scientists say: idk, anyone on the inside know?

on one paw: PK avatars are just a link to a URL i am pretty sure?? since u can give it a URL directly when u pk;member avatar instead of do an upload. and if you pk;member avatar with an upload image in the post it tells u that if u delete the post the avatar will break. so it is using the hotlink behavior i am pretty sure

HOWEVERE, on other paw, PK avatars are loaded by the discord client. and maybe discord will say "oh this is me asking me for my own pictures i guess this is fine" and either add the extra URL params or just allow it idk

shrugemoji

edit: i was also thinkin also if PK was changed to hold onto a link to the original post where the avatar change happened, maybe PK could requery when the attachment expires to get an updated link. but idk if that could be done retroactively. hopefuly they dont gota do that tho