 16:05