While implementing discourse for a German state school, I face the challenge of hiding avatars from the public while inviting users to upload real images for inner community building.
For public use, sketched avatars (or any other user-selected choice) would be the best option.
Belonging to the “inner community” would be defined by group membership in some globally configured groups.
I’m thinking about the possibility of offering the upload of different images for these two scenarios.
I would be grateful for any advice on how to implement such behavior.