# Encourage users to add an avatar after signing up

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/encourage-users-to-add-an-avatar-after-signing-up/38607>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [28 Enero, 2016 03:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encourage-users-to-add-an-avatar-after-signing-up/38607 "2016-01-28T03:01:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dandv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dandv/32/169779_2.png) [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Post date:** [28 Enero, 2016 03:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encourage-users-to-add-an-avatar-after-signing-up/38607/1 "2016-01-28T03:01:27Z")

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Avatars increase the perception of trust on online platforms and make for a more personal community ([1](http://academic-pub.org/ojs/index.php/ijecs/article/view/1395), [2](http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0098297), [3](http://scholars.opb.msu.edu/pubDetail.asp?t=pm&id=84902496856). I would love it after users sign up, Discourse encouraged them to upload a profile photo.

Here’s how collaboration software Podio does it during the onboarding process:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/e/be17275c77a5dfeb464102fb8c26171dab7bdfd9.png)

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [28 Enero, 2016 03:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encourage-users-to-add-an-avatar-after-signing-up/38607/2 "2016-01-28T03:06:15Z")

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We already do this, feel free to search for it. Timing is a little different since we don’t care if you have an avatar if you never post.