Im trying to get a picture of MYSELF on here as my avatar but..?

Question

it won't let me? i got a yahoo 360 account and uploaded a pic, but it's not showing on yahoo answers. is there something else i have to do, or is it just taking some time to process it?

Answer 1

It sometimes takes time to process it, but you do have some additional steps. If you do the following instructions correctly, we should not see your Yahoo! Avatar (http://avatars.yahoo.com ) on Y/A (which isn't the case at this moment):

If you uploaded more than one image in your 360 space, make sure you clicked the "use as primary" radio button next to the image that you want to use for Y/A before saving your changes.



Make sure that you are using the same Yahoo ID that you used for 360.

Click the "My Profile" link to the upper right of this Yahoo! Answers page, then click "Edit My Info" in the top left box on the Answers profile page. Scroll down to the image section and check the option of showing the 360 picture. Click Preview and then the OK button. Then, WAIT.

NOTE: The image may not show up right away in Y/A, as it sometimes take days (and for some weeks) for the system to catch up. So, in the meantime, you will be without any picture on Y/A (blank, grayed out, messed up...whatever you want to call it). Just go through the above process and let your picture stay that way until the system makes your 360 image appear. If you don't want to wait, then just use a Yahoo! Avatar (http://avatars.yahoo.com ) and forget about using the 360 image.

Also, some people never see an image show up. You can always post a bug report (or piggyback on other's bug reports) on the issue at the Y/A forum: http://suggestions.yahoo.com/?prop=answe... . This link between Y/A and Y!360 has been buggy for years.