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Should you be able to change picture of your favorite character on your page? (Only pictures from the characters "detail" page)
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Feb 23, 2024 12:31 AM

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Bumping this too - genuinely a big fan of this idea!


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Feb 23, 2024 10:58 PM

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The only reason I could see this being bad is if a character has a major glow up/appearance change. But we need it anyway pleaseeee I like any other picture other than the one that's presented for my girl https://xss.now.cc/character/55577/Nobume_Imai/pics
Feb 24, 2024 3:51 AM
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This is just unanimously a good change for once. I see no downsides in this (except if the users start using it to post NSFW).
khoisharky said:
This is just unanimously a good change for once. I see no downsides in this (except if the users start using it to post NSFW).


It'll only be approved images so wouldn't worry about that

But it's definitely a good change but after a year of it being suggested don't see it happening
Feb 27, 2024 10:28 PM
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Yes! I definitely love this idea. There are some photos of my favorite characters on my profile that I think would have better alternatives on the database as their default.
Feb 28, 2024 9:38 PM

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boomping this idea
Feb 29, 2024 6:52 AM

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This is always a very good suggestion — It'd give the pictures tab some much needed attention and add further customisability to user's profiles. As some have already mentioned, you can already do this for interest stacks, so hopefully profile favourites will have the same feature one day.
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Feb 29, 2024 10:53 AM

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You only have to take a look at the support section to know that it's a very bad idea, given how the pictures can be intentionally or unintentionally manipulated to prevent a user's profile from loading

https://xss.now.cc/forum/?topicid=2148067
https://xss.now.cc/forum/?topicid=2147289
https://xss.now.cc/forum/?topicid=2119734
https://xss.now.cc/forum/?topicid=2148132
https://xss.now.cc/forum/?topicid=2148111
Feb 29, 2024 11:00 AM

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Real question is....why should they work on this? Seems like effort that isn't really worth anything. Somebody will ALWAYS complain about SOMETHING. They can't jump and change, as soon as some guy on here is unhappy. It's ludicrous.

Guys, it's a website. Use it or don't use it. Make your own and implement it there. But why, the fk, do you think you are entitled to making changes and decisions that MaL doesn't want to run with?^^ It's their decision.

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Feb 29, 2024 2:20 PM

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You only have to take a look at the support section to know that it's a very bad idea, given how the pictures can be intentionally or unintentionally manipulated to prevent a user's profile from loading

https://xss.now.cc/forum/?topicid=2148067
https://xss.now.cc/forum/?topicid=2147289
https://xss.now.cc/forum/?topicid=2119734
https://xss.now.cc/forum/?topicid=2148132
https://xss.now.cc/forum/?topicid=2148111
@Noboru Perhaps not now considering all the bugs related to logo submissions... But we can change images on stacks so the feature is feasible and could also be implemented for profile 'Favorites'. You do have a point, though. Character pages get more image submissions compared to company logos so we might encounter bugs more often...

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Anyhow, I don't think it will be implemented anytime soon. But why not? I don't think users are being "entitled". It's just a feature request. MAL can decide whether or not to accept those requests kinda similar to feature requests in GitHub...
Apr 23, 2024 9:09 AM
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bumping this because this is such a highly requested feature.
what's the point of the other pictures in character galleries (also being required to be the same size) if you can't even set them as profile pictures for display on your profile?
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May 18, 2024 8:54 PM

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The pictures are already there, we just want to pick which one to display in our pages …
May 19, 2024 1:16 PM

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Good idea outside from the possibility of people abusing it and using nsfw stuff, could add as mal supporter benefit.
May 19, 2024 1:38 PM

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Zedlin said:
outside from the possibility of people abusing it and using nsfw stuff


The idea would be to be able to choose from the pictures in the gallery of the entry, so no NSFW content would be possible, as mods checks the picture during the process for approving or denying it. That would definitely put more works on character mods tho, as users would most probably want to upload their own favorite shot of the character, in a gallery limited in size.
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May 19, 2024 2:45 PM

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Alexioos95 said:
Zedlin said:
outside from the possibility of people abusing it and using nsfw stuff


The idea would be to be able to choose from the pictures in the gallery of the entry, so no NSFW content would be possible, as mods checks the picture during the process for approving or denying it. That would definitely put more works on character mods tho, as users would most probably want to upload their own favorite shot of the character, in a gallery limited in size.

Ahh, so it's from the character pictures gallery, that makes sense. Yeah ik I'd be uploading images for all my favorite characters then haha.
May 20, 2024 1:53 PM

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That would be such a cool feature. If it does happen, I hope it isn't behind a paywall or something.
May 20, 2024 7:06 PM

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That would be such a cool feature. If it does happen, I hope it isn't behind a paywall or something.
@Rhae Don't give them any ideas, they already paywalled colors and detailed anime stats on your profile lol.
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May 20, 2024 7:21 PM

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@Rhae Don't give them any ideas, they already paywalled colors and detailed anime stats on your profile lol.
@Tropisch One can only hope they won't do that 😭
May 20, 2024 9:15 PM

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If this was a feature it would be so cool, since some characters have pretty bad default pictures. Although, considering how old this is, I don't think there's much interest in actually developing it.
Oct 3, 2024 12:46 PM
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Bumping this because it is very much needed on nearly all the characters.
Mar 2, 6:38 AM

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Bumping I need this badly



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Mar 13, 2:26 AM

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Bump

It would be such a really cool feature, I wanted to add some character in my favorites but their picture was so ugly that I just couldn't do that lol
Mar 13, 7:40 PM
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bumping again! shouldn't be too hard to implement since characters already have galleries, would be nice to choose which picture you want to set for your profile on your favorite character lists
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May 15, 11:41 AM

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Another deserved bump. Hope we get this one day!
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May 20, 2:32 PM

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Don't see why this couldn't be extended to other things with image galleries as well but I also 100% support this. Would make things easier on the staff by getting rid of any controversy over character image changes and the end user wouldn't have to be saddled with the default option. Usually the default images are at least decent but there's almost always something in the gallery I'd prefer to use over it.

Jul 8, 5:21 PM

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bumping this thread because I want to have robin in my favs but her pic is so ugly lol
Jul 8, 6:29 PM
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Bump again! I’d love this feature a lot!
Jul 8, 8:05 PM

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I'd like this feature as well ^^

Jul 9, 11:53 AM

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I would want this feature
Jul 9, 12:20 PM
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I would literally become a supporter if this is implemented lol
Jul 14, 12:38 PM

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Praying for this change
Aug 1, 4:04 PM
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I'm for it, I really want this feature to come on MAL, would be really enjoyable to have another option to personalize our profile, even if we have to get the Supporter title to do it
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