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This doesn't seem very normal to me:

enter image description here Is it a bug?

Along the same lines:

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  • It's green everywhere for me.
    – Mithical
    Aug 22, 2016 at 7:57
  • @Mithrandir and your avatar wasn't originally green I suppose..?
    – Surb
    Aug 22, 2016 at 8:10
  • I mean yours is green...
    – Mithical
    Aug 22, 2016 at 8:11
  • oh... well mine is usually pink :) and with a different pattern (like on the picture)
    – Surb
    Aug 22, 2016 at 8:34
  • Did you change your email recently? Or accidentaly click pick a new avatar?
    – Mithical
    Aug 22, 2016 at 9:32
  • Not that I remember... In any case, I guess the avatar should be the same (unlike in the screenshots)
    – Surb
    Aug 22, 2016 at 12:21
  • If you did, then it could be put down to caching. But I guess not :/
    – Mithical
    Aug 22, 2016 at 12:22

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We're aware of the issue, but we're not sure what exactly is going on. As far as we know, it's not something on our end. Gravatar seems to be serving different identicons for the same hash but different requested sizes... and only sometimes.

Marc Gravell wrote up some more details here: https://diy.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1218/hmm-something-funny-with-the-what-do-they-call-it-gravatar/1219#1219

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    So maybe ditch Gravatar once and for all, and support only something reliable that actually works, i.e. the SE dedicated imgur hosting? Run a batch script to import all existing Gravatar pictures which are currently in use to imgur, and remove this from the options when editing the profile. All problems solved. :)
    – Shadow The Kid Wizard
    Aug 24, 2016 at 12:40
  • In all other Stack Exchange sites, my avatar comes from Imgur, only on Area51 it’s coming from Gravatar (my case). When trying to change it on Area51 (by clicking on "change picture"), I’m directed to gravatar.com. Is there a way to use my own avatar on Area51? -- Does Area51 use a different system than the rest of SE, or am I missing something?
    – unor
    Aug 28, 2016 at 14:34
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    @unor Area 51 is a (very) old version of the Q&A codebase. The avatar uploads were never ported back to it, so A51 only supports Gravatar.
    – Adam Lear StaffMod
    Aug 29, 2016 at 17:05

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