Why does Gravatar need my username and password?

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  cabincontrol · Member · Jul 8, 2012 at 6:55 pm

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  Does WordPress own Gravatar? Is it just another service of WordPress? I’m asking because there seem to be several places where I need to set up a “profile,” which seems excessive.

  Why am I giving Gravatar my log-in information and why so many profiles?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Jul 8, 2012 at 7:02 pm

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  Both WordPress.com and Gravatar are owned by Automattic.
  http://automattic.com/

  See here for uploading a gravatar > http://en.support.wordpress.com/avatars/gravatars/
  For best practices for successfully uploading your Gravatar, Avatar and/or Blavatar images scroll down below the video here > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/01/24/gravatar-avatar-blavatar/

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  cabincontrol · Member · Jul 8, 2012 at 7:05 pm

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  Thank you. So much to learn.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 8, 2012 at 7:12 pm

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  Go slowly knowing the tortoise always finishes the race. :)