From: Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>

Also, now 10 random profiles will be displayed on the homepage. Only
"verified users" will be displayed here. I'm also considering adding a
new status as well: real picture, so that only people with real images
(not cartoons, not identicons) can show up on the homepage. I think
this might give a more professional feel. Thoughts?

I agree that it would be nice to use only real pictures, however I wouldn't want to leave out those who choose not to use any image at all.

What about a site policy that user images must be real pictures (if they exist), and violations can be flagged/blocked? Although, I don't know how this would interact with using OpenID, which appears to be most of the users currently displaying an identicon.

John