Why won't the old Yahoo avatar I had (never removed it) work- I see some people still have them?!?

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I never tried to upload my own pic or change anything.  I had my old avatar (you know the ones you could make through the messenger) and sometimes it would still show in certain areas, but since the Yahoo Answers makeover (maybe even before then) my avatar won't show as my pic on here. ( I mean unless you can see it somehow - if so please let me know.)  I see that other people still have their avatar, so how is this possible?  What do I need to do?  Anyone give me any clues what is the problem or what I can do?  Thanks!

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For some users it is a simple as having the Yahoo profile (not the answers one) Hidden.
If the profile is hidden it tells you on the home page and gives a link to change it..https://profile.yahoo.com/

The  avatar   issue  has been messed up for months for some users.
I get the Under Maintenance Message trying one way and on upload get the Error occurred message...3 months now..

Staff knows about it but nothing is being done to fix it.
 This  is  what  they  had  to  say  about  it  3  months  ago
 Yahoo! Answers Team Mod  • 3 months ago 
HI Whizzz, thanks for your comments. We are definitely working on the bugs.
http://yahooanswers.tumblr.com/post/79509311376/answer-your-own-questions...
 Trying to change mine took away the one i had and now am stuck with this.
Started a thread about it on the Forum but still no word and no fix. I guess they changed that and consider it another so called new feature.
https://yahoo.uservoice.com/forums/211240-us-answers/suggestions/5950775-time-to-fix-the-avatar-issue

For those who have an avatar and cannot change them Nothing works. 
  Yahoo  does  not  have  the  avatar   site  now  so  you   may  have  to  create  a  new  one. You  can  make  one here  http://www.faceyourmanga.it/

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Why won't the old Yahoo avatar I had (never removed it) work- I see some people still have them?!?

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