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I also would like an easy option to remove the avatar placeholder in threads when a user doesn't have an avatar, since XenForo doesn't provide a way to force my users to upload an avatar.

If mandatory avatar isn't supported, why then show this question-mark or the likes, at all? After only 4 months of running my XF-forum this is one of the things that's getting annoying now.

If the reason behind this is thought through, I would very much love to hear what it is - because as it is now it seems half-baked. Sorry for my somewhat harsh choice of words