What is a good gravatar example email?

Question

I just made a demo after seeing a similar one in the Ember.js documentation that gets your gravatar based on your email. I’m currently using [email protected] as the default but that seems wrong as it’s a React app. Does anybody know of a good default to use?

Answer 1

Use a disposable email account and create a WordPress account with it and add an image (e.g. from uifaces.com).

That's what I did with [email protected], which you are free to use. The email md5 is 09abd59eb5653a7183ba812b8261f48b, so the avatar url is https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/09abd59eb5653a7183ba812b8261f48b

Answer 2

What is a good gravatar example email?

AFAIK, there isn't one.

The best idea is to invent a fictitious email address and register a Gravatar for it. Or "fake" it in your application, demo, whatever. Or use your own. Or if the above are all problematic, abandon the idea of an example Gravatar entirely.

If you use an existing identity with an associated Gravatar you are liable to get into trouble:

• You might offend the real owner of the identity. (Watch out for lawyer letters!)

• The real owner might decide to break their gravatar.

• The real owner might decide to embarrass >>you<< by placing an offensive image as their Gravatar.

• The identity / email might be surrendered or hacked and the new owner might do one of the above.

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And there isn't a "standard or something" that applies to Gravatars