BuddyPress.org

Yes, uploading local media would have seemed like the logical first step – before building support for external providers.

I suspect though, that it all comes down to the lack of support for media uploads in core BuddyPress.

I’m curious why the standard WordPress core media uploads / gallery handling / thumb-nailing etc. haven’t been integrated with the BuddyPress member profiles. Is there something fundamental that stops those existing routines from being utilised and mapped to profiles instead of posts? I feel that in this area, 3rd party plugins are unnecessarily re-inventing the wheel.