Use of Gravatar.com has been discontinued on all Invantive products due to geopolitical considerations.
The gravatar.com service is part of Automattic Inc..
As an American company, it falls under the Cloud Act and the privacy safeguards in February 2025 makes its use within the European Union incompatible with the desire to act in accordance with European law.
Eliminating the use of gravatar.com has no effect except to eliminate the display of how people want to be recognized.