What is a Gravatar?
Gravatar is a service for providing globally-unique avatars and was created by Tom Preston-Werner. Since 2007, it has been owned by Automattic, having integrated it into their WordPress.com blogging platform. Wikipedia
Gravatar stands for Globally Recognized Avatar. Millions of people and websites use Gravatar, as popular applications like WordPress have built-in support for Gravatar.
When I leave a comment on a site that supports Gravatar, it pulls my “Globally Recognized Avatar” from the Gravatar platform automatically.
Gravatar is awesome because it allows each commenter to have their identity through out the world wide web.
Do you want a Gravatar? It’s simple and it’s free. Simply go to Gravatar’s website. Signup with the email that you use the most often to comment. Here’s my Gravatar:
