# How to know if user is using a default avatar

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-know-if-user-is-using-a-default-avatar/58915>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [12 Marzo, 2017 08:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-know-if-user-is-using-a-default-avatar/58915 "2017-03-12T08:08:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [12 Marzo, 2017 11:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-know-if-user-is-using-a-default-avatar/58915/4 "2017-03-12T11:42:07Z")

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Out of curiosity: do you know we already show a JIT message to users with default avatar?

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/d27575176a274ddee7513fb2d43aa9e453f9a68b/lib/composer_messages_finder.rb#L58-L81>

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